Australian Tea Tree Oil

I received a large 4oz bottle of Apothecary Extracts Australian Tea Tree Oil a few weeks ago.  I was very excited to try it. ( I had purchased a 1 oz bottle of a different brand a few months ago and was not really satisfied with it). http://www.amazon.com/pharmaceutical-naturally-infections-dandruff-ringworm/dp/b00gf1nzly/ie=utf8?m=atvpdkikx0der&keywords=tea+tree+oil

I have been using a salon brand shampoo with tea tree oil in it for a few months. While I was happy with the results, the shampoo was expensive and I felt I needed to use more than regular shampoo to get the lather I like. 

I added a few drops of the Apothecary Extracts Australian Tea Tree Oil to my favorite shampoo and I am thrilled with the results! My head feels so clean and refreshed after! 

Nate's scalp has been really dry lately, especially after this summer of spending so much time in the sun! I added a few drops to his shampoo and his scalp improved within a few days.

I then decided to give it a try on my floors. I few drops added to warm water and my floors are gleaming clean in minutes! 

This week I am going to try it on the skin tag I have...can't wait to see it go away!

There are so many  uses for tea tree oil!  Like warding off lice, Yeast Infections, Skin Tags, Cold Sores, Dandruff, and so much more!

Apothecary Extracts Australian Tea Tree Oil is the best tea tree oil I have used. And for the price you can't beat it!

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Knowing Vera

I was heading on vacation, it was going to be a long flight and was looking for a book that would keep my attention. Well, I was hooked on this book from the first page. Vera and Zach have a beautiful story. I could not but the book down! Knowing Vera is a great mix of suspense, romance and drama! So well written and a well developed story.  There were so many twists and turns, I read it from start to finish in one sitting.  It will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat one minute, well reaching for a tissue the next. 

I highly recommend grabbing a copy today! 

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Where Is My Home?

This was a very cute ebook. 

Colby and I really enjoyed reading this together! He was able to read almost the whole story on his own! 

This book is a part of the Terry Tree Top Series. It is an adorable story with great illustrations.  Colby is a HUGE animal lover and I really enjoyed all the animals and animal houses featured in the book. 

"Terry Treetop" chases after a butterfly and gets lost and misses his Mom and can't find his way home.  Along the way he meets many animals and gets invited to their homes for a snack. Will Terry find his way back home with the help of the animals?  

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Raspberry Ketones Suppressants Supplements Capsules

After having 3 babies its time for me to start thinking about dropping all the "baby weight".

I needed something to help kick start my weight loss. 

I was given the chance to try the Raspberry Ketones Suppressants. And it did the trick! Lost 5 pounds in the first week! It totally suppressed my hunger. I even forgot to eat lunch a few times! 

I did get a few of the side effects...nausea and dizziness. It was not enough to keep me from taking the suppressants...just a little annoying. After the first few days the side effects started to go away. 

I really liked that these are all natural. I am not one to take pills or try "fad" diets. 

Give these suppressants a try! Let me know if they work for you! 

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Propresser Garlic Press

I was given the Propresser Garlic press to try and review. I decided to try it out today. I was making a new sauce that required a lot of minced garlic. This press made it a breeze to mince up the garlic. Its made of stainless steel. It's made very well. It was quick and easy to use. And clean up was a breeze, just tossed it in the utensil holder in the dishwasher.

I would recommend this to any cook that has to mince garlic! Its a great addition to my kitchen gadgets! 

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I Caught Santa!!!

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I was given a chance to review . iCaughtSanta.com. Log on to http://www.icaughtsanta.com upload a photo and choose one of the many Santa options to add to your picture.  Download and let the fun begin of seeing the excitement on your child's face!

I have created a few. Here is the one I created of Santa playing with Lucas on our annual Christmas Tree cutting adventure!


Want to try one of your own? Log on to http://www.icaughtsanta.com and use code: #SantaShare. Best part is its FREE!!!

Thanks! icaughtsanta.com

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Online Storage Solutions

With a library of over 700,000 files on my computer (most of them being family photos and videos), backup is an absolute must for me. I've seen too many people lose precious memories when a hard drive failed all because they didn't have them backed up anywhere. My first line of defense is an external hard drive set to back up once a day. But even that is not good enough for me. I am a worst-case-scenario kind of person and always fear the day that some freak electrical surge fries all the hard drives in my house. So I redundantly backup all my data on a secure online storage site.

For years I have used Mozy (www.mozy.com). It is a great service. It's easy and straightforward. Download an app to your computer, choose the files you want to backup, set a schedule, and forget about it. The initial backup takes quite awhile depending on the number of files, but once it's done, the daily incremental backups take only a few minutes. And I set them to occur at 2am when nobody would be online at my house hogging all the bandwidth. When I signed up for the service, it cost $50 per year for UNLIMITED storage. A small price to pay for so much peace of mind. Plus with over 1 Terrabyte (1000 GB) of data to backup, it was a bargain.

Recently I received an email from Mozy that their pricing structure was going to be changing. I went to their website to figure out how much it was going to cost moving forward. Now they charge based on how many GB you have uploaded. It now costs $110 for the first 125 GB of data per year and $2 for each additional 20 GB per month. Based on the amount of storage I need from Mozy, it will now cost me a whopping $2,400 per year. That is just insane.

Needless to say I immediately started looking for a new solution. I found Backblaze (www.backblaze.com) which was getting good reviews online. It works exactly like Mozy. It's also just as easy and straightforward. The best part is it was still only $50 per year for unlimited storage (and with an online coupon code I saved an additional $5). I purchased it and started backing up right away. Initial backup took about 2 weeks because of the amount of data I had. But now it's done and I can cancel my Mozy account.

I have nothing bad to say about the Mozy service. It is a good online storage solution and works exactly as promised. But I think Mozy made a big mistake changing their pricing structure so drastically. They have lost me as a customer and from what I read on Twitter, they are losing a lot of other customers too. That's why, right now, Backblaze is the best Mac-compatible online storage solution available.