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#CaStrawberryTour

July 25, 2011 By Nicole 11 Comments

I think my sleep is catching up with me. The past 2 weeks have been super busy. I don’t think I’ve seen this much of downtown Chicago in my life & my car will thank me for the rest after this coming weekend.

Last Thursday I went to #CaStrawberryTour at the Merchandise Mart hosted by @MJTam. They had some members of the California Strawberry Commision, a strawberry farmer and David Grotto. They gave us some very informative information on strawberries. Did you know that strawberries are packed in the picking field & put directly on the truck to ship to stores? I didn’t either. That’s why it’s important to clean them before we eat them.

They had a variety of recipes to try with strawberries. One was Strawberry Gazpacho. It was like a strawberry soup. One flavor I knew was in there was cucumber. The soup was sour & that’s how I eat my cucumbers. I peel, cut them up & add salt pepper and vinegar. We were discussing at the table what was in it & I said I taste cucumbers. They gave us a cook book with those recipes & many others. When I looked it up, there it was, cucumbers.

Another treat was David Grotto. He’s a diatician & author of numerous books. Not only does he know his stuff, he’s really funny & after Thursday I think he can make anyone eat their vegetables. I don’t know if I’ve told you all this, but I can only eat a few fruit whole. Strange, I know! I can eat grapefruit no problem. Strawberries I only eat in smoothies & yogurt. Any other fruit has to be in some form of creamy yogurt. It’s something about the texture I don’t like & makes me sick to the stomach. Anywho, he had us take a strawberry twizzler & a strawberry and do a bit of a taste test. I’ll be the first to say I was shocked the strawberry tasted better!

Lastly, they gave us a recipe book for giveaway. I’ll post the giveaway this Thursday so be sure to stay tuned. Do you all like strawberries & what’s your favorite way to eat them?

Nicole

Nicole is a wife, mother of 3, hairstylist, CEO & Jewelry designer, living in South Suburban Illinois, near Downtown Chicagoland. Nicole wishes there was a remote control to control her multifaceted life. Nevertheless, she’s enjoying every moment. CEO/Founder of Splitcybernality, Inc. Nicole noticed in 2008 how social networking users created multiple accounts for the different interest in their life. Therefore she trademarked SPLITCYBERNALITY® & created the website SPLITCYBERNALITY.COM ~Embracing The Intricate Woman Online. Also, designer of her own jewelry line Coco Essential.

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Dominick’s just for u Review & Giveaway(Closed)

October 15, 2010 By Nicole 5 Comments

just for u

Congratulations to our 2 winners

Sidney

Janet

Thanks for participating in Help! Mama Remote Give away!

September was National Coupon Month. I admit I’m not a faithful coupon clipper but I envy those that are. Although, being a family of five, I’m always looking for the best way to maximize my grocery shopping. Looking in our local sales papers, taking inventory so that I won’t purchase something we already have or preparing a grocery list are just a few ways I try to stay on budget.

Last month I was contacted by a representative of Dominick’s to try out a new program they are rolling out called “just for u“. This program allows you to save money based on your purchasing history. This solved one of my main reasons for not clipping coupons frequently. Most of the coupons I see in the sales paper, my family doesn’t eat. When signing up with the just for u program, you link your Dominick’s Fresh Value card with your “just for you” account and that’s when the savings begin.

There are 3 ways to save!

1. Coupon Center- This is were you get your digital coupons. Yep! No more clipping coupons. Coupon Center is the largest grocery coupon site in North America. Once signing into the Dominick’s site, click on the coupon center, peruse the coupons, click the add button & the coupon is automatically added to you Fresh Value Card.

2.Personalized Deals- These deals are good for up to 90 days. They are either something you’ve recently purchased or some items that you have added to your deals list. **It also has an expiration date so you will know when your deal ends. You may also click the add button to add them to your list as well.

3.Your Club Specials- These are the items that are currently Fresh Values. Again you click the add button and add them to your list.

Once you have completed browsing the was you will save, either print your list or do the Green thing & email it to your mobile phone.

Pros: Program is excellent! As I said before, I avoided clipping coupons because the items we use I could never find a coupon for. We’ve brought enough Gatorade to fill a small swimming pool! Since gatarode is one of the items I purchased, the coupon savings is on my personalized deals list for up to 90 days.

Cons: While shopping I noticed some of the sale price items required you to buy multiple of that item in order to receive the lowest discounted price. Although, you still receive a savings, it’s just not the lowest savings. That was a slight draw back for me. As a member I would like to receive the lowest price without over extending my budget.

Now, I have something “just for u“! I have two $25.00 Dominick’s gift cards for 2 of my readers. This is how you can win….Leave a comment on how you think the “just for u” program will benefit you. Giveaway will close on October 29th at 11:59pm. 1 entry per person

Disclosure: I received (8) $25.00 Dominck’s gift cards for myself & to giveaway to my readers in exchange to review the “just for u” program. These are my honest opinions and views of the “just for u” program.

Nicole

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AJWright $50 Gift Card Give Away (CLOSED)

August 6, 2010 By Nicole 42 Comments

And the WINNNEEERRRRR IIIIISSSSSS>>>>>>>>>>>Juanita!

Thank You all for entering Help! Mama Remote Giveaway!

“A” do I have a treat for one of you! A $50.oo AJWright Gift Card Give Away. Back in March I was able to shop at a new AJWright store in Hillside Illinois. Check out my review to look at all the goodies I was able to purchase on a $100.00 Gift Card Challenge.

How to Enter
Leave a comment on how you will use the $50.00 Gift Card. (I want to win doesn’t count or enter me) 2 entries

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Give Away Ends JULY 28, 2010

Disclosure: I was given a $100.00 Gift card to AJWright to give a review on my shopping experience. As well as a $50.00 AJWright Gift Card for one of my readers.

Nicole

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Kung Zhu Party & Give Away(CLOSED)

June 26, 2010 By Nicole 5 Comments

Kung Zhu Pets

WINNER OF THE KUNG ZHU PET IS

LIZ

On behalf of Zhu Zhu Pets & Mom Select we were giving the opportunity to have a Kung Zhu Party for my 9yr old son. Whenever we saw the commercial on T.V my son would say, “See Ma that’s what I’m talking about! Can I get that for my birthday or Christmas?” They’re both in the same month. That was way before we received the Kung Zhu Pets.

The day we received the Kung Zhu Pets they came by UPS… The doorbell rang and it was this huge box at the door. I thought my husband had ordered something but when I opened the box I saw that it was all my doing. lol

Let me tell you all the goodies that come in the Kung Zhu Collection

There are 2 sets of Kung Zhu Hamsters; The Special Forces & Ninja Warriors and there are 4 in each set. You can also purchase their Armor. We can’t have our hamsters in the Battle zone with no Armor!

Kung Zhu Pets with Armor

My favorite accessory are the Tanks 4 different kind; The Rhino Tank, Buzzsaw Tank, Spider Skull Tank & Scorpion Tank. You place the Kung Zhu Pet behind his tank and he takes off in it. So cute handsome!

Spider Skull Tank

Kung Zhu Pet & Tank

In order to complete the collection there’s The Ultimate Battleground. When they say “Ultimate”, they mean “ULTIMATE!” I’m going to let you in on a little secret….I’m using this around my Christmas tree this year. Mwahaha!!!!! So here goes…all these accessories makes up The Ultimate Battleground.

The Battle Arena
The Forces HQ
The Mission Control
The Training Ground
The Combat Bridge
The Ambush Alley U-Turn
The Training Ground – Bravo
The KZ -18 Fighter Jet
The Missile Attack Tower
The Dragon Hammer

The Ninja Training Ground
The Ninja Snake Pit
The Ninja Dojo Base
The Samurai Training Ground
The Dragon Alley U-Turn
The Wheel of Fire

Kung Zhu Tip****Another great asset to this collection is that you can configure it in so many ways. A great way to allow your son or daughter to use their creativity.

Kung Zhu Tip****Storage, Storage,Storage! With so many great accessories for your child to collect, Mom’s we need to know a great way to store this Collection. This also teaches our children how to take care of their toys. This will help them when they are all grown up too. What I did was go to my favorite retail store and purchased a 22Gal storage container. You can take the Collection apart with ease, store it & put it back together very easily.

All the items listed above are stored in here

It's all inside

I also have a 2yr old and if you think she was going to allow us to leave her out of all of the fun! You can think again.

"WOOHOO!!!!!" You have to hear her say it. It's so cute.

After reading the directions and showing my son how it’s suppose to be put together, I let him be creative.

This is the Giant Battle Arena (it comes apart for easy storage)

Party Time

Each child at the party received a Kung Zhu Pet & Armor

Now here is your chance to win your very own (1) Kung Zhu Pet and (1) Armor. This contest will end on July 3, 2010 at 11:59pm
Here’s how:

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