Mom vs. the Boys

We moved into our our first home about nine years ago. While structurally the house was great, the decor just wasn't the taste of a couple of 20-somethings. We made our way around the house room by room replacing flooring, tearing out wallpaper and painting walls. It was really fun for us to transform the house and make it 'ours'. We've even started redecorating rooms we originally painted to accommodate little ones with fun kid designs and brighter colours.

My husband is actually not a fan of painting so I do most of this myself. I don't mind it, these days it's actually an escape to have daddy watch the boys and I get to hide in a quiet room working! Painting only goes well if you have the right tools though and I've definitely experienced the pain of using cheap paint, wobbly poles and crappy brushes. Not fun!

Shur-Line makes painting a whole lot easier with their line of creative and sturdy painting tools!

On March 6th, Shout! Factory Kids in collaboration with Hasbro Inc. releases POUND PUPPIES: Homeward Pound on DVD! This release includes 5 fun-filled episodes featuring the pro-active pooches of Shelter 17, and the brand new "Learn to Draw Lucky" bonus vignette. These pups won't leave adoption in the hands of the humans!

Here's a clip!

Recently I had the opportunity to sample some pretty creative lunch containers from Glad. Available to buy in a four pack, these containers save the day when it comes to packing lunch to bring along to work or road trips.
These all-in-one solutions make it easy to pack combos that you want to keep separated, like salad with dressing or soup with croutons. Glad® To Go Lunch features a large reusable plastic container, along with a dressing cup that snaps into the lid — perfect for holding condiments or toppings. So now you can portion out your meals at home, and prep them as you like at lunchtime.

I wish I had these when I was working out of the house, I would have packed a lot more salad in my lunches and probably some veggies and dip as well. These are handy for all kinds of snack treats as well, like pita or crackers with dip/hummus and even some fruit with yogurt.


disclosure: I was provided with the above mentioned item for reviewing purposes, all opinions are my own.

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