It’s That Time Again ~ $5 Starbucks ~ 2 Winners!
I just got my daily text. Half price Frappucino’s from 3-5pm until May 13th.
Do you think Starbucks should start paying me to advertise for them? ha!
While you won’t win this $5 eGift in time for half price Happy Hour, I hope it will still let you enjoy a little ME time. 
2 Winners!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Giveaway open Worldwide and will end 5/23. Thanks for being a BeachBum!
Husband vs Wife Roles ~ Do We Balance?
Last night I was cleaning up the kitchen and began thinking. We had just finished eating dinner and as soon as the boys, Hubby included, were done they head to the living room for some nightly tv watching. What sports game could they find on tonight. I’m rinsing off my own plate in the sink and I hear Hubby tell the kids to make sure that they had brought their dishes to the sink for me. Thanks Hubby.
I say Thanks, sarcastically in my head. I remember the days when one of us would cook and the other one would clean. Those days are gone as the kitchen domain seems to be all mine. Wait, I think the whole house is all mine. I can not think of one chore that Hubby takes on anymore.
When I was a child, my mom was a mostly-stay-at-home-mom. She cooked and cleaned and was very good at it. My dad never did a thing. My situation seems to mirror that of my mom’s, except that I am not good at cooking and cleaning. It’s a real struggle for me to plan weekly meals and the house never seems to be in order.
Sometimes I feel frustrated. I hear about other mamas and how they have helpful husbands who vacuum up the bedrooms and tackle laundry and I am more then jealous.
Then, I stop and take a breather. Reflect on how he does help me.
He takes over the kids. He is a better playmate than me ~ throwing the baseball out in the yard, wrestling on the floor, even bonding as they shout at the tv for their favorite team. He is getting them out of my hair for a bit. Giving me a chance to relax or get my stuff done.
He provides for us. He spends his days at work….opening a new business in a town where we knew no one. He does this so I can stay at home with the boys, which is what I want to do. I worked outside the home more in my children’s life than I’ve stayed home, so I know what it is like and I am very grateful.
He kills the bugs. The other day C’Man and O’Bear were straightening up their room and they suddenly yell ‘frog frog!’ Yes, there was a dead frog in their room. On the 2nd floor. ewwwwwwwwwww. Last night I found a huge roach in my cabinet. Hubby to the rescue! I am not picking up these things!
I won’t go into the other roles he plays like handyman and lawn mower, but sometimes I just need to slow down and think…
Yes, we balance each other out.
How does it work at your house?
Lily’s Dark Chocolate ~ No Sugar Added ~ Giveaway
I teased my blogger friend the other day that I was going to make Chocolate one of my Categories up there on my navigation bar since I talk about it so much. Well, I know many of you are choco-holics like I am and love showing it off!
Today, I’m going to introduce you to a brand new company! A product that is Fair Trade, Healthy(er), and Gives Back!
Meet Lily’s Sweets. Dark Chocolate Bars made with No Sugar ~ sweetened with Stevia instead.
Stevia is a natural sweetener that comes from the Stevia plant. It is 2o0x to 300x sweeter than regular sugar, but without the unhealthy uncharacteristics! It has virtually no calories and is used in many different items. I’ve recently started using it in my morning coffee.
Lily’s makes four different flavored bars with their Dark Chocolate. Original, Coconut, Almond, & Crispy Rice.
Let’s start with my favorite. Coconut! I couldn’t wait to bite until this bar and it didn’t let me down.
Perfect blend of Organic Coconut & 55% Fair Trade Cocoa. Sweet and Delicious.
Crispy Rice. You know what this one takes after!
Little crunchies (Organic Brown Rice) mixed into the dark chocolate. Snap, Crackle, & Pop! Yum!!
Almond. Nuts + Chocolate = My favorite treat.
Healthy dry-roasted almond bits found inside this chocolately bar. It will fill your craving!
Honestly, I am a milk chocolate girl. But I have to tell you that Lily’s is the sweetest, most flavorful dark chocolate that I have eaten and I would not hesitate to buy it again and again!
Chocolate IS good for you! I’ve said it many times
Giving Back
Lily’s is named after a little girl who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of seven. She not only fought against the odds twice, but raises money to help other cancer kids. A percentage of all chocolate sold will go towards children’s cancer organizations.
Lily’s Dark Chocolate Bars are sold exclustively at Whole Foods for SRV $3.99
WIN
1 of each of the 4 flavors!
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I received chocolate for my review and was not compensated in any way and all opinions are my own. This giveaway will end on May 21, 2012 at midnight EST. Winners will be drawn via rafflecopter. Once a winner is drawn I will contact them by email and they will have 48 hours to reply by email before I draw a new winner. Giveaway is open to anyone in the US and you must be 18 years of age or older. Giveaway not affiliated with Facebook & I release them of liability. Winner will be posted in the rafflecopter widget.
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