Say Ahhh! #Listerine #Review

Nothing is worse than being in a situation when you want to talk to someone in a close situation. I love this little pack as it's super easy to put in my pocket or my purse. I enjoy the ease in which these can be used too. It is not always possible to brush your teeth in an everyday situation but popping one of these in is super easy and discreet as well. The pop of flavor is great although pretty strong. I used these after having eaten spicy meatballs. They did a pretty good job of getting rid of that smell as well.I’m a member of the Crowdtap LISTERINE® rewards program, and LISTERINE® sent me a sample of its LISTERINE COOL MINT® POCKETPAKS® to review.

Frozen Kleenex #Review

Winter is upon us- which means in my house I have a child with a constant runny nose. J has gotten very sick every winter because when he was a baby he had RSV. His lungs seemed to never have recovered so we spend a lot of time at home with a sniffly nose and nasty green stuff coming out of. Let me tell you J HATES having his nose wiped... He kicks he screams he wriggles away. And then a Crowdtap box came to my house and had Disney Frozen characters on the side of the box and the little pocket packs, and all of a sudden I can wipe J's nose whenever I want to. What?

If I had known that all it would take was Olaf on the side of a box to get J to let me wipe his nose- well we would have be searching stores for this product! He feel so big carrying these with him and loves having his own pack. 

These Kleenex are awesome- they are called "Cool touch" and I am not sure what that is supposed to mean but when you put the tissue on your nose- it is cool. I think this will be great when that first red and sore nose hits our house this winter. I mean I know this is just a way to get us to buy their product because I am pretty sure no kid has ever begged their parents to buy Kleenex before. But if this works two ways at my house and J will actually use them instead of run away from me. We are a household who is going to buy this product. I am a Crowdtapper insider and was given a free product in exchange for my honest review. All the words here are my own.

#Tryazon #RoosterFin board game night #Review

Game night! Something the Nordgren family does a lot of. So it is always super fun when a company gives us some to try out for them. These three games are Mohawkz, Lumpy Cubes and Rooster Race. They are all put out by the company Roosterfin I have written reviews for all of them on Amazon which is a great place to pick these games up. I will start with our favorite. Rooster Race- it is basically a high low game with corn pieces that you get to collect if you get the answer right- if you get it wrong you have to put the piece of corn back in the the middle. The whole family loved it and all the moms and dads who played it where the most impressed with this one. One small problem the company should have had more corn pieces we often ran out.

Lumpy Cubes is a speed game. There is a deck of cards and you turn one over and then with your four cubes you have to match what the card says. My kids really liked this game and had a great time playing with adult supervision but it was easy enough they did not have to. 

Mohawkz was my least favorite but the kids really loved this one. It is basically six ping pong balls and there is a cardboard cut out that the player tries to get get their balls to land in. I thought it looked very cheap but the giggles and laughs would probably be worth the 12 dollars selling price.

Thanks again to RoosterFin and Tryazon for giving me a sample of all of these games in exchange for my review. 

o.b. pro-comfort tampons #review

Not everyone's favorite thing to talk about, but something most females experience on a monthly basis. I was able to try the new o.b. comfort tampons thanks to a sample pack from Crowdtap. The pros of this product- very discreet because of the size, you can easily fit one or two or even five in your pocket and no one would ever know. Also they don't have an applicator which is better for the environment. They also are comfortable. The cons some women can't get past the no applicator thing although I don't see a problem with it. The other thing I didn't seem to understand it they seemed to have a coating on them so they didn't absorb as well as I had hoped. The little teal case in my hand can hold five tampons and that is a cute case to throw in my purse

Thank you o.b. and crowdtap for the sample you sent me so that I could share this product with my readers and my friends all the opinions here are my own.

Robitussin 12 Hour Cough Relief #Review

Ok so apparently in the past when you hit around age 12 and had to start taking adult medicine the flavor options were limited to cherry or.... cherry or maybe cherry. YUCK I have always hated the flavor of cherry in my liquid medicine, and cough syrup was THE WORST.. I finally got to the point I would have to coach myself with how to take my cough syrup. Ok Laressa, it's just like some of that nasty shots you used to take in college, they were gross but you did them anyways not bottoms up. Slam my little plastic medicine cup to the counter and say... MADE IT! But not anymore. All I can say is THANK YOU Robitussin for giving us such a good new cough syrup. I have been LONGING since age 12 to have a grape flavored cough syrup. It is my favorite and I didn't understand how no longer serving grape flavorings was a rite of passage.  I was to try this product out for Crowdtap and I was worried because I wasn't sick. But a funny thing happened and I had a few nights where I just started coughing (the kids have had the sniffles as well so I had a little bit of a cold) So I got to try  my new grape flavored adult cough relief syrup and I was not disappointed. It was everything I had hoped it would taste like and it WORKS. This stuff is great I didn't cough for the rest of the night and I felt great. There is no groggy feeling with this and it's alcohol-free which I appreciate. I highly recommend this product and it is also available in Orange- for any of you adults out there who have missed THAT flavor!!! It retails for 7.97 at Walmart. It was 10.99 at Dillons

Thank you Crowdtap and Robitussin for sending me a free product coupon in exchange for my review. My review is my own... it has to be because who else would say this crazy stuff?!?!?

Rhodes 60 Second Cinnamon Rolls #Review

Thanks to Tryazon and Rhodes I was able to try some of their new Microwaveable cinnamon rolls with a group of my friends and family. The product comes with six cinnamon rolls in a bag. I found them at Walmart for about $3.50. The directions are easy pull one out of the bag plop it on a plate and then heat it in the microwave for 60 seconds. The transform before your eyes into a very tasty warm treat. Each bag of rolls also comes with individual frosting packets so a person can put on as much or as little of the frosting as they want. I of course put on the whole package. I have always loved the Rhodes brand and their products- they did not disappoint with these cinnamon rolls. I do however believe the people who need to buy these rolls might be more for singles or couples rather than a large family like mine. I think a lot of people could enjoy just putting one in the microwave and eating it and then not having to worry about them going bad because of not eating them fast enough. HOWEVER they are great for my kids when they want to make themselves a treat. My older two kids have no problem making these by themselves and they get a fun treat and I don't have to lift my feet! Only one small problem is they are pretty high in calories, about 260 with all the frosting. But for a fun quick and easy hot treat I would say these are the way to go and I know they will be a staple in our house!


Thank you Rhodes and Tryazon for the free coupons in exchange for me sharing the rolls and sharing my opinion. All the words expressed here at my own.

iHealth products #review

I was so excited to get the opportunity to try out two new iHealth products over the past month. The first one is their new blood pressure cuff which you can link to an app on your iphone or ipad (which is what I used and then take your blood pressure. We had great fun trying this out on everyone in the family. I have since used mine to kind of record my resting pulse compared to my "after I run 4 or more miles" pulse. The cool thing is the app keeps track of all of that for me and I can enter notes such as right after an 8 mile run in there. I was also super excited that I got to try this product out on someone who I knew had an irregular heartbeat and had just been airlifted a week before to a special hospital. His irregular heartbeats were noted on his test results, so if someone has an issue like that this machine can tell you about it. I also love that there is a screen that shows you where you fit on the bp line. Mine was always in the green the picture here is one of my readings.

The scale- well I had a love hate relationship with the scale. I LOVE the fact that it tells me so much about myself- including when I need to drink more water. But I didn't like what it had to say about my body fat % It wasn't very nice! I say that but I know I could use to lose a few pounds and I know that a lot of it is fat related so it's been fun. This machine also syncs to my ipad and keeps a record of how much I weigh- it is amazing how much this fluctuates. I am also able to have multiple users on the machine (up to 20) so they can all keep track of their weight journey. For some reason not as many people I had to my party wanted to try this as they did the BP cuff! I am super excited that I get to keep this scale because I love numbers and like to crunch them and this program allows me to do that. I would highly recommend both of these products to my readers. I have looked into them a bit more and they have an oximeter which we seem to use a lot with Javan in the winter months to see how good his oxygen level is. I SO want this product. I would always test him and then not remember what the results were. With all of these products if you need to talk to your dr about any of them you can just bring your ipad or iphone with you to your appointment and show them exactly what your readings have been. That is the next thing on my wish list!

Thank you Tryazon and IHealth for the chance to try out these two amazing products. I was given them free of charge in exchange for my opinion. All the words expressed here are my own.