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First of the Month Tasks.

My mommy brain has taken over my life. If I don't write it down I forget. One of the ways I try to help make things easier for myself is to do some tasks on the first of the month every month. 

One of the things I always check is my air filter. The big problem is that I forget to buy new filters when I am at the store. No really for the life of me I can't remember to get them. So you can only guess how excited I was to find air filters in a 6 pack on amazon. 

The best part is they are less money then the filters I had been buying. They are the same quality but a fraction of the cost. WIN!!

They come in a nice sturdy box which is great for storage of the unused filters.

It has an air flow arrow so you make sure you put it in the correct way. 

Here is what the makers have to say about the filters. 

20x20x1 AC and Furnace Air Filter by Aerostar - MERV 8, Box of 6 Pleated MERV 8 Media Comparable to MPR 600   and FPR 5

Designed for Superior Filtration Efficiency

Made with electrostatically charged synthetic material that draws and captures allergens between 3 - 10 microns, including lint, dust mites, mold spores, pollen, pet dander, and dust.

Improve Indoor Air Quality

Protect your family and loved ones with clean indoor air quality at home. Aerostar filters are a simple and cost effective step towards a healthier home environment, free of airborne allergens and particles that can trigger various allergy and asthma symptoms.

Improve Efficiency and Reduce Cost

An Aerostar furnace air filter helps keep your HVAC unit working efficiently by removing dirt and reducing strain on the motor. When your unit runs properly, it consumes less energy, requires less maintenance and will have a longer life. These factors will have an impact on your utility bill and maintenance costs. It is recommended that you change the filter every 60 to 90 days during normal times of year but increase frequency to 30 days during peak summer and winter months when your unit is working the hardest.

About Aerostar Furnace Air Filters

Aerostar filters are manufactured in the USA by Filtration Group, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of filtration solutions for residential, commercial and industrial applications. The Aerostar brand is known for constantly innovating and improving their technology to help make filtration more efficient, effective and environmentally friendly every day.

What's in the Box

Box of six Aerostar MERV 8 Pleated Furnace Air Filters. MERV 8 filters are comparable to MPR 600   and FPR 5 ratings

So help keep your family feeling great by having fresh air in your home. Save money by buying a mulit pack and no more worries about forgetting to buy filters at the store.

Keeva Bath Bombs

Keeva essential oil bath bombs. 

I was so excited to get this set of bath bombs. There are 8 bombs in this set and they each has a different scent. Picking which set to use so hard because they all smell wonderful.

Oak Leaf Diffuser

I love using essential oils in my home. My favorite way to use them is diffusing them in the air. I had a chance to try out a new diffuser by Oak Leaf. The diffuser holds 250 ml of water which means you don't have to fill it up as often.

My top two basic car repairs everyone who drives should know.

I have a small personal rant I am going to have. If you drive you should know how to do a few basic things. Add fuel to your car, add windshield washer fluid, check your oil level (my dad would say you need to know how to change it too) . But my top two things are change a tie and jump your dead battery. I know what you are going to say, "but that is why I pay for roadside assistance" Well have you ever had to call and use that? Have to had to wait forever for them to show up? What if it is hot, cold or raining out. These things are very simple to do and you can learn how on a YouTube video. Really, I am shocked when people who drive don't know how to do these basic things. It should totally be on the drivers test!
     You need more then just the knowledge on how to do these things, you need the right tools to do the job. Once my husband stopped to help some guys change a flat tire.... and they had no spare!!!! Really nothing? They took it out to make room for speakers! Bad move buddies, they were on a long road in the middle of Texas hours from the next town or any help. So have a your spare tire (not flat!!) and the tools you need to change it, jack and lug nut wrench. The next thing is your battery. This can be tricky, you can keep jumper cables with you but what if there is no other car around? What if your car is in a tight spot and you can't get the second car close enough to your battery? Do you really want to have to try to push your dead car to be able to jump it? I know I sure don't! When I graduated high school and left for college my dad helped me get my car stocked up and prepared. I was going to be an hour away and he couldn't always save me if I needed help. He bought me a jump stater box, this thing was big and heavy and the worst part is I had to drag it inside once a week to make sure it was always charged. I hated that thing, but it saved my butt a few times when my old clunker started having battery problems. I could jump my car and be on my way.
     You can still get these same style back up jump start units but why live in the stone age when you can live in today with the super power and tiny battery technology we have today. I was given the opportunity to test out and review a Multi-function portable jump start power-bank. The first thing I thought was I was going to be able to ditch my old bulky and heavy jump start unit. Come on my mom van has enough junk in it, so the less stuff the better. Are you ready for me to rock your world?!

Do you see this tiny box? Look at it! That box holds a whole lot of magic. What is all in the box you ask? Well that is your back up jump starter, a flash light, and hold on there is more (please read that in a cheesy late night infomercial voice) That joker will charge you cell phone or any usb powered item!!! Yes you read that right, this is good more more then just  jumping your car and it would fit in my diaper bag! But I would suggest keeping it under the seat of your car. But you live your life.

Look how thin that box is!

This is how it will look when you are using it to jump your car.

The jumper cable unit plugs into this port, which is covered by a protective flap.

Here you can see the usb port and the place you plug in to charge the unit.

Heck yah! It even tells you how much batter power you have left. That way there is never a guess of when you need to charge it.

Push and hold this button to turn on the flash light. Watch my video bellow for all the lights features.

Charge it in your home or in the car. 

The video bellow shows off the unit and goes over some of the features.

In the video bellow I really put the unit to the test. I took it over and used it to jump my grandpa's full sized van with a totally dead battery.

My final feelings about the unit. Honestly what is not to love. It is tiny, it packs a punch and it is good for more then just jumping the car. I love knowing I always have a flashlight charged and ready to go. My favorite part is the batter life level. It comes in a great storage box. If I am suck on the side of the road with a dead phone battery I have a way to charge it, because admit it we know how quick a smart phone battery dies. 

Follow the boy scouts and always be prepared!

Special thanks to 1byone for my Multi-Function Smart Jump Starter they gave me my unit to review and share my honest and unbiased feelings with you. If the old school one was better, or this one sucked you know I would have told you. But this thing is still rocking my world.

Week Three of School- The dreaded substitute teacher.

Chris is in his third week of school. It's so hard for me to believe that he is in school. The second week of school gave us a few bumps. His teacher and classroom aide where both out with the flu on the same day. For Chris this was too much change all at once, new place, new people, new routine. This lead to some negative behaviors on his part. Bites! I was so upset because we tackled this issue months before and had not had a bite in a long time. Well today he had two subs again. Oh no! This time I knew about it and made sure the subs knew not to take his teether away. This won the bite battle. He was able to use his teether as an outlet for his stress and anxiety of having different teachers. How do your children handle, change in routine and having a sub in their classroom.

Amber Collar for Pets

The healing power of amber has been used in my home for almost 3 years now. It all started with an amber teething necklace for CJ, and then moved to an amber necklace for myself to help aid my migraines. But I never thought to use amber for my dog. Amber Crown introduced me to an amber pet collar to help prevent fleas and ticks! I was so excited to hear about this because I can now ditch the chemical coated collars or monthly chemical drops. Another easy was to get rid of toxins and harmful chemicals and keeping my family safe is always going to catch my interest. The pet collar comes with an adjustable strap to get the perfect fit. 

Growing up...

Monday was CJ's 3rd birthday, he celebrated in a different way. He got to start preschool!!! That's right my little man is now a school boy. He is in the special needs preschool to get help with speech and occupational therapy. If you are new to the blog CJ has autism and his non verbal, well he has one word. GO! It was very hard for me to drop him off at school the first day because he has only been left with family and one very close friend. Here I am leaving my little man who can't express his needs with strangers. Eeep! I didn't cry, but I sure felt like I was going to.

The Messy Mom Van

I will admit it I have the messy mom van. I live in my van on the way to doctors appointments, going to grandma's house and school drop off and pick up. Well what happens when you have a toddler and spend that much time in your car? It becomes a mess. You know how your toddler loves to bring along a new toy each time, well they get left in the car and everything becomes a total mess. You can't find what you need or where anything is. Tidy Ridey sent me this awesome back seat organizer. The first thing I noticed what how large all the pockets are. I had tried a backseat organizer in the past and it was a total fail because all the pockets were so small nothing I had fit in them. The organizer by Tidy Ridey has full sized pockets for real stuff. I am talking about a full sized pack of baby wipes, water bottle and sippy cups. Even my Ju-Ju-Be Be Quick fits in one of the pockets. I was so excited to have an organizer that fits the items in my life. It even has a zipper mesh pocket at the top for all those small items. I love this pocket because it is fast and easy to see what is in the pocket and know I am not loosing those little items. To install the organizer is very easy. Two adjustable straps hold it in place, these straps buckle in place. One goes around the headrest and the other goes around the lower seat. I don't even notice those straps when I am sitting in the seat the organizer is attached to. The fabric is easy to clean so if those messy toddler hands get on it you can just wipe it clean.

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!

Samsung Activewash Contest

Yummi Pouch

Chris is getting ready to head to school. Which his GI disorder I will need to pack and send all of his meals. But I hate the idea of using plastic bags that just end up in the trash. A great way to go green is to use reusable cloth bags. I got a sample of Yummi Pouches from Revelae Kids. They come in several different sizes so you can pack your sandwich and snacks all in their own bag.

The bags are sold in a three pack with fun prints. 

As you can see there is lots of room for a standard slice of bread.

The bags are closed with a zipper. 

With the sandwich inside you can see there is lots of room, So if you use a thicker bread or bun you will have plenty of room.

The inside has a waterproof finish to help keep your food fresh and makes cleaning easy. 

To clean them they can wipe clean or be washed with hot soapy water.

Pick up a pack form http://store.revelae.com/Snack-Storage-Bags/

Dry Winter Hands

Winter time kills my hands, they get dry and cracked. I never had luck finding a hand cream that helped without feeling heavy and oily. I got a sample of Cetaphil cream in my Jolly Vox Box from Influenster.  This cream has done wonders for my dry hands and no oily feeling. This has quickly become a must have item in my battle against dry winter skin.

Vox box

So there is this really cool thing called Influenster. You get to share you opinions on products and see what real people think about stuff before you buy it. They also send you boxes of free goodies called vox boxes. I just got the jingle vox box and love all the fun stuff I got.

If you want to get in on these cool boxes singe up here.

Making time to work out.

I have always struggled with making time to work out. With a very active almost three year old most of my time is spent chasing him. I have tried work out programs in the past but they wanted you to work out 5 days a week for almost hour long sessions. I would get in a bad loop, I would start then miss a work out and give up. I was so excited to find FeFit. It is a work out program made for moms by moms. Could it get any better? Women that know how precious a moms time is. The program is set up with choices! You can pick which schedule fists your life best. Three times a week, four or five times a week and the workouts are all 30 minutes or less! This has been so easy for me to add into my life. I need baby steps so I started with the 3 days a week, and I never dreaded working out and because the work out is so short I could always find the time to sneak it in.

Hospitality On-the-Go Set Makes Giving Homemade Gifts Easy

I love making homemade baked goods and meals to share with friends and family. The part that I don't love it tracking down my dishes. Using disposable tin foil pains are just tacky and a paper plate doesn't work for everything. So I was very excited to find Mary & Martha's Hospitality On-the-Go Sets. They are cute and stylish paper bakeware in different shapes and sizes. You can make your favorite bundt cake right in the cute paper bundt pan, take it to your family or friends and there is no worry about getting a pan back. The best part, no pan to wash! They even have cute messages printed on them.

Cup cakes can bake in the stylish paper cup and give them an extra special touch.

The inside of the paper is wax coated so you don't have to worry about food sticking or leaking out or leaving ugly oil spots.

Have a sick friend? Have a new mom that just gave birth? These soup and bread dishes are a cute way to provide a home cooked meal. 

Check out all these cute styles they come in. Some even have a spot where you can write in your own message. 

You can find these great sets on Mary & Martha 

#MMPaperBakeware

Special Thanks to Mary & Martha for my set to try.