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GIVEAWAY: Ultra Lo-Gly Juice Blend Beverages

May 7, 2012 By Kelli

What better way to keep the kids cool this summer than with low glycemic, low calorie juice beverages? Aside from floating in a pool, I can’t think of anything. LOL!

I say in the video that I am not sure what it the Glycemic Index actually means, so I looked it up:

Originally developed as a tool to help diabetics manage blood sugar control, the glycemic index has found its way into the mainstream weight loss market.

A measure of the power of foods or beverages (or specifically the carbohydrate in a food or beverage) to raise blood sugar (glucose) levels after being consumed.

The GI value of a food/beverage is determined by obtaining blood samples from ten healthy persons the morning after a fast and a few times after eating the test food..

Each person conducts one trial of test food and three trials of the reference food. After the blood is analyzed, the incremental areas under the blood glucose curves are calculated. The ratio of the test food area to the reference food areas gives the GI value.

Zachary got to taste all the flavors of Lo-Gly by himself! Click through the to my website to see what he thought!

One Lucky 3 Boys and a Dog Reader will win 8 bottles of Ultra Lo-Gly and a soft ice cooler!

REQUIRED COMMENT: Visit the Lo-Gly site, look around, then come back and tell me what you liked or learned!

BONUS #1: Follow @LoGlyJuice and @momof3boys3702 on Twitter and RT this contest. The easiest way to retweet is to simply click the green ReTweet on the top right of this post. YOU MAY TWEET ONCE DAILY

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CONTEST ENDS: at Midnight CST on May 21st

OPEN TO: USA and Canada

*DISCLAIMER: I was sent items by Lo-Gly to help facilitate my review. Any opinions stated are strictly my own.*

Filed Under: Giveaways, health, Reviews Tagged With: beverage, beverages, blend, blood sugar, diabetes, diabetes mellitus, drinks, giveaway, Giveaways, Gluten Free, gly, glycemic index, juice, juice beverage, juicing, lo, low glycemic, low sugar, nutrition, ultra, vegan, weight loss

Send Mom a Bouquet She Won’t Easily Forget!

May 7, 2012 By Kelli Leave a Comment

I told you about shopping at RedEnvelope for my Mom and Personalized Gifts for my Mother-In-Law, now I get to tell you about my own Mother’s Day gift! LOL! I am not a flower type girl which I guess is a good thing since my husband hasn’t brought me flowers in more years than I can count. I am not complaining! He brings me Chocolate and that really is sooo much better. However, there really is nothing like sticking your nose in a big bouquet of flowers is there? It just makes me feel all misty and girly.

So, when given the chance, I ordered myself a BIG vase of flowers! I must say, this is the first time I have ordered from ProFlowers and I am impressed! Not only do they have so many great mothers day gift ideas, but their prices are amazing!

I brought my boys in to the computer and told them I was choosing myself a Mother’s Day gift and asked if they wanted to give their opinions. Hmm.. 2 out of three are exactly like their Father “Whatever YOU like Mom!” Not Zack, my sensitive man who told his little girlfriend the other day that he “respects her decision” about whether he should call her on the phone or not! Zack hung out with me for quite some time while I flipped through page after page of the great mothers day gift ideas and we picked quite a few that we really liked:

Send Mom a Bouquet She Won’t Easily Forget!

However, we settled on the vase of Tulips that see you at the top of my page. I was impressed when they came and so happy with the fact that they lasted about a week!

*I was given a gift code by Pro Flowers to test their products and service. Any opinions stated are strictly my own!*

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Filed Under: Parenting, Reviews Tagged With: bouquet, day gift, easily, flowers, flowers type, forgotten, great mothers day gift ideas, human interest, mom, mothers, personalized gifts, send, she, tell

GIVEAWAY: Conagra Foods ReadySetEat #C2S12

May 7, 2012 By Kelli

Finally, my site is back up and right… or at least I think it is. If you notice anything off or different, please drop me an email at Kelli@3boysandadog.com so I can jump right on it. The stupid comment password thing that wasn’t working for anyone is gone. I didn’t put it there, but I did take it away. Thanks for letting me know about it!

OK, on to the FABULOUS Day #5 giveaway of the Countdown to Summer event here at 3 Boys and a Dog! (This is Saturday’s giveaway and Sunday’s will be coming soon)

Conagra has jumped on the Pinterest bandwagon and is celebrating by allowing me to do a food giveaway here at 3 Boys and a Dog. I could do the whole “you have to follow them on Pinterest” thing, but I don’t want Pinterest to be a commercial thing. I pin what I like, what I want, what intrigues me, etc and I want my 2000+ Twitter followers doing that, also.

So please feel free to go follow Conagra’s Pinterest boards and my boards, but that is not a requirement to win this giveaway.

Don’t know Conagra? I didn’t either until I started blogging a million and 1 years ago. Since I am a product review blogger and working with brands is what I do, it is my business to know who is what and what is whom. LOL! Do you know Hunts? What about Healthy Choice, Chef Boyardee, or Orville Redenbacher’s? La Choy, Slim Jim, Crunch -n- Munch… or maybe Marie Callendars? These are just a few of the brands under the ConAgra Foods umbrella! Ahh, so NOW you know. LOL! How would you like to win enough ingredients to make the recipes in Conagra’s ReadySetEat boards?

One Lucky 3 Boys and a Dog reader will win a box of food to make the recipes in ReadySetEat on Pinterest!

REQUIRED: Visit the ReadySetEat site, look around, and then come back and tell me a recipe YOU want to try!

BONUS #1: Follow @ReadySetEat and @momof3boys3702 on Twitter and RT this contest. The easiest way to retweet is to simply click the green ReTweet on the top right of this post. YOU MAY TWEET ONCE DAILY

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CONTEST ENDS: at Midnight CST on May 20th

OPEN TO: USA and Canada

*DISCLAIMER: I was sent items by ConAgra Foods to help facilitate my review. Any opinions stated are strictly my own.*

Filed Under: Giveaways, Meals / Menus, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: #C2S12, chef boyardee, coming soon, conagra, conagra foods, cooking, countdown to summer, food, food giveaways, giveaway, Giveaways, healthy choice, industrial agriculture, Kelli, orville redenbacher's, Pinterest, product reviews, readyseteat, stupid comments

Review: Reading Kingdom website

May 5, 2012 By Tamera Leave a Comment

I was excited to try out a new site that would help my kiddos read better and Reading Kingdom sounded like a great one to try!

About the Reading Kingdom (from their website)

The Reading Kingdom is a fun, easy-to-use online program that teaches children 4-10 years old how to read and write to a third grade level.

Most kids can do this online reading program on their own after just a few lessons
It’s fun and children enjoy doing it
It’s created by Dr. Marion Blank, one of the world’s top experts in literacy
It works with any other curriculum a child may be using
It’s the only program to offer customized online reading instruction for each child
And, it’s the only system that teaches all 6 skills needed for reading & writing success!

Our commitment to online reading for kids is based on our patented six skills method for reading success. These skills include sequencing, motor skills, phonics (phonemic awareness), meaning, grammar and reading comprehension. Our online reading for kids program is ideal for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, special education, homeschool, and English as a second language. The Reading Kingdom online reading for kids program is an ideal supplement to existing curricula, as well an excellent independent curriculum. Our online reading for kids program is also a great educational alternative to other entertainment options. In fact, most children refer to the Reading Kingdom as a reading game, since it is so fun to play. We’re proud that our reading programs for kids are thought of as reading games (especially by kids!).In addition to our online reading for kids program, we also offer a number of additional, low-cost materials and books that complement our online reading program. Please visit The Reading Kingdom Store for reading products and discount opportunities for our award-winning online reading program for kids.

My Thoughts

I had my four and a half year old daughter try this out, to see how well it worked for the lower end of the age range. First they test your kiddo to see where they are at (with no help from you whatsoever). My daughter did pretty well with them, they stopped pretty soon after she started getting bored. When she did get a little bored, she was able to pause it until she was ready to start back up (you have 15 minutes to pause). My three-year-old wanted to play too! I was proud of how well my daughter has done. Then they start in on reading lessons that are like games. Pretty cool as a curriculum, but I know my little girl was more interested in getting to the games! I think this will help her out a ton and I’m looking forward to getting my older kiddo on, to see how she does!

Buy it!

You can go here to sign up!

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Giveaway: GlobalEyeGlasses.com

May 4, 2012 By Tabitha

I have terrible eye sight! I know there are some out there with worse prescriptions then mine but mine is pretty bad lol. I have tried to wear contacts but unfortunately my eyes dry out when I get into air conditioning. And of course prescription glasses can be crazy expensive for me! With all the coatings and the thin lenses I have to have, I have spent upwards of $600 for 2 pairs of glasses and that was on a buy one get one free promotion! With four kids and limited vision benefits I need to find places where I can cut corners. This is where GlobalEyeGlasses.com comes in.

Global Eyeglasses is an online eyeglasses retailer bringing clear and perfect vision to people around the world. Offering an amazing selection of prescription eyeglasses and Rx Sunglasses for Men, Women and Children at incredible prices.

Our primary focus is to offer you the highest quality Eyeglass frames and Optical lenses at the best possible price. We can offer you such great prices by cutting all the middle men and overhead expenses of a brick and mortar optical store.

Our friendly customer service team is always there to help you buy prescription glasses online, along with fantastic tools such as Virtual Mirror - which will allow you to try those glasses online, and Frame Size Finder which will help you find the correct size eye-frame. We offer 30 days no questions asked money back guarantee on all purchases.

For my review I chose to get a pair of prescription sunglasses. As I mentioned before, my prescription is pretty hefty so I was limited in my choices but I did manage to find a pair that I was happy with. I stretched myself on this because I don’t normally go for large glasses but I think they look good, what do you think?

I was able to navigate their site quite easily and filter out fames based on price, shape, full rim, half rim, rimless, etc. If you know a specific designer you can also filter it that way. Once you’ve chosen a few frames that you think you might like you can use their Virtual Mirror to “try” them on by uploading a picture of yourself, this is one of my favorite features. Another nice thing is when it comes to sunglasses you aren’t just limited to prescription, you can also buy non-prescription, so if your vision is 20/20 you don’t have to feel left out Once you pick your frames you have options, such as thinner lenses, gradiant or full tint, plus you can choose the color of your tint. Really your choices are endless and very reasonably priced. Once I got the email that my order had shipped, it was mere days before my glasses were in my hands, safely packaged for transport. All glasses come with free single vision lenses, free anti-scratch coating, free case and microfibre cleaning cloth, a 30 day Money back guarantee and a 12 month guarantee.

With frame prices currently ranging from $14 to $49 you can’t go wrong. This is definitely the way to buy cheap eyeglasses, I have been telling all of my friends! Their customer service people I dealt with were amazing, I didn’t have a problem with my order but they did help me to easily find which sunglasses would work for me. I am very happy with my choice and I will be keeping their page bookmarked for when I need new glasses again!

Win it!

One lucky 3 Boys and A Dog reader is going to win $50 to spend on new prescription glasses from GlobalEyeGlasses.com!

REQUIRED COMMENT: Head on over to GlobalEyeGlasses.com, have a look around and tell me which pair of frames you would choose if you won.

BONUS #1: Follow @globaleyeglass and @momof3boys3702 on Twitter and RT this contest. The easiest way to retweet is to simply click the green ReTweet on the top right of this post. YOU MAY TWEET ONCE DAILY

BONUS #2: Like GlobalEyeGlasses.com and 3 Boys and a Dog on FaceBook then share this post by clicking the FaceBook share button at the bottom of this post.

Other bonus entries:

#1. Spread the word about this review by: email, forums, blogging, Digg, or putting the link in a meme. (one entry per thing done)
#2. Sign up for my NEW Weekly Newsletter.
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#5. Leave a comment on any other post (excluding giveaways!) Be sure to leave a comment here saying which post.
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CONTEST ENDS: at Midnight CST on May 18th

OPEN TO: Worldwide!

*DISCLAIMER: I was sent items by GlobalEyeglasses.com to help facilitate my review. Any opinions stated are strictly my own.*