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Albion Fit giveaway!

Swim suit season is officially here…the most dreaded season for many of us.
(What can I say? 3 babies and that tight tummy ain’t exactly what it used to be).
I recently discovered a new store in the City Center mall, downtown Salt Lake City called Albion Fit with the most beautiful women’s swim and fitness wear.
Upon first glance I thought these suits were for a barbie figures…but then I tried on three…and all three looked fab.
That NEVER happens when it comes to swimwear. NEVER.

The styles are classic and fit great. They have just the right “give” and just the right snugness in all the right places.
I’m actually a little excited to go to the pool.

Albion Fit also has a fantastic line of workout clothing.
My plan was to just get a new swimming suit but I couldn’t leave without that light blue hoodie which is so unbelievably soft.
My boys think the little holes in the cuffs where you can loop your thumb through is the coolest thing ever. I actually caught my 5 year old attempting to cut thumb holes in his sweatshirt cuffs the other day. Rrgghhh.

Some exciting news! You can win a $100. gift card to Albionfit.com (or their store in the City Creek Mall, SLC, UT).
To enter you need to like Albion Fit on Facebook and pin your favorite image from their site on to on of your Pinterest boards.
Just fill out the form below and you’ll be swimming (or working out) in style this summer!

If you’ve found that perfect piece that you just have to have you can get $15.00 off any purchase of $50.00 or more by using promo code: 4men1lady15.
Code is good until 5/24/13.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

*I was given store credit to try out merchandise of my choosing for review.*

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My favorite kitchen appliance of all time.

16 May 12 Comments

I have a lot of kitchen tools and appliances. I’m even guilty of getting succored in to the dazzle of some new kitchen tool on late night tv infomercials. Some have been great, some were just a down right waste of money. There is one kitchen appliance that my dad gave me several years ago that has become my all time favorite (very close contender to my Vita-Mix). Before I share let me just say I’m not affiliated with this appliance company in anyway. It’s a food steamer. Do you have one of these babies?

What I love about it is that it uses steam to cook your food instead a pot of boiling water. Cooking your food in a pot full of boiling water boils all the vitamins and minerals out of them. Plus veggies turn out limp and tasteless. I use a steamer for cooking all my veggies such as corn, broccoli, asparagus, and green beans, just to name a few.

In the morning I also use my steamer to make the perfect size bowl of steal cut oatmeal and hard boiled (I mean steamed) eggs for breakfast. It takes me 1 minute to throw it all in, I set the timer for 30 minutes then go about getting the boys ready. Plus I don’t have to stand there and constantly stir a pot of oatmeal, not to mention the sticky cleaning of the pot afterwards.

My boys won’t touch oatmeal but they love hard boiled (steamed) eggs (hold the yolks).
I’ve started making a whole carton of eggs at a time and putting them in the fridge. I have to limit them otherwise they could easily go through a dozen between the three of them in one sitting. Steaming them is so much easier then babysitting a pot of boiling water and trying to guess when they’re done. I can stick them in the steamer, set the timer for 30 minutes and walk away.

The other meal that I love to steam is fish. It comes out perfectly moist and flaky. I buy frozen filets of Halibut, Mahi-Mahi, Salmon and Tilapia, take them right out of the freezer and put them in the steamer. Then I shake a little seasoning on the frozen filet or even put lemon slices on it, steam it and in 30 minutes it’s de-lish. Sometimes I’ll even put some corn or veggies in with it to make a complete and healthy meal.

Do you have a steamer? What do you use it for?

What is your all time favorite kitchen appliance?

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It’s scary when the lights go out.

14 May 12 Comments

It’s been one heck of a last few days. Mr Vertigo won’t leave me the heck alone. Then his friend Mr. Strep throat decided to pay me an unfriendly visit. And to further matters Mother Nature heard I like the warmth so a heat spell came through yesterday and set a 95 degree record…to which the power company responded by knocking our neighborhood’s electricity out. All day. My sweet wonderful neighbors rescued my milk, popsicles and eggs from a refrigerator that just didn’t want to stay closed (boys). From 12-4am we listened to 7 men from the utility company use their tractor to dig up the lines 5 feet from our bedroom window while we lay in a pool of sweat. Alas, the electricity came back on this morning and we only have a couple of sprinkler lines to repair due to the tractor.

Complaining?
Just a tad.
Okay, a lot about the Vertigo.
But honestly, it could have been worse. Like Hurricane Catrina worse.
Nah, this was peanuts comparatively speaking.
When something you depend on goes out like your health or the lights it makes you that much more motivated to take care and get prepared.
I have a new desire to really take care of my health because being stuck in bed just bites.
And having the lights go out made me realized how unprepared I am for a disaster. Couldn’t find one working flashlight. Had no clue where any matches were for candles. Thank goodness toilets don’t run on electricity.

I’m surprised how dependant we are on electricity. No lights, no power and no internet. One day has really thrown off my entire week so bear with me as we get our act back together and I’ll be back with some more posts. Off to collect all my groceries around the neighborhood from those who had generators.

Peace!

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