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Michelle Chappell
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NatureBox – Get Discount off Healthy Snacks & A Giveaway #ad
This is a post brought you by NatureBox as part of a campaign with Linqia. All opinions and personal stories are that of my own.
I was able to get a box from NatureBox with some healthy snack choices for the family this Summer. School let out on June 17th and the kids needed to be certain to have some snacks. I was hoping NatureBox snacks would be loved by the children who are reluctant to taste test any healthy treat options, okay so I lied, my oldest and middle child will try anything. That youngest kid of mine is the picky one who refuses to try anything, his version of taste testing is licking or smelling the food item in question. Yeah. He never tries new things.
So when NatureBox arrived I had wondered what the kids would think of it … after all:
• NatureBox’s products are made from wholesome ingredients and are Nutritionist-approved. They abide by strict quality standards: No High Fructose Corn Syrup, No Partially Hydrogenated Oils, No Trans Fats, No Artificial Sweeteners, No Artificial Flavors, No Artificial Colors.
• All NatureBoxes are cataloged and each month they display the nutrition label and ingredient list for previous NatureBox snacks on the site.
The kids don’t usually go for that wholesome snack but let me tell you what, my six year old son loves the Lemon Wafers and my daughter aka the oldest around here loves he lemon pucker pistachios! I am excited that my children love NatureBox because these are a great way to get snacks into the house without having to cart the children to the grocery store. See this is more about NatureBox’s program:
• NatureBox is a subscription service that offers the ability to discover and enjoy healthy snacks on a monthly basis.
• NatureBox members receive a Discovery Box of surprise snacks for their 1st NatureBox and then they have the option to choose the snacks they receive.
• NatureBox is available in 3 sizes, at 3 different price points: Deluxe Snacker (5 bags for $19.95), Family Snacker (10 bags for $29.95) and Professional Snacker (20 bags for $59.95).
•NatureBoxes make great gifts for your friends and family for holidays, special occasions, or anytime. College students, summer campers, teachers, coaches, new parents, and deployed service members all love to receive healthy snacks any time of the year.
• NatureBox currently ships to the 48 continental states as well as FPO/APO addresses. They also ship to P.O. Boxes. Your monthly box always ships free (with the exception of Hawaii and Alaska – shipping is $1.97 to ensure a more expedited delivery). Each bag has 3-5 servings of that snack within it.
Right now I can offer you a $10 discount off using NatureBox, so you may click here to go sign up and get the $10 discount. This is a great idea for Summer camp snacks and more!
While on the website be sure to sign up for the giveaway from NatureBox, it will be on a pop up/overlay window when you click here to visit NatureBox’s website. This is a way for you to enter for a chance to win a year supply of healthy snacks from NatureBox! So click here to go learn more about NatureBox, sign up for $10 off and/or sign up for their giveaway!
Hope you have learned something … and let me know … what do you think about the concept of NatureBox? Would love feedback in comments below!
This is a post brought you by NatureBox as part of a campaign with Linqia. All opinions and personal stories are that of my own.
Building Websites for Free
When I first started off in my venture of working from home, I knew I had to have a website. Working from the privacy of your home is fantastic but you have to be sure that you have all of the tools for maximum success, one of those tools would be a website. The fantastic news is that, and I found this out many moons ago, you can use a free website builder to get your website up and going!
I had little clue as to what website building entailed, basically I did take an advanced computers course in high school that allowed me to learn how to build/edit websites using Frontpage, but beyond that I was clueless. Being able to use a free website builder online helped me to get a website up quickly so I could make money faster. Basically, your website is a vital part of making money from your online ventures, but being able to build it on your own quickly saves money and time!
You will learn as time goes on that working from home means that you will have to dedicate more time, more energy and stay more focused than ever. There will be times where you learn how to do something by yourself because it will save you a crazy amount of money. Those who can build a website from the ground up, to include a nice design for your firm, earn a lot of money. I personally didn’t want to be giving out all of my hard earned profit and so I started to use free website builders and eventually taught myself some basic coding so that I can now edit a template to make my websites appeal for my audience and my eyes.
Think about a website as the first impression someone has of you and your business, you want that be a great first impression that makes them come back for more, right? Well then make sure that your website is selling that amazing first impression to your audience!
Creative Parents Create Creative Kids {say that 10 times fast}
I love writing. I have loved writing since I was a young child and it has always helped me to get over various things in my past. My children love drawing. Each of my children know, a their own level and interpretation, what I do for a living from home and each are curious in their own way about it. I am blessed that I have creative children but I think it’s because they have a creative Mom. I must admit my children draw way better than me and have way better story title ideas than I do, but we have fun on rainy days together.
When there is no time to go outside or the weather sucks, the kids and I head into the living room to have some fun with paper, crayons and pencils. The kids love when I draw with them or color, honestly they just love that I am there, even if it’s me listening or watching them do their thing the paper, pencils and crayons.
I had a blast on this particular day, shown in pictures, because my sons wanted to make a book. I didn’t have staples left for my stapler so I had to get creative… use my three whole puncher and extra binders with printer paper to make them a “book”. The boys were so happy with me, because not only did I use what I could to make them a “book” to draw and color in, but I did it in a way that allows for them to add more paper down the road. They were happy!
My son, Aj, tried to convince me to draw a King because he wanted to write a story about a King with all These Weapons. My son Aj is the one who will always first try to get someone else to do something for him, however, with a little bit of encouragement and him realizing you are not doing things for him, he will do it and man did it come out rather good for a child who barely draws pictures at home.
What do you think? Do you like Aj’s king drawing? More images form this day to come at Wordless Wednesday tomorrow! Stay tuned…
Do You Babysit your Kids Stuffed Animals?
Well I do.
My four year old son happily has his Mom or his Dad “babysit” various toys of his, there is Baby Junior the pet dinosaur that I do believe is being watched by his Dad over at his Dad’s place. There is Bear-D who is now Dogg-E but is a stuffed bear. Do not ask. I tried to ask, the answer made no sense. Then there is Puppy who is indeed a stuffed puppy. Then there is Turtle because he is a mini pillow pet turtle, so why not just call him Turtle. Sometimes K-man calls him Turt-E but I feel that sounds too close to Turd to even call him that.
Turtle
Shown above is Turtle and he had to keep a close on me one day while I took a shower. K-man had placed Turtle on top of the boom box I have yet to return to my daughter’s bedroom and refused to let me move this stuffed animal. I had to babysit Turtle while K-man ate his lunch. Lucky stuffed animal “Dad” gets to eat lunch in peace, wish I had that luxury!
Bear-D aka Dogg-E
This is Bear-D which I still call and still get in trouble for calling him that. This little stuffed bear’s name is now Dogg-E and he spends a lot of time on my bed as shown here. This is the one stuffed animal that K-man allows to sleep with me. Not only do I watch all of his stuffed animals during the day, occasionally they even hang out in my office at home while I work, I have to sleep with this one named Dogg-E as well.
I was relieved to find out that another Mom has a daughter who does this same thing. The daughter is in my son, K-man’s preschool class. I watched as this Mom walked down to pick up her daughter, talking with me the other day, holding onto a Lady and the Tramp {Lady} stuffed animal. The mom went on to explain basically that she babysits Lady for her daughter just like I babysit K-man’s stuffies for him.
None of the other kids did this when they were younger, so I am having fun with it and totally taking my job seriously. Maybe I should start taking pictures of my babysitting stuffed animal days and blog more because these stuffed animals really love to par-tay while their “Dad” is at preschool.
Moms… we really do anything to please our kids don’t we?
