Product Reviews

Dear Dove,

July 27, 2010 By Nicole 15 Comments

Dear Dove,

We’ve had an on going relationship for over three years now. You were there for me, on some very lonely nights. I craved your tall dark and handsome silhouette while I was pregnant with my baby girl. Hubby didn’t like me sending him out for you. However, he does anything to keep his Mama happy.

I know this letter may come off very COLD. Just know, its me. Not you. Well on the other hand, it is you!

What’s wrong you ask? Well, first of all your price didn’t seem to change BUT!!!!That’s a HUGE BUTT! You got rid of one of your buddies! Yeah! Instead of a four pack! Now, you’re flexing a three pack! You would think, you’d show some guilt! Seeing as though you’re not flexing a six pack. But….nooooooo. I keep giving and you keep taking.

Its time to put a stop to this chocolate covered madness! There’s more fish in the sea! Hopefully you’ll think again before you decide to get rid of one your buddies, make your packaging smaller & have me pay $5.99 approx. unless your on sale! Which, by the way, you were on sale the other day! Because if you weren’t! I was taking another tall dark and handsome ice cream bar home with ME!!!!

So, this is farewell! This chocolate love affair, IS OVA!!! Its not me! It’s YOU!

SCORNED

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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Presto 16-Qt. Pressure Canner & Cooker Review

July 22, 2010 By Nicole 6 Comments

16Qt Presto Pressure Canner

I’d like to take this time to introduce a new member to our family. Big Mama! Well, that’s what we’ve named her. We purchased The Presto Pressure Canner the other day so that we can, can the harvest from our garden. I never knew that Pressure Cookers came this big. We got the 16Qt one and my husband says that there is one bigger.

There was also an instruction and recipe book inside. Since this is our first time Canning, this book is going to be our best friend. In the recipe book, there are recipes for canning as well as using the pressure canner as a pressure cooker. I already had a small pressure cooker and I’ve used it to cook Ham Hocks. That was the extent of my pressure cooking skills. We purchased it at Wal-Mart for $64.88.

Our very first time using it, we canned string beans & collard greens. This has been very enjoying for us to be able to preserve our veggies until we’re ready to eat them. A couple weeks later we canned cucumbers to make pickles. We’re on a roll! How about you, do you garden and if you do have you ever canned your harvest? What has been your experience.

Disclosure: We purchased this on our own and this is our personal opinion.

The finished results

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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Leave a comment for each of the ways you have entered.

Nicole

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Shopping at AJWright

March 27, 2010 By Nicole 2 Comments

Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to shop at an AJWright store that was opening in the Chicago area. The new store opened in Hillside, Illinois. I was contact by @ashsands on Twitter and was given a $100.oo gift card to maximize my shopping experience.

I nearly missed the email from Ashley because I hadn’t configured my PR email account to my Blackberry (Duh!). As soon as I found the message in my inbox, I quickly added the account to my Blackberry. That’s what happens when you have splitcybernality.

Any who. In order to maximize the $100 gift card. I needed a plan. My plan was to buy each of my kids an outfit. I arrived at AJWright and noticed very few cars in the parking lot. OMGosh! The store isn’t open to the public yet! ” This is gonna be sweet!” I said to myself.

When I entered into the store the first thing I noticed were the colors. Lime green & some orange accent walls. I was given a little goo-die bag with a calculator, note pad, ink pen & my $100 gift card ( the angels rejoice). I was given a tour and off shopping I went.

The store was well organized. The purses were color coded, the better to pick them my dear. The shoes were all sized up, the better to try on my dear. And the house ware section was off the chain, the better to drive me freakin NUTS!

When I saw the houseware section, I nearly aborted my plan. What kids? I had to regroup. I’d left my Mama Remote at home. So, no help there.

O.K back to my original plan. When done shopping, everyone in my house had something. Here’s my list:

Hubby – 1 button down, short sleeve, checkered green & blue top.

Me- 1 purse snakeskin with yellow trim, 1 pair of yellow wedge sandles (shh I’m the Mama)

Oldest daughter – 2 T -shirts ( designer style)

Son- 2 T-shirts, 1 button down short sleeve checkered red & blue shirt (like his fathers)

Baby Girl- 1 summer short set and walkie talkies

That’s not bad for a Mama that can loose control in the store. Have you been to an AJWright? Tell me of your experience.

Disclosure: I was given a $100 AJWright gift card to maximize & share my shopping experience.