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MyClyns from Union Springs Wellness provides 360 degree germ protection

McClyns products from Union Springs Wellness is the only company in the world that provides 360 degress of germ protection from 3 different modes of germ transmission. That would be:

1. Direct exposure to an infected person
2. Contact with dirty surfaces
3. Consumption of contaminated food

Did you know that according to CDC estimates that in 2011 roughly 1 in 6 Americans will get sick, 128,000 will be hospitalized, and 3,000 will die from foodborne diseases?

It seems to me that at least once or twice a year there’s some kind of produce or meat scare in the news. Right now it’s the Listeria on some lettuce. That’s why, among many other products, McClyns offers the McClyns Food Wash spray bottle.

MyClyns Food Wash is 100% natural and removes 98% more chemicals, wax, and contaminates than water alone. You can watch a video demonstration of MyClyns Food Wash and learn more about the company here: http://youtu.be/jjWQe1-oDl4

My toddler loves his fresh fruit. I have always rinsed the fruit with water before serving but it made me feel a little better serving his fruit with the MyClyns food wash. You spray your produce, rub it for a 1 minute then rinse it with water before serving.

My son certainly enjoys his fresh fruit and I had a little more comfort knowing that I did my part to make sure his fresh fruit was safe for him.

The spray is clear and had no noticable scent to it. My son ate all his strawberries I gave him so it didn’t make anything taste different. I tried them myself and didn’t notice anything either. The MyClyns food wash comes in a 12 oz. and 32 oz. size.

MyClyns offers lots of different products from laundry, floor wipes, fabric refreshers, and much more. You can even earn free MyClyns products by hosting a Union Springs Wellness Demonstration. Or become a MyClyns team member. You can find more info about hosting a demonstration or becoming part of their team here: http://unionspringswellness.com/joinOurTeam.aspx

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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You’re going to see some changes around here soon

I mentioned before that I was having my blog redesigned. I’ve been working with Jenn from The Blog Cafe. I’ve seen some 1st drafts of different things and I’m really liking where it’s going. She’s hoping to have my design done by Tuesday.

Also, I have a custom URL for Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More. My custom URL has been: http://www.luvsavingmoney.info. I chose it because putting my old name into a URL just wasn’t practical and ffcm.com and other domains were already in use. I figured Luv Saving Money about summed it up. Well, I’ve been thinking about changing the name of my blog to: Luv Saving Money for a while. When everything started happening with the new blog design, I decided to go ahead and make it a clean sweep. It will still be the same blog with the same idea just a a spiffier look and shorter name.

Unfortunately I looked into changing my Facebook fan page name and I’m not able to do it unless I had under 100 fans, which I don’t, thankfully. So not sure how I’m gonna handle that yet. I hate to start from scratch with a new fan page. I’m gonna have to sit on that one for bit to make the right decision.

Anywho, just wanted to let you know about the changes so you weren’t surprised when you showed up here and it didn’t have the appearance of the same blog.

Any advice on how to handle the facebook fan page?

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FRESCHETTA Proud to Support Pink program and a giveaway

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. FRESCHETTA is proud to do their part in supporting breast cancer research with the “FRESCHETTA Proud to Support Pink program”.

From September 25th to October 31 when you purchase specially marked boxes of FRESCHETTA pizzas and Artisan Pizza Crusts you will be helping FRESCHETTA to make their goal of $50,000 donation to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. . The specially marked packages have codes printed in them that you can enter at www.ProudToSupportPink.com. The makers of FRESCHETTA products will donate $1 to the center for breast cancer research.

The site also has a place for for people to share their breast cancer journey or those of a friend. They will be displayed on the www.ProudToSupportPink.com site and on FRESCHETTA’s facebook page. They will also be giving away 50 pink iPod shuffles a week in October. They will also be donationg 50 pink iPod Shuffles each week in October to four cancer centers around America to be enjoyed by breast cancer patients during treatment.

I think FRESCHETTA has a great program going here. I’m a fan of FRESCHETTA pizza anyway but I will certainly look for the special boxes in store to help support this effort. Breast Cancer Awareness is a cause that very close to me. My mother and grandmother were both effected by breast cancer. Between seeing my family members go through it and working in a hospital I can’t stress enough to you how important it is to get your mammograms when you’re supposed to. Do the self checks. If you’re not sure the right way to do them there are lost of resources. From your gynecologists office, to breast cancer events, and online resources. In fact FRESCHETTA has a section on their www.ProudToSupportPink.com site with several good resources.

I’ll get down off my soapbox now and tell you that FRESCHETTA is offering 1 FFCM reader a prize pack in the pink theme. 1 winner will win a coupon for FREE FRESCHETTA pizza 12 oz or larger and 2 that’s right I said 2 FRESCHETTA Proud To Support Pink headphones 1 for you to keep and one to give to a friend.

Wondering why there’s only 1 headphone set in my pic? I already donated my 2nd set to be put in a gift basket at my hospital for their annual breast cancer awareness basket party in October. All money goes to help fund the cost of mammograms for those that can’t afford them.

Hungry for FRESCHETTA pizza now? You can print off a $1.00 off coupon here: http://www.freschetta.com/pizza-coupons/default.aspx



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***I am a member of the FRESCHETTA Fresh Connection team. I received the above mentioned products to post about the Proud to Support Pink program. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. Any opinions expressed are my own.***

Social Picnic sign ups are open. You’ll want to get in on this one

In the spring, I didn’t participate in the Social Picnic as a blogger but I did enter the giveaway. I ended up winning! When the next sign ups came open, I decided to participate as a blogger and enter (yes you can certainly do that).

I did win the prize BUT I gained a lot of traffic to my blog as well as increased my numbers. I went from having nearly 900 facebook fans to having over 1300 by the time it was done. I also had noticable increases in GFC followers and twitter as well. For only $20 you can get on this highly promoted blog hope from This Lil Piglet and Family Approved blogs.

You don’t have to come up with a prize. The $20 goes towards the awesome prizes they offer. This time the prizes will be $500 paypal cash, a Cisco Wireless Router valued at $180 and another still to be named big prize.

The giveaway hop will run from Nov. 8 – 15.

Click the banner to read more. As an added feature to this Social Picnic, once you sign up and pay your fee you can tell people about the hop. If you refer the most people to the hop you get your entry fee back and the entry fee of the last person you referred! So that’s different this time.

If you’ve never participated in a paid blog hop before, I highly recommend this one. It’s not too pricey, you don’t have to come up with a prize, and they send you the info you need for posts. I’ll be participating.

If you sign up for the hop please put down that Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More referred you. Here is the link to the form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhSdkpnZ1RiUVlxVmF2RTJwcFZ3cUE6MQ

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Word Cloud created from my blog

I was messing around on the Coffee Mate Brew Crew site as a brew crew member. I came across the activity of creating a “word cloud”. To be honest I really wasn’t sure what that meant. It’s basically a collage of a bunch of words.

I gave it a try. It gave me the option of just typing in a bunch of words or using a link to my blog to create a word cloud. I though it would be fun to create one from the blog here so I gave it a ago. Here’s what showed up:

I thought it was pretty interesting what it pulled out. I think if you click the pic it will take you to the site and give you a more clear version. For some reason it was really small when I copied and pasted the code. Tried to enlarge it but it made it blurry.

You can try creating your own word cloud for free here: www.wordle.net

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