Saturday, April 27, 2013

Rite Aid Matchups 4/28-5/4


Free and Under $1.00

Speed Stick Lady Speed Stick or Irish Spring Antiperspirant/Deodorant ~ $1.99 
Use coupon ~
BOGO Speed Stick Men’s or Lady Antiperspirant/Deodorant up to $2.99 excludes trial size ~ Smart Source 4/28
Final Price ~ $.99 each! 

Walgreens Matchup! 4/28-5/4

Free and Under $1.00 

Colgate Max White or Fresh Toothbrush, Total Advanced Toothpaste, Kid’s Toothpaste or Max Clean, Fresh or White 6 oz Toothpaste ~ $2.49 ~ $1.00 RR ~ Limit 1
Use coupons ~ 
$1.00/1 Colgate Optic White, Total Advanced or Sensitive Pro-Relief Toothpaste ~ Smart Source 4/14
$.75/1 Colgate Total Zx ProSheild, Total Advanced, Optic White or Sensitive Pro-Relief Toothpaste ~ Smart Source 4/7
$.50/1 Colgate Adult or Kids Toothbrush ~ Smart Source 4/7
Final Price ~ $.49 for Total Advanced Toothpaste! 

4/28-5/4 CVS Matchups!

Free and Under $1.00

Hershey’s or mars Chocolate Singles ~ $.99 ~ Limit 1
Use coupons ~

Help your little one sleep with Snuggle Stars!


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Snuggle Stars are pillows that "light up the sky" in your children's bedroom at bedtime. If you've got a child who isn't a fan of the dark, you understand how great this is.

As you can see in the photo above, there is a "button" on top of a pillow, that when pressed, will shine star shapes, projecting them onto the wall/ceiling in the room. There are four different colors that your child can choose from, by just repeatedly pushing on the button to reveal other colors.

This is good for two reasons. If your child, like mine, is scared of the dark, this serves two great purposes. One, it provides a little bit of light into their room, which is helpful, but it also proves to make night, and dark more fun, giving them something to look forward to when it's dark in their room!

It also folds in half securely for easy travelling.

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The rest of the pillow is soft, plush and comforting, also. I highly recommend this product. There are other products like it that retail anywhere from $25 to $20. This one, you can purchase on Amazon for only $12.95 (and it's worth every penny and more!) Click below to check it out on Amazon.




Disclaimer: I received one or more products above for review purposes only. I was not required to write a positive review. My opinions as always are my own. This post may contain affiliate links. The Mom Show's giveaways are not affiliated with Facebook or any other social media networks. The sponsoring company is responsible for all shipping unless otherwise stated. The Mom Show is not responsible for sponsors not upholding their promises and cannot reimburse you for items or the value of products. Should this occur, please contact The Mom Show and I will do my best to help you achieve promised winnings.

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.

Best ways to securely backup your mobile device -- Guest Post


Best ways to securely backup your mobile device

Smartphones are just like computers because they are full of important information that you
need. If your phone’s data is erased, then it can be very difficult to get this data back. One of the
best ways to prevent this disaster is to securely backup your data through an app or service.
These are the best ways to backup your data according to your mobile OS.

Apple Devices
Every Apple device is able to use the iOS’s native cloud app to store emails, contacts, messages
and other information. The iCloud feature enables you to save up to 5GB of memory without
forcing you to upgrade to a paid account. The best thing about this feature is that you don’t have
to manually sync your device. All of your information will be stored in the cloud when you
access the Internet.

Apple also makes it easy to restore your purchased apps, books and other files because you can
download them again for free by using your Apple ID. While there are many third-party cloud
storage apps with useful features, the iCloud is the best because it directly integrates with the
iOS platform. You can also use the iCloud to backup and transfer files between your other iOS
devices.

Android Devices
While Android innately has the ability to save some of your preferences and data, it’s not enough
to constitute a full backup. You will need a comprehensive third-party app if you want to save
your emails, contacts and app install files if you don’t want to pay for your apps again. There are
many apps like this, but one of the best is MyBackup Pro if your device isn’t hacked or rooted.
This app allows you to schedule automated backups and it supports many different devices.

If you do have a rooted device, then you can get an even better app. Titanium Backup will save
all of your data. If you want your device to be exactly the same after restoration, then this app
will give you all the power that you need.

Windows Devices
The Windows platform is similar to the iOS backup procedure because you get a comprehensive
cloud storage app built right into your smartphone. This service can store all of your messages
and media files. It can also store your preferences so that the device is just the way you left it
before losing your data. You must have a Windows account to access the backup file when you
need it.

You can backup your information by going to “Settings” and then “Backup.” Your phone will
update the backup file whenever you use the Internet or make changes to the device.

BlackBerry Devices
The BlackBerry OS has a pre-installed backup program, but it works differently than Apple’s or
Windows’s. It’s called BlackBerry Link and it links your computer and smartphone together.
Download the software for your computer and install it. Open the program and then enter your
BlackBerry account name to get started.

Connect the device to your computer with a USB cable and click the “Backup” button to create a
backup file. All of the data on your phone will be stored on your computer so that you can easily
fetch it later if needed.

Other Methods
These methods will work with most mobile platforms. You can use your SD card to create a
temporary backup file. Just save a copy of your files to the memory card so that you can access
the data later.

You can also connect the device to your computer and manually save all of the files. This usually
isn’t as effective as the BlackBerry Link since some files won’t be saved, but it’s still a good
way to produce a secondary backup file.

The last thing that you can do is download any third-party cloud storage app to save your files.
You can use these apps to save your most important information.

Conclusion
Creating a backup file for your smartphone is usually fairly difficult because mobile
environments aren’t quite as versatile as desktop environments in this case, but there are many
effective apps, services and methods that you can use to save your data. Make sure to do this
soon before your device crashes and you lose all of your files.

Author Bio
Katelyn Roberts works with Sarah Hendricks who is a security expert on protecting users
and businesses from hackers and data leakage. Users in the office, at home, or working
remotely are all subject to attack. Sarah has teamed up with mobile security leader NQ.com
to keep mobile devices protected nation wide.

Friday, April 5, 2013

My Wonderful Walls Giveaway!

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I wrote earlier about My Wonderful Walls, and let you know that I was going to do a giveaway!


They have been gracious enough to allow me to give away a $100 gift card!  You can get some really great stuff with this.

This giveaway will last until April 19th!  Enter now and tell your friends!  Good luck!





Disclaimer: I received one or more products above for review purposes only. I was not required to write a positive review. My opinions as always are my own. This post may contain affiliate links. The Mom Show's giveaways are not affiliated with Facebook or any other social media networks. The sponsoring company is responsible for all shipping unless otherwise stated. The Mom Show is not responsible for sponsors not upholding their promises and cannot reimburse you for items or the value of products. Should this occur, please contact The Mom Show and I will do my best to help you achieve promised winnings.

Decorate your Home with My Wonderful Walls!

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A few months ago, I was given the opportunity to work with My Wonderful Walls. I just wanted to take a few moments today, to share with you all they offer, and the many ways they can help you with your home decorating.

Are you toying with changing up one or more rooms in your home? Are you thinking that you'd like to add a splash of color, but aren't quite ready to start painting? My Wonderful Walls is a company that produces wall decals for every room and personality in your home.

They offer nursery murals, wall stencils and wall decals, in addition to plenty of wall items for the home and office.  They do offer a lot of things geared toward our children (I'm really excited to be able to add a completely new look to my daughter's room with a princess set!), but they also offer a lot of wonderful things for adults as well.

Here is a wonderful example of the beautiful artwork that they make it so easy to add to your home.  The Wise Owl Wall Sticker is something that adults and children alike will love.  It's a large sticker that is available in six different colors, and is very reasonably priced at only $42.99!

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I must admit, I really love all of the things for children's rooms, however, I also am really impressed and excited about the fact that they offer so many things for older children, teens and adults also!

I will be doing a giveaway for a $100 gift certificate to this website very soon, so stay tuned!!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Do you have Ants in your House?

This is my second spring in my new home. I love my home, and I love spring, so this is a great thing.

Except...

This is also my second spring with an ANT problem.

I hate those little buggers. They get into food, they crawl on the counters, they get in through the very tiniest of spaces, and no matter how clean I keep my house, they get in, and they find something, somewhere to invade.

I think that I have finally found a wonderful combination of solutions to solve this problem for good. It has certainly cleared my house of them since I first did it. That is only one of the wonderful things about this. First of all, it's cheap, and uses safe things that I already have in my home (and you probably have in yours also.).

The first thing that I did, was get online and search for ant control methods. That was nice because first of all, there are TONS of solutions to read about, and second, it told me that I am absolutely not the only person with this problem (I mean, who wants to talk about the BUGS in our house?!).

One thing that I read about a lot is cinnamon. Ants apparently hate cinnamon, and I have learned that if you sprinkle a little bit near anywhere you think they may be coming in, they won't walk past it (and they haven't. You can see their trail, in something like that. They have yet to come through any of my cinnamon).

That is a great deterrent to keep them from coming in, which is great, but my problem was that I already have them in my house. They're already here! So I had to come up with a way to kill them (that wouldn't also harm my child, dog or cat!)

Here's the best solution that I found.

Get a sauce pan, with about a cup of water, half cup of sugar, and about half a cup of dish soap and bring it to a boil. Put it into a spray bottle and spray it on the surfaces that are most popular to ants. It will harden there, but that's okay, ants will come and eat it. I did it last night, and there was a bit of an ant graveyard on the counter when I woke up this morning. Then, what I did, was scraped it off the counter (this step is optional) and left it there so that some ants could go ahead and feed it to their families (the things I read didn't tell me to do this, but I figured it'd be a good extra step.) I only scraped a little bit though, because washing it later proved to be much easier!

I haven't seen an ant on my counter since. I will update if they come back and I have to repeat it, but I'm going to keep the cinnamon there for a few days before vacuuming it up, so hopefully no more will be coming in (and if they do, I'll know my cinnamon is in the wrong spot!).