International Delight #IcedCoffee tasting party

Well, to be honest with you, I had a bugger of a time trying to find this International Delights #IcedCoffee. First I thought it would be with the creamer but couldn't find it there. Then I thought it was a mix so I looked at the coffee aisle but it wasn't there. Finally I found it by chocolate milk, which, I thought, was a funny place for it, but I was glad to find it.I had heard so much about this stuff and I really wanted to try it and trust me, it was worth the search. When I finally found it I could only find the Vanilla variety so I brought them home along with a couple of International Delights creamers for my morning coffee. I thought it might be fun to have a few friends over to try it so I made plans to do so but it fell through at the last minute so it was just me and my family enjoying it.....which we did!

Yesterday I happened to take a look at Walmart again to see if I could find any different kinds and I did! I was happy. I bought one Mocha, one Original and one more Vanilla. Of course, the second I walked through the door everyone was on my heels to have a glass of it, even my 12 year old son! His favorite was the Mocha...surprise, surprise. My daughter says she thinks the Original is far and away the best, which surprised me quite a bit. She said "Oh my gosh, mom. You have GOT to try this kind. It's amazing!" I have not tried that kind yet because I'm just in love with the Vanilla it's hard to switch. Hubby said the Vanilla was his favorite, which isn't a surprise seeing how he just loves Starbucks French Vanilla drinks. He did say he could drink this International Delights #icedcoffee instead of Starbucks because he liked it that much.
Ok, while writing this I just had to try the Original and I have to agree with my daughter (please, let's keep that between us!). It is the best one, in my opinion. It takes more like coffee than the others. Very good.
(I wanted to add a bunch of pictures to this post but Blogger is giving me a hard time. I will post them at the end of this post so please scroll to the bottom)
Have you even heard of these drinks before? I hadn't but I'm so glad I did. They're so yummy.  You can get more information on International Delights and this Iced Coffee sing the following links...
Website: http://internationaldelight.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/indelight
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/InternationalDelight
 Also, click here to see my Google+ shop trying to find this #icedcoffee










This shop has been compensated part of a social shoppers insight study for Collective Bias #CBias but all photos and opinions and tasting, was my own.

International Delight #IcedCoffee Hour Twitter Party 2/9

RSVP here for the #icedcoffee Twitter Party!

There will be (3) $25 Walmart Gift Cards and (1) $100 Walmart Gift Card up for grabs! Take a coffee break and enjoy some #icedcoffee!

Take your #BraveWoman pledge and start off 2012 right! #CBias

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my struggles when I was a young mother living in a bad relationship. If the internet had been around then my life would have been so much easier (yes, there was a time was when the internet was not in every household, believe it or not!)
I have made a pledge to myself every year since getting out of that relationship, that I will be aware of my actions and the actions of others, that may put my happiness in jeopardy. What about you?
You don't have to be involved in a bad relationship to make a pledge to yourself to be happy, to be aware, to be brave.
Go to Brave Woman and make a pledge. Pledge to be brave. Now, that pledge can cover so many areas of your life but the bottom line is, we, as women, have to stand up for ourselves and not anyone push us around, whether it be a man or another female. Domestic violence has found a way into many people's lives, in so many different forms that it is up to us to stand up and not be afraid anymore. I know you can do it. If I can do it, anyone can do it.
How can you be brave this year? And every year......
Please take a minute, after you have made your pledge to be brave, to check out the Facebook and Twitter pages Brave Woman.

We are all #BraveWoman.

This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias but all opinions and ideas are my own. #CBias

Such a Sweet Phenomena

I belong to a an online community called Collective Bias where I have met a lot of wonderful people, including the person I'm talking about today. Her name is Tiffany Manley and she is a homeschooling mom with a lot of talents.
Tiffany and her family currently live near Birmingham Alabama after living in Washington state for about 7 years. She has been married for 10 years and has a beautiful daughter she refers to as Babydoll.
She has named her online persona 'Sweet Phenomena' and I can see why. She is sweet. She stumbled into homeschooling because they moved so much when her daughter was going into the second grade and they were having a 'flux' year with moving and getting situated. She struggled the first year but this year she seems to have it figured it all out. Her website has a lot of homeschooling tips and is a place to go for a lot of homeschooling information. It's very organized.
Of course, like everyone else on the planet (well, almost the whole planet) Tiffany has a personal facebook page and one for Sweet Phenomena as well so there are many ways to keep up with her.

I do have to admit, while looking around there is something else I found that totally mesmerized me. She's also an extremely talented cake maker/designer. Take a look at her website called The Sweet Emporium. Just take a look at this cake, isn't it gorgeous??? This is one of many on that website. There are so many beautiful cakes. I'm amazed at the creative talent. Heck, I can't even decorate a cupcake to look pretty, nevermind a 3 tiered cake like this!

 I found this picture on Tiffany's Facebok page and just thought it was so pretty. Simple and sweet.
I've enjoyed getting to know Tiffany a bit better and I hope you will take some time to get to know her a bit more too. Certainly if you homeschool your child, her site is a perfect place to go for all kinds of information.


Merry Christmas to Tiffany and her family, and to you too.

Take a pledge with Brave Woman #CBias #BraveWoman

You know how you can just be surfing the net one day and come across something that you wish you had found 20 years ago? I was recently led to a website called Brave Woman. It's a website to help women get out of violent situations, including domestic violence.

20 years ago I was in such a situation. My 1st husband was an alcoholic, and, let's just say, he was not a happy drunk. I was young and 'stupid' and didn't know how to get out of it at the time so I went through, what felt like, a long time of terrible emotional abuse and some things I just can't talk about 'til this day.

I have to wonder if I had found a website like Brave Woman, if it would have given me a place to turn that I would have felt safe turning to. It's got a community where you can talk to others in situations like yours and can put you in touch with people, in your own community who can help you.
Eventually I did leave him, with a 7 month old and a baby on the way. They are who gave me the strength because I could never imagine them going through these horrible things.

There is a pledge you can take, Facebook page you can sign up for and follow them on Twitter ( @Brave_Woman )too. I'm going to lead my 21 year old daughter to this website too. Although I have brought her up to be strong and never 'take anything' from anyone, this will be another great tool for her. It says 1 in every 4 women experience domestic violence. I don't want her to be one of them...ever.







This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias all opinions are my own.

STP Multipurpose Motor Treatment #CBias #engineluv

Guest post from my husband, James Harris.

You know how, when you're a kid, you follow your father around and do what he does? That's how my love for motors started. My dad tinkered on everything from cars and trucks to lawn mowers and go carts. So I guess it's only natural that I use the same products he does. He was a firm believer in using STP products and I still buy them on a regular basis.

I have bought STP Oil Treatment for years. I had a 1976 Chevy Truck and used STP Oil Treatment for it with the first oil change and put 300,000 miles on it. It never broke down, not even once. I didn't tenderfoot it either.

I saw the STP Multipurpose Motor Treatment and knew it had to be a good product. It is made by STP after all. What I like about it is that you can use it on your small machinery too to keep the motors ready when they sit, waiting for the next season. I have a weed eater and a old chainsaw so I just used it in them. Granted, I haven't had to use the weed eater much lately because of the drought in Texas but if we get rain this winter I might have to.

It comes in a 16oz container and you only use .75 oz per gallon so if you are keeping up a weed eater it will go a long way.

I sent my wife out to get this the other day, on Black Friday and she got the wrong thing, the oil treatment (which she has seen me buy on a regular basis) so I used it in my Chevy Suburban too. So my 'Burby' should be feeling good right about now.


I can't say enough good things about STP treatments. No, it doesn't solve cancer but it will sure save you grief associated with your vehicle...at least it has saved me.

Right now STP is offering a coupon when you 'Like' then on Facebook. The link is https://www.facebook.com/STP and don't forget to look them up on Twitter here.

Take a look at the Google+ Shopping trip my wife and I (separately) went on. I understand why she got the wrong thing. It was Black Friday after all.

This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias #CBias but all the opinions were my own...and some from my wife too.