Reuseit - A Review and a Giveaway!

When the weather is nice around here, Little Miss and I LOVE going on picnics.  It’s such a relaxing way to spend the afternoon, and around here there are tons of places to go – some even have free entertainment! 

That’s why I was thrilled to get some great stuff from Reuseit to use for picnicking.  Of course everything is reusable!  We got a glass water bottle, hemp “anything” napkins, a sandwich keeper, and an insulated bag to keep it all in.

My favorite product turned out to be the reuseit "I'm Not A Plastic Bottle" Glass Reusable Water Bottle.  I love the size, and the message!  I also really liked the lid.  The design keeps ice cubes from hitting you in the face while you’re drinking, or if you prefer you can take the entire lid off and drink that way. 

If you haven’t ditched paper napkins yet, you need to!  It’s such an easy way to be green and save money!  Reuseit Hemp & Organic Cotton Napkins are a great place to start.  They are super-soft, and very easy to clean.  The size is smaller than some of my other cloth napkins, which is perfect for Little Miss!  They’re soft enough for wiping faces too, which is an added bonus when you’re a toddler! 

Little Miss is going to get a ton of use out of the reuseit Snack Bag.  She loves sandwiches, and this is the perfect thing to carry them in.  As an added bonus, the bag acts as a small placemat when she’s eating.  A quick rinse gets it clean, and it dries really quickly. 

Although the reuseit EarthTote Insulated Shopping Bag was a little big for a picnic for us, it’s awesome for taking to the grocery store!  Living in Florida, it’s important to have insulated bags, even when you aren’t travelling very far.  This bag is super-sturdy, and a great shape for holding a lot of your cold items. 

I highly recommend Reuseit products, and will definitely be ordering more from them in the future!  

BUY IT:  You can buy their products at their website.

WIN IT:  One lucky reader will have the chance to win a $25 Reuseit gift card to spend however they choose!  This contest is open worldwide.  

Contest ends July 1st at midnight EST

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E-Cloth - A Review and Giveaway

We all know how important it is to keep toxic chemicals out of our home as much as possible.  What if you could do most of your cleaning with just water?  Just think, you'd rid your home of chemicals making it more healthy, and you'd save money by not having to buy all of those cleaning products!

When I first heard about E-cloths, I admit that I was skeptical.  How can a cloth get things clean with just water?  Well seeing is definitely believing!  

Our embarrassingly dirty window

I tested the window pack out on the most difficult thing in our house – our back door.  We have an inside/outside cat and he’s always managing to get the back door incredibly dirty.  Normally I use Method window cleaner and a lot of newspapers to get it clean, but the E-cloth cleaned it up with just water! 

After E-cloth, water, and a touch of elbow grease

How does it work?  Each fiber is 1/100^th the width of a human hair and is split into 16 fiber strands.  This gives it a huge surface area to pick up dirt.  As someone who used to manufacture carpet fiber, I’m well aware of how maximizing the surface area draws in the dirt – that is how we hid the dirt in our carpet.  Not only does the cloth pick up dirt, but it picks up any bacteria as well!

For big messes, you can wet the cloth if you’d like, but I have found the squirt bottle always does the trick for us.  You may use the clothes with cleaners, but I would recommend trying them without them at first – I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised! 

Little Miss loves to help out around the house, so this is perfect for us!  I don’t have to worry about her being exposed to chemicals, and she can clean as much as she likes.  The only thing I have to worry about is her getting too crazy with the squirt bottle!  

After the cloth gets dirty, simply throw it in your laundry.  I've found since I have the E-clothes I tend to use them for minor cleaning until I am about to do a load of laundry.  I then find a nice dirty spot to clean and toss the cloth in with the laundry.  My back window hasn't gotten that disgusting again since having the cloth - it's now easy to give it a quick swipe every day or so!  


BUY IT:  You can buy E-Cloths here - they have great packages for all of your cleaning needs.  Also, each cloth is labeled so if you forget what it's best to use for, just take a look at the tag.  They offer free shipping to the United States, and their prices are great!  


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**I received a kitchen kit and window kit from E-cloth for review purposes. All opinions expressed are 100% my own.  The winning comment will be chosen by random.org.**

My bum book Giveaway!

I can still remember our first Dr’s appointment after we had Little Miss.  The Dr. asked us how often she was eating – we had no idea, no one had told us we needed to keep up with that!  In addition, like any new parent we were sleep-deprived and exhausted.  I sure do wish we had a my bum book then!  This nifty book gives you an easy way to keep up with all of those little details. 

Designed by a Mom for Moms, the first page has all of the basics.  Your name (As a new parent you may need to check the book to remember it!), pediatrician, poison control, pharmacy, emergency, and any allergies.  This would also be a great reference for anyone else who was watching your child. 

The next page has a place to track your immunizations and growth.  I love this, since whenever I went to the Dr. I wished that I had the same information they did. 

After that is a place to write down the daily things.  There is a chart with the hours going down the page.  Across the top it has FEED, WET, POOP, WAKE, and SLEEP.  I love that this format will allow you to just put a check in the space if you’re a laid back parent, or write the exact time in if you like to be more exact.  There is even a spot at the bottom of the page to put various notes. 

The book is adorable – perfect to keep to give to your child when they are older, and the right size to easily fit in a diaper bag.  I think this would make a great baby shower gift – one of those things you never realized you needed! 

You can record two months worth of daily activity in the book.  The pages are made from FSC certified papers supporting responsible use of forest resources.  And if you have twins, the my bum 2 book can take care of you!

Want your own my bum book?

BUY IT - You can buy my bum book and my bum 2 book here.

WIN IT – bumble has graciously offered to give one my bum book or my bum book 2 to one lucky reader!

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