Kitty Play

Our family was homeless for a little over 14 months. Before we were homeless we had re homed our Saint Bernard and 5 Kitties. We are now getting settled and in a few short days will be parents to a set of sister kitties. Since re homing our pets we have bought a few items like this cat teaser from Goldween in preparation when we could start our fur family again. 

This set comes with 4 feathers and 6 balls. One ball is missing a turquoise and orange ball that my daughter took for her kitty Gummy to play with. I really love how the pieces can be played with on the teaser wand or independently on the floor. They just clip on and off so you can change up your play with your kitty for optimal fun. 

I can not wait to have fun with our new fur family members. This set can be found at my affiliate link below.

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Affresh to the rescue

Recently I was able to try out some new appliance cleaners through the #Affreshcrowd by being a member of Crowdtap. We use the affresh cleaner for our Coffee Maker first. We live where there is lime and hard water so having a product that can keep our Coffee Makers clean and running is very important to the coffee drinkers in our family. Just add a tablet and water and run through your coffee maker. Yes this works on single serve makers as well. 

Then it was onto the dishwasher tablet cleaner which I gave to my daughter since we don't currently have a dishwasher. To my knowledge it was the first time they cleaned their dishwasher. There dishwasher already looked clean but now it is super clean and they were able to run it through when they did a regular load so they didn't have to waste water, electricity, or time. 

Last but not least was the garbage disposal tablet. We don't have one but we put this in our sink drain because we just moved and one of the first things I like to do is clean the drains. Every time we went into the kitchen you could smell something funky. The smell was coming from the drain. Now that we have put one of these tablets our sink doesn't give off that unpleasant odor.

When you spend good money on an appliance you want to make sure to take good care of your investment by referring to your owners manual for care. Keeping your appliances clean will go a long way into keeping them running for years to come.

What I love about these products most is that they are super easy to use and I can find them at my favorite online store Amazon. 

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Making slime with foam balls

OK so I am sure if you have children you have either been making slime or your child has been watching how to make slime. We have made slime for a long time starting with our now 27 year old son. Then all of his siblings and child care children after him. 

One of our simple recipes are below. For this fall the girls wanted to try some colorful slime with colorful styro foam balls, and since this set also had a package of white I thought we would also make a winter themed crunchy slime too. 

We have just moved so our arts and craft supplies are not all here yet but once they we are going to get back into making crafts on a regular basis again. You can find affiliate links for the foam balls and the ingredients for the below slime towards the bottom of this post. 

You will need a bowl, spoon, 1/4 measuring cup, Elmers Glue (although you could use any white school glue),  Liquid Starch (we buy Sta-Flow because it is the only brand I know of, but if you have another liquid starch available I am sure that would work just fine too), and some tap water. Food Coloring if you want to make different colors.

1. Put a 1/4 cup of glue in the bowl.

2. Then a 1/4 cup of water.

3. Now add your food coloring if using. 

    To make lavender we used 2 drops of red and 3 drops of blue.

4. Then Stir until combined.

5. Next add 1/4 cup of the Liquid Starch.

This is what it looks like hanging from a serving spoon.

Sta Flo

Elmer School Glue

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Divatress your Style

This is a sponsored post. All opinions are mine.

I love to see the different ways people do their hair and that includes weaves, wigs, color, and cuts. With divatress the African American women has their choice of weaves, wigs, and much more. Doesn't matter if you like it short and funky. Or long and straight. Divatress has you covered. 

They have color and even wigs for the more mature look. I was super surprised by all of the styled they have available. 

Not to bring up the big C word but I told my family if I ever get it and lose my hair I want big bold color to shake it up a bit and bring a bit of color and laughter to everyone I see. With Divatress they aren't meant to be funny of course. They are beautiful, fun, and functional wigs for going out on the town, work, or even to the clubs. 

I looked even further into Divatress and they have you covered with your natural hair too with great products to keep your hair healthy and moisturized. When you pick out your hair style don't forget to check out the Beauty section tom complete your look. Make up, makeup accessories, eyelashes, nails, and hair styling needs.  

Check them out I am sure you will enjoy what they have and if you purchase please share a picture below with your new wig, weave, or product from Divatress. 

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Pimple Sucker

Pimple Suckers this is what we call them like this one by Bellesentials is great to have on hand. With having teens this would have been great to have several years ago when all of the kids where home but we still have two children out of 6 still in school so with one a teenager and the one heading into being a tween this will be used. 

This is also great for adults who have problems with acne. I love that this comes with different nozzles for different problems as well as being rechargeable. No batteries or cords to worry about. The Bellesentials pimple extractor is great for both body and face use and is adjustable so you can set it to what is comfortable for your extraction. Super easy to use and worth it's weight in gold if you have lots of body acne. 

Remember always check with a Dr. before use. Make sure area you are going to use this on is clean before use and clean pore extractor after each use. The Bellesentials Pore extractor can be found at my affiliate link below.

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