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NutriCrystal Wireless Smart Food Scale, World’s First Bluetooth Ready Food Scale!!! #HolidayGiftGuide

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For people who are looking for an effective way of measuring their nutritional intake, the NutriCrystal food scale has mobile applications that work with it to tell you if you are meeting your healthy eating goals. Unlike the existing nutritional scales, the process of taking the measurements is fully automated. All you need to do is put food on the scale and record the data using your mobile phones, tablets or desktop PCs wirelessly. In addition to tracking the amount of your nutritional intake, their software also provides you summary reports on each of your nutritional consumption and compare the result to national standards or among your friends.

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NutriCrystal Wireless Smart Food Scale is the world’s first Bluetooth Smart Ready Food scale that comes with a huge selections of mobile application in iOS and Android to help people track their daily nutrients intake. Based on customer feedback, these some of the applications:

– People dealing with weight related issues are using the scale to do portion control with their own home cook meal
– Parents with type I diabetes children use our scale to educate their children how much carbohydrate their children have consumed
– Body Builders use our scale to track the sources of their protein intake.
– Individuals who want to make sure that their family members and themselves are receiving sufficient vitamins from their daily food consumption.
– And many more…..

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If you are looking for a great gift for a tech savvy person on your holiday list, the NutriCrystal Wireless Smart Food Scale is the perfect choice!  Mommy Ramblings is adding the NutriCrystal Wireless Smart Food Scale to our 2013 Holiday Gift Guide!!!

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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Recaro Performance SPORT Combination Harness to Booster Car Seat Review & Giveaway!!!

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We love the Recaro brand for car seats and we have 2 ProRIDE convertible car seats by Recaro that my kids use everyday.  I recently had the chance to choose a Recaro car seat to review and I chose the Recaro Performance SPORT Combination Harness to Booster Car Seat.  Both of my little ones are peanuts and lightweights, so they are fine in the ProRIDE convertible car seats,but I figure at some point my older son is going to move to the booster and this booster seems perfect.  I like that it has a secure harness that is easy to buckle him in and out of, the seat is really nice and comfortable and easy to clean fabric is used.  I chose the Knight color style because I think it goes well in my car and will not show dirt or soil easily.

The seat is very supportive and comfortable with memory foam in the seat that’s great if my son falls asleep on long trips. This seat has impressive side impact protection that is designed to distinctly protect 5 vulnerable areas of a child in a side impact collision – their head, neck, face, torso and pelvis. The color coded belt guide makes it easy to find the proper path and positioning  of the LATCH strap or vehicle seat belt whether used in harness or booster mode.  The 5 Point Harness and head restraint are adjusted together so no re-threading is necessary to properly position the harness shoulder straps to your child. The one-of-a-kind racing-inspired white stripe, clearly visible on the outside edge of the 5-point harness, alerts parents to improper harness alignment. There are mesh stretchable pockets on each side that can hold toys or sippy cups.  It is easy to attach in and out using my latch system in my van and I feel good knowing my son is in such a safe seat.  If you are in the market for a harness to booster car seat, you should take a look at the Recaro Performance Sport Combination Harness to Booster Car Seat!

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RECARO has over 100 years of history designing seats for the world’s most prestigious automobiles, airlines, and race cars. RECARO is German engineered, and an international leader in seating safety, design, comfort and style. RECARO is the pioneer of child seat side impact technology, going beyond any side impact requirements as tested with the ADAC European standard. For your peace of mind – every seat is built with RECARO’s superior side impact protection technology.

 

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Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium Review & Giveaway!!! #HolidayGiftGuide

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I recently had the chance to upgrade to Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium from Microsoft Office 2010.  It was super easy to perform the download from the internet and it worked well with Windows 8.  It comes will all the 2013 versions of the programs I need like Word, Power Point, Publisher, Excel, Outlook, Access  and One Note.  It also can be run on five separate devices which really comes in handy and makes it a super value when you have as many computer and tablet users as we do in our family. Another neat feature is that you can automatically save to your SkyDrive which gives you security to know that your documents are accessible from any applicable device.  I find it to be a super value especially since one version can be run with five different devices with an annual subscription price of  $99.99 a year. See below for everything you get with your annual subscription of Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium.  You can also get a free 30 day trial!

Office 365 Home Premium Includes

  • The latest and most complete set of Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access1
  • One license for the entire household to use Office on up to five devices, including Windows tablets, PCs or Macs, and get Office on Demand from any Internet-connected PC2
  • An additional 20 GB of SkyDrive cloud storage, nearly three times the amount available with a free SkyDrive account
  • 60 free Skype world calling minutes per month to call mobile phones, landlines or PCs around the world3
  • Future upgrades, so you always use the latest time-saving technology
  • Fast, fluid design that responds to touch and stylus as naturally as it does to keyboard and mouse
  • Automatic save to SkyDrive, so your documents — and even your personal settings — are always available from virtually anywhere and on your favorite devices

Office 365 Home Premium Pricing and Availability

  • At US$99.99 for an annual subscription, Office 365 Home Premium costs the equivalent of US$8.34 per month.
  • It is available in 162 markets in 21 languages.
  • It is available through more than 100,000 resellers and at more than 450 retailers worldwide, including Best Buy, Staples, Dixons, FNAC, Challenger, Amazon.com and the Microsoft Store, and at Office.com.
  • People can also get Office 365 Home Premium with a new Windows 8 PC from OEMs, such as Dell, Lenovo and HP.
  • A free 30-day trial is also available online at Office.com.

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Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium Subscription

Get the most from your Office 365 Home Premium subscription at the new Office.com:

  • Access Office on Demand.
  • Activate and deactivate devices.
  • Add family members to your subscription.
  • Access SkyDrive folders and documents.
  • Search and download Office apps in the Office Store.
  • Access a gallery of more than 700 new professionally produced templates.

Top 10 Features

  1. If you are reading, not writing or editing, click or tap View, then Read Mode in Word to hide the writing tools and menus.
  2. Re-open a document or presentation, and keep reading right where you left off with Resume reading in Word and PowerPoint.
  3. Like a data assistant that finishes your work for you, Flash Fill in Excel detects what you want to do and enters the rest of your data in one fell swoop, following patterns in your data.
  4. Dress up your data with conditional formatting such as bars and color scales through the Quick Analysis Lens in Excel.
  5. Tired of trying to precisely match the colors of shapes and pictures in PowerPoint? Let Eyedropper in PowerPoint do the work for you.
  6. With an improved Presenter View in PowerPoint, the audience views your slides on a main screen, while you control the show on another screen that only you can see.
  7. Inline replies in Outlook allow you to reply with one click by typing your response right in the Reading Pane.
  8. Grab a quick glance at your schedule, an appointment or your to-do list with peeks in Outlook, without having to switch from email to calendar or other modes.
  9. If the sound of typing is distracting, you can handwrite notes in OneNote instead of typing them. This is also useful if you’re faster at writing than at typing.
  10. Instead of re-typing information or relying on links to documents, feel free to embed files in OneNote to keep them handy online or offline.

We think an annual subscription to Microsoft Office 365 Home Version makes a great holiday gift for just about anyone! You will find it on Mommy Ramblings 2013 Holiday Gift Guide!

Microsoft Office is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings.  One lucky blog reader will win a one year subscription of the NEW Office 365 Home Premium!  Thanks to Microsoft Office for the review subscription and for sponsoring this awesome giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!!  Open to US and Canadian Residents.

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Jaybird Headphones, Made For Active Lifestyles! Take A Look At The BlueBuds X!

Jaybird creates state of the art headphones for active people with active lifestyles.  If you love your music and listen to it while you run, bike, cross train or any other vigorous activity you’ll love Jaybird headphones.  Jaybird has a great selection of headphones like the game changing BlueBuds X.  The BlueBuds X patent pending X-Fit™feature let you wear them in the traditional under-ear style for music and calls or over-ear, designed for individuals who want a great sports music experience without feeling anything on their neck.

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Shift™ Premium Bluetooth Audio rewrites Bluetooth!  Traditionally when sound is compressed on a phone or music player, sent through the air by Bluetooth connection, and decompressed by the Bluetooth headphones, there is a substantial amount of packet loss. It means your music comes through lacking some soul, lacking some punch, and with a certain amount of static-like white noise.

Jaybird perfected a custom implementation of the native Bluetooth SBC codec, called Shift™ that allows delivery of a level of purity and sound that rivals and challenges the very best in wired headphones. A great feature of Shift™ is that it’s pair and play, meaning, nothing special is required on your phone or music device, just standard Bluetooth, Shift™ takes care of the rest.

Jaybird studied the impact of vocals on the ear over extended listening periods, and observed a very interesting phenomenon that even wired headphones today are not addressing. Did you know all in-ear headphones (wired or wireless) create white noise? Both the speaker diaphragm and your ear canal have their own impedance or resonance frequency.  If they don’t match precisely, they create a mirroring effect resulting in white noise feedback, noticeable as harsh sounds in the vocal area. This results in listener fatigue. Jaybird’s on-board filtering system, called, PureSound™ filters out and eliminates the white noise, delivering a clean audio experience, offering hours of pure enjoyment.

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Voice prompt technology called Jenna™ makes it simple to get to your first track.  Put your headphones on, hold the power button and Jenna™ takes over saying, “power on”, then “headphones connected”.  Push play and your music begins plus Jenna™ helps with you pairing too.

SignalPlus™ gives you the ability to run and play sports outdoors while using your music device anywhere on your body without experiencing the limitations of your body getting between the devices and blocking your signal.  You can even leave your phone/music device in your bag at the gym and workout at a good distance without losing or dropping the signal.

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JayBird knows athletes because they are athletes with passion.  Their passion is to get the products right and they offer a lifetime warranty against sweat on all JayBird products.  To further enhance their lifetime warranty against sweat, BlueBuds X feature Liquipel Sweat Repellant Nano Technology.  Liquipel Sweat Repellant Nano Technology is a super hydrophobic process that provides the BlueBuds X with added protection from exposure to sweat or the elements.

BlueBuds X are simply the smallest Bluetooth headphones in the world, add in the remarkable playtime, the BlueBuds X are simply the most progressive Bluetooth headphones available.

You may know the saying that dynamite comes in small packages and that totally describes BlueBuds X.  BlueBuds X are the smallest Bluetooth headphones available, yet they pack an incredible 8 hours of play time, double that of which was previously possible from a product this small. Enjoy a full day of music and calls, or work out an hour a day for an entire week on a single charge!

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To purchase Jaybird BlueBuds X or any of the other great headphones they make click HERE!


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Check out Treat’s One-to-One Holiday Card Collection & Gifts!!! Enter Our Treat Giveaway To Win A Great Prize Pack!!!

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Have you seen Treat’s One-to-One Holiday Card Collection?  If not check it out now and be sure to take a look at their great gifts!  Treat now offers digital cards and most cards on the site have digital option.  You can join in on the #TreatCheer Twitter party November 18th at 2 PM ET with @ResourcefulMom.

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Take the Little Remedies, “Say Yes To Less” and Make-A-Wish Will Donate $1 For Every Pledge!!!

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With Little Remedies®, “less is more” means you’ll find fewer artificial ingredients in their products. But it also means they strive for a simple, healthy way of living: Less of the unnecessary. More of what counts.

Your family can live that way, too. Pledge to “Say Yes to Less.”

For every pledge, Little Remedies®will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish®

 I took the Pledge to Pledge to “Say Yes to Less.” You can too! Remember for every pledge, Little Remedies will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish!  It is so easy and it can mean so much To take the Pledge or for more information, please visit www.SayYes2Less.com  Leave us a comment if you take the Pledge and we will be having a Little Remedies giveaway!!!

 


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KinderGlo LED Night Light Review & Giveaway!!! #HolidayGiftGuide

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The KinderGlo is a fully rechargeable, fully portable LED night light designed for kids to cuddle and carry to get them peacefully through the night. Bright enough to see by but soft enough the sleep by, the KinderGlo is a favorite for parents and kids alike. Their small, soothing pals will ease even the most fretful kids into  a good night’s sleep and will soon become a part of the daily bedtime routine.

KinderGlo Night Lights are:

Portable

  • Rechargeable–no money wasted replacing batteries!
  • Easy for little hands to hold and carry
  • Last for 8-10 hours of soft, soothing light so kids an keep their buddies in bed with them all night

Safe

  • Powered with LED lights that are never hot to the touch
  • Automatically power on if knocked from the charging base or if charging during a power outage
  • Made with phthalate, BPA & lead free materials

Fun (and easy to use!)

  • Choose from a variety of cute, comforting characters
  • Simple for kids to use all by themselves
  • Single button allows you to choose between auto-off after 30 minutes or continuous lighting. You can also choose between:

Continuously changing color cycle

 

 

Or, for those who prefer solid colors

 

just red…  just blue…  just green… 
 

My kids are a little bit strange, where most kids are afraid of monsters and things that go bump in the night, mine laugh at talk of Boogey Men and Scary Hairy Monsters.  When I asked my four-year old to pick what night light he wanted from KinderGlo he choose the Tyrannosaurus Rex Night Light.  He said he loved how it looked scary with its sharp teeth. He told me he wanted to wake up and see those sharp teeth staring back at him.  What a funny kid!  He was so happy when it arrived and could not wait to see it in person.  He loves it! We put it in his room that night and he watches the changing colors as he drifts off to sleep. It relaxes him and creates a comforting light that he can even have right in bed with him and it won’t get hot or be a fire hazard and it’s soft and huggable.

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As a parent I like all the available options, like having it glow in one color or changing colors, staying on for 30 minutes or all night if you so choose.  The charging station makes it easy to recharge the night light and is sleek and easy to use.  Mommy Ramblings is adding the KinderGlo Night Light to our 2013 Holiday Gift Guide!!!

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Tidy Books, Book Box Review & Giveaway!!! Special 15% Discount Code For Tidy-Books.com!!!

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One of the issues of being a book loving family, is finding ways to store all of our glorious books.  My children have enormous amounts of books, but I believe you can never have too many.  As a Tidy Books Ambassador I love promoting the great products they have that keep books neat and tidy but still let kids see the covers of the books.  Small children usually cannot recognize books by the title on the spine, so displays that let them see the covers encourage reading, because children really do judge books by their cover.

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I recently received the Tidy Books, Book Box in Blue.  this sturdy, large box holds so many books and it even has a clock that is great for teaching little ones time.  The box was easy to assemble and is great to keep in the family room or child’s bedroom filled with their favorite books.  The box is available in natural, white or blue.

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For more information on the Tidy Books Box or their other products visit their website.  Mommy Ramblings’ readers can use  the discount code AMB15 and save 15% on their order at www.tidy-books.com.  You can keep up with all the latest news by following Tidy Books on Facebook and Twitter and Pinterest and also signing up for their newsletter.

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Mommy Ramblings thinks the Tidy Books Book Box makes a wonderful gift for any child especially filled with some great winter’s night reading material.  We are adding it to our 2013 Holiday Gift Guide.

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Disney Channel’s TV Series, “Gravity Falls” Now Available on DVD!!!

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Disney Channel’s Popular Animated TV Series Gravity Falls

 Available Now on Disney DVD 

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 Over 2 Hours of Hilarious Adventures, Irreverent Humor and Unforgettable Characters

Plus Free Exclusive Mystery Book: Journal #3

 In this animated adventure comedy riddled with mystery, twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel are sent to spend their summer vacation with their great uncle. Upon arrival, their great uncle, also known as Grunkle Stan, enlists the siblings’ help in running The Mystery Shack, a fun tourist trap he owns that overcharges unsuspecting customers. While Dipper has a hard time getting used to his new surroundings, Mabel’s upbeat optimism comes in handy in her quest to find true love. When Dipper stumbles upon an elusive book, he discovers that it is the key to unlocking the town’s mysterious secrets, and the brother and sister duo soon realize they must rely on one another to navigate the unfamiliar place.

Talent:

Jason Ritter (TV’s “Parenthood”, “Joan of Arcadia”, “The Event”) as Dipper Pines, Kristen Schaal (TV’s “Flight of the Conchords”, “Bob’s Burgers”, “30 Rock”) as Mabel Pines & and “Gravity Falls” creator and executive producer  Alex Hirsch (“Fish Hooks”) as Great Uncle Stan aka “Grunkle Stan” and Soos.

Creator/Director

Executive Producer:      Alex Hirsch (Fish Hooks, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapj

Packaging:                   1-Disc DVD + Exclusive Mystery Book: Journal #3

Episodes:

1 – “Tourist Trapped”

2 – “The Legend of the Gobblewonker”

3 – “Headhunters”

4 – “The Hand That Rocks the Mabel”

5 – “The Inconveniencing”

6 – “Dipper vs. Manliness”

Run Time:  Approx. 155-minutes

Rated:    TV-Y7

Languages/Subtitles:      English, French & Spanish

 


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Somersault Snack Co., Sunflower Seed Snacks Review & Giveaway!!!

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Somersaults were created as healthy, tasty snacks for people who want more than just empty nutrition. What followed was a philosophy and lifestyle that adds joy and delicious goodness to your everyday life. Somersaults invites you to share in the unexpected pleasures that Somersaults offer, with crunch, zing and a little zest for adventure!

Somersaults embraces the sunflower seed as the new nut,offering the perfect blend of protein, fiber and balanced nutrition with an excellent taste.

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They loved the nut free nutrition of seeds so much, they nominated the sunflower seed as their own personal nutritional super hero, choosing it to be the #1 ingredient in every Somersault snack they bake.

Each of their Somersaults flavors are made with simple, all-natural ingredients of the highest quality so you can feel good sharing Somersaults with your whole family. So next time you enjoy a Somersault, think of those beautiful fields of sunflowers that stretch for miles across America and the incredible nutrition that these little seeds feed your body.

I was sent a selection of Somersault snacks in a variety of flavors and sizes. They were delicious and a great alternative to snacks that are lacking seriously in nutritional value. They are definitely something my kids eat, both the big and small and my oldest mentioned seeing students eating them at her university. A perfect, tasty on the go snack for everyone!

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