We are a one income family, so I am appreciative of any and all extra saving events that I can find. From now until March 14th, you can shop at the Cart Bust Savings Event at Kroger and the Kroger Family of Stores (Ralph's, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith's, Fry's, QFC, Baker's, Owen's, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets and Scott's Food & Pharmacy).  With prices so low, you can stock up on all your favorite brands but be careful, you might just "bust your cart!"

All you have to do is look for the yellow tags and/or go online and download the grocery list to make it even easier to save! A few of the great brands participating in this event are: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Hamburger Helper, Yoplait, Progresso, Totino´s, Green Giant, Cascadian Farm, Tide, Charmin, Bounty, Pampers, Pantene, Crest, Iams, Febreze, Old Spice and many more!

Thanks to MyBlogSpark, General Mills and the Kroger family of stores, I received a $25 Gift Card as a thank you for spreading the word about these fabulous deals which means even more savings, right? I can't keep all that to myself so how about a giveaway for you all too?

WIN IT!: Kroger wants to give away a $25 Kroger gift card to one of my readers so you too can get a little receipt relief!
(Kroger gift card also good at Ralph's, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith's, Fry's, QFC, Baker's, Owen's, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets and Scott's Food & Pharmacy)

TO  ENTER: What item(s) do you look forward to stocking up on? (Mandatory entry, please leave in comments)

For extra entry opportunities, please click "Extra Entries" above.

Contest ends March 24th at 11:59 PST and a winner will be chosen at random and contacted via email. I will contact the winner on or around March 25th and they will have 48 hours to respond. Open to US Only

**Entries are Per Person, Per Email Address, Per Household, Per IP Address and/or Per Blog. Failure to follow these rules will lead to disqualification in this contest and all future contests on this blog. In other words, no cheating please.
The only "compensation" given for writing this review was mentioned in this post. All views and opinions are mine alone. I cannot guarantee that you and/or your family will love the product as much as we have - but I would be totally surprised if you don't.

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Kroger Cart Buster Savings Event & a Giveaway!

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How do you play along?We all have tons of photos from the days before the digital camera. I figure if I just scan a few each week, eventually I will get them all safely into my computer. But you don't need a scanner to participate - Just find a photo that takes you back to another time. Every week you can come back here and share photos that "take you back." Maybe it is the bad hair we all had in the 80's or the bell-bottoms you swore were so hip in the 70's.
If you decide to participate, sign the Linky below and I promise to head on over and spread some comment love your way!

Nathan ~ Maybe 1995-1996?

What happens when you ask your boyfriend to watch your child on a rainy day. 

Take Me Back Tuesday - Muddy Football

I am certainly one of the many Americans who do not get nearly enough fiber each day. I already eat Fiber One cereal and I have to admit it doesn't taste as good as the Lucky Charms I wish I was eating. So, when My Blog Spark offered to send me a free coupon to try Fiber One's yogurt I expected to like it but still wish I was eating my traditional Yoplait yogurt I love. Tack on that each 4 ounce serving has only 50 calories, zero fat and 5 grams of fiber and I used the Safeway gift card I also received to pick up my favorite Yoplait yogurts, you know, just in case.

This isn't the first time, and certainly won't be the last time I have been wrong. Fiber One's yogurt tasted just as good as any other Yoplait yogurt. At 5 grams of fiber, Fiber One yogurt meets 20% of my Recommended Daily Value. This is by far the easiest way to add more fiber to your diet that I have found. I use it as a dessert or a snack inbetween meals because fiber really does make you feel fuller and it just tames that little need for something to eat or something sweet. I almost feel like I am cheating but that makes it kinda fun too!

WIN IT!: Safeway and Fiber One want to give away a $50 Safeway gift card to one of my readers so you too can try Fiber One yogurt yourself! (Safeway gift card also good at Dominick´s, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Vons, and Genuardi´s)

TO  ENTER: Which flavor of Fiber One yogurt do you want to try? (Mandatory entry, please leave in comments)

For extra entry opportunities, please click "Extra Entries" above.

Contest ends March 23rd at 11:59 PST and a winner will be chosen at random and contacted via email. I will contact the winner on or around March 24th and they will have 48 hours to respond. Open to US Only

**Entries are Per Person, Per Email Address, Per Household, Per IP Address and/or Per Blog. Failure to follow these rules will lead to disqualification in this contest and all future contests on this blog. In other words, no cheating please.
The only "compensation" given for writing this review was mentioned in this post. All views and opinions are mine alone. I cannot guarantee that you and/or your family will love the product as much as we have - but I would be totally surprised if you don't.

It Tastes Good & It's Good For You? - Fiber One Giveaway

I hesitated, procrastinated, over-thought and second-guessed, writing this post. I have always enjoyed watching The View. It has been my guilty pleasure that I would normally put off until the boys were asleep for their naps so I could watch it without commercials and without a child in need of a diaper change.

Being a part of The View Brand Ambassador program has me watching with a different eye. Who knew I had 3 eyes, huh? Tweeting along with my fellow #theviewmoms we began to start doing what women do, complain. Sorry gals. As the weeks have progressed, the show has become less and less fun to watch. The things that I was finding annoying, were verified as annoying by my fellow moms and were really beginning to drive me nutty. Enough so I was whining to my husband about it. He listened, bless his heart, but it was then I realized that my complaints were down right whiny. Unimportant. Taken out of the world of Twitter they really sounded dumb.

I am glad I am a professional procrastinator because I am going to watch the next week of The View - see below for the line-up - with my original 2 eyes and just enjoy it. There is great content on this show and I have learned a lot from the guests they have had, as well as from the Hot Topics segments where I have often seen things from another, wait for it, View.

If you aren't a fan of the show, I ask you to find your 3rd eye (we all have one, I think) and give it another try. Think of it as a chance to sit around the table with women who have their own thoughts and opinions and aren't afraid to share them. You can agree, disagree, throw Legos at the screen or laugh along with them and no one has to know. I certainly won't tell. But I for one NEED this show. Right now one child is eating paper and I think needs a diaper change (hoping for gas) and the other is having a major melt-down because his hat has fallen off his head and I am eagerly awaiting naptime and my time with the ladies of, The View.

MONDAY, MARCH 8 – The day after the Oscars!!  It isn’t over till the co-hosts have spoken! Guest co-host Vanessa Williams (“ABC’s Ugly Betty”); Day of “Hot Topics”; co-host Sherri Shepherd will Skype live from Hollywood post-Academy Awards and share her Oscar experience; Chris Cuomo breaks down crimes in the headlines. First time musical guests – Lady Antebellum perform

TUESDAY, MARCH 9 – Guests -Andy Garcia and his daughter Dominik Garcia-Lorido (“City Island”); Elissa Stein and Susan Kim (author, Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation).

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 – Guests: Forest Whitaker (“Our Family Wedding”); Jesse Ventura (author, American Conspiracies). 

THURSDAY, MARCH 11 – Sir Elton John will be sitting with the women at the table and partaking in “Hot Topics”; Guest - Eric McCormack (“Who Is Clark Rockefeller?”).

FRIDAY, MARCH 12 – Co- Host Kate Gosselin is back and will join the women and the return of “The View: Fashion Friday” with designer Carolina Herrera.

I am a participant in a Mom Central campaign for ABC Daytime and will receive a tote bag or other The View branded items to facilitate my review.

A New View