October 8, 2013
Niagara Day Trip {with linky!} #WW
We decided to go to a day trip to one of our fave places to visit – Niagara Falls! Our boys wanted to share our pictures from The Rainforest Cafe:
And Mom’s favourite part of the day:
October 2, 2013
Fiber Element Bamboo Sheet Set #Giveaway
Welcome to the
Fiber Element Bamboo Sheet Set Giveaway!
Is there anything better than snuggling in bed after a long day? With many of us spending at least a third of our lives in bed, we should spoil ourselves a bit more at bed time. One of the best ways to make bedtime feel more luxurious is with high quality, silky sheets. While many of us may love the feel of such soft sheets, however, many of us cannot afford the price tag goes alongside high quality cotton sheets, leading to us spending more money in the long run on sheets that will quickly fall apart or lose that softness after a few washings. Luckily, there is an option that is not only friendly for your wallet, but the environment as well – Fiber Elements Organic Bamboo Sheets! With Fiber Elements bamboo sheets, you are getting sheets that are not only environmentally friendly, but softer than even 1,000 thread count cotton sheets. Once you have laid your head on these sheets and felt their super soft texture, you will never buy cotton sheets again! While these sheets normally retail for $139.99 – $219.99, Fiber Elements is currently running a sale on their sheets, allowing you to buy a Full, Queen, King, or California king set even more cheaply. The only thing better than purchasing a set of these sheets, however, is winning a set of your own!
Five lucky readers will receive a Fiber Elements Organic Bamboo Sheet set of their choice!
Giveaway ends October 23rd at 11:59pm, open to US and Canada, ages 18+. To enter please use the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck.
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October 1, 2013
Signs of Fall #WW
Our beautiful walk this past weekend! It is showing all the signs of Fall already.
Link up below!
October 1, 2013
How To Keep Your Personal Information Personal In a Social Media World #ESETProtects
Social media plays a huge role in my life. It is the number one way I stay connected to family overseas, friends from high school and network with new friends and bloggers. You can instantly share updates on your children, success stories and pictures. Sometimes without even realizing it we can share too much information and make information public that we may regret later.
Facebook is one of the largest social media sites that many of us use on a daily basis. If you are not careful about your privacy settings you can unintentionally share information not only with your friends but their friends as well! ESET shares with us their top tips on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. Our eldest son has already started to ask for a Facebook account even though he is not yet thirteen. He has many friends that have been allowed by their parents to join the social media site. We were firm with our decision that no he is not ready for a social media account. A certain level of maturity is required to safely manage a social media account and to prevent the sharing of inappropriate or unsafe content that will later be regretted.
Some key tips to remember when setting up a Facebook account:
- Do not over share! If you give away to much information online it is easier for your identity to be stolen. Your friends and family members know you already – there is no need to share more than the basics.
- Keep your private information private. Actively go in to your privacy settings and update them. You do not need to share every status update and photo in public mode nor should you want to. If you do not change your settings most of the updates you share will be public.
- Update your Timeline settings. Did you know you can choose who can or can not see your Timeline? If you did not then you should look – you can chose to review posts that include your name, items posted to your timeline and so on.
- Third party access – every once in a while check out who you have allowed to view your information (i.e. – birthday, friends, etc..). If you do not use the app remove that access they have.
- Before you chose to log in with Facebook on some accounts or sites make sure you trust that site. You are giving them access to view your personal information!
- Look at your Facebook friends. Every once in a while go through who you have added, accepted friend requests from, etc. Do you really know this person? Are you comfortable sharing information with them? If not then you may want to remove them from having access to your page.
Remember my post from last month about all the awesome features of ESET Smart Security 6? They even have you covered on Facebook with a Social Media Scanner! The scanner works to protect your Facebook and Twitter accounts from any form of malicious content. Pretty awesome, right?
Now that we have covered the basics of protecting ourselves on our social media accounts, what would you do if you were to lose your mobile device or laptop? I can not even begin to think of the nightmare that would bring! If you are like a lot of the people I know your mobile device is your calendar, it stores important dates/information, contact information, your social media accounts and so much more!
I was so surprised about how likely the chances of your mobile device or laptop being lost or stolen were. There are a few ways you can help to protect your personal information if your mobile phone or laptop are ever lost or stolen.
- Password protect your devices. This will help to slow down anyone who may have stolen your phone (not to mention keeping your little ones out of your phone and posting updates on your behalf!).
- Back up your devices. You can only really know the importance of this after losing all of your important papers or documents, pictures and so on. Safe yourself the hassle and regularly back up your devices.
- Tracking software. ESET Smart Security 6 comes with tracking software that can help to locate your laptop. ESET also has mobile security for androids!
- Do not tempt thieves. Be careful with your devices. Do not leave them out on a table and walk away. Guard your personal devices like you do your personal information.
- Encrypt sensitive data or better yet remove sensitive data from your devices.
Have you had the online social media chat with your pre-teens and teens yet? What advice do you give them?
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ESET Smart Security 6 is a PTPA award winner! Check out their full line of products here. Don’t forget to follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
Disclosure: As part of the ESET Brand Ambassadorship I received compensation for this post. All opinions expressed are my own and I only support products that I love!
September 29, 2013
Purex plus Oxi #Review and #Giveaway
Laundry. The number one dreaded word in our household! Neither my husband nor I look forward to laundry day on Sunday. The piles are never ending and the stains are always there.
Finding the right detergent is quite the job! We need a laundry detergent that is strong enough to work on my husbands work clothes that are stained daily from working with steel to our eldest who seems to love to clean the dust off the school gymnasium floor! Our youngest is a whole new world of stains usually food and dirt stains. On top of that the laundry detergent needs to be gentle enough for our sensitive skin! Just a small order right?
I was delighted to be given the chance to try out Purex plus Oxi laundry detergent! Purex plus Oxi is formulated to work against over one hundred and one of the toughest stains your family can throw at it! Not only has it been tested against a wide variety of stains but it is also hypoallergenic – perfect for those little ones with sensitive skin (and big kids!).
Finally it was time to put Purex plus Oxi to the test! We had a tough laundry week with lots of final soccer practices and tryouts, the Terry Fox run, work clothes from my husband and not to mention all the dirt stained pants from everyday fun out in the sun that had piled up so we were ready to go!
Purex plus Oxi has a light, fresh scent that both my son and I loved! We tested the bottle against my husband’s work clothes and it worked well at removing any residue left over from chemicals from work along with leaving a pleasant, fresh smell. It worked wonders on our kids clothes that were covered in dust, dirt from outside and food stains. Purex plus Oxi even removed the coffee stains from my scrub pants (for some reason I am constantly spilling coffee at work – I am so clumsy!).
A pretty awesome tip I found out? Purex plus Oxi laundry detergent is so powerful you can even use it to pre-treat your toughest stains! There goes having to purchase multiple bottles for laundry around the house!! All you have to do is pour a little bit of the Purex plus Oxi onto the stain and rub the stained fabric together using your fingers. Wait five minutes and add the clothing into the washer as usual. Pretty awesome, right?!
Purex plus Oxi is now giving you the chance to try out their stain fighting formula and put it to the test in your home! Enter to win two free product coupons for a free bottle of Purex plus Oxi laundry detergent! Two winners will each receive two free product coupons valid for a free bottle of Purex plus Oxi laundry detergent. This giveaway is open to Canadians only, 18 years of age and older.
GOOD LUCK!
Disclosure: Purex provided me with a sample of Purex plus Oxi detergent in exchange for a product review. However, all opinions expressed here are my own.
