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MedNotes
Exactly 13 days ago, after a delicious family Christmas dinner, my father sat down on his chair and suffered a massive stroke. Seven days after that, at home already, he suffered another stroke. On the counter of my parents' kitchen, sits a very large plate now that contains all of the medications that my father is on…there were nine at the last count. NINE. All that have to be taken at different times of the day, some with a meal, some before the meal, some at bedtime. My mother is managing all of this and discovering doctor errors in the process. It's been tough.
The good ladies at MomCentral have introduced me to two websites that will prove to be a lifesaver for my mom and the rest of our family. Drugs.com is a great resources of pharmaceuticals. On this site you can research all different drugs by both names and by condition. I plugged in "stroke" and found a bunch of the medications that my dad is currently on. They provide you with all the information you could possibly need on this drug. A really great feature for those with elderly parents or teens is the Pill Identifier. Here you place the description of the drug into the search engine and it provides you with the name of the drug. This is great when you find a stray pill on the counter of your parents' house or, God forbid, you find something in your teen's laundry. Drugs.com has the latest in FDA news and alerts, the newest drugs, and clinical trial information.
They have also just launched a new site called MedNotes. MedNotes allows you to log every drug each person in your family using. By doing this, MedNotes will show you any potential interactions, pregnancy/lactation warnings, etc. It's like having your very own pharmacist! What a great tool to keep you in charge of your own health.
As soon as I sign off, I will be calling my mom to tell her about MedNotes. This will certainly help her to organize and double-check the many drugs my father is taking to heal from these strokes. I give this a
Clorox 2
You have kids, you have stains. It's the lay of the land. First, it is spit up stains. Then baby food drool. Then juice. Then grass stains. You see where I am going with this…I am currently in the "grass stains" category. Just last week, after our first snowfall, my son was climbing the hill in front of our house. You would think that with snow on the ground, it would be difficult to get grass stains. Not him. He came in happy as a clam and grass stains on his brand new, first time wearing them, jeans.
How glad was I that I had a sample of the new advanced formula Clorox 2? Most of my son's clothes are darker colors and after so many washings, the color does tend to get dingy. Clorox 2 promises to get out those stains and brighten those dark colors. While I haven't conducted any tests seeing if the color fades or get better, I can tell you that the grass stains are gone and his new jeans are still looking, well, new! I chose to use the Clorox 2 for sensitive skin. It smells like absolutely nothing, which I love so that it doesn't mix with whatever smelly laundry detergent I have.
Clorox 2 even offers a money back guarantee on their product, that's how strongly they feel about it. And, I have coupons for a FREE 33 oz. bottle for four lucky BBM Review readers. Just leave a comment between now and December 8th and the BBM Review will choose four lucky winners!
For helping me fight the grass stain fight, BBM Review gives Clorox 2 a
The Perfect Turkey
It’s a right of passage as an adult with a home to "take over" a family holiday. I still am trying to take over just one holiday from the older crowd in the family, but I have made it clear that it will NOT be Thanksgiving. I can do the Easter or Christmas ham, but I cannot do the turkey. No way. No how.
Until maybe now.
You’ve probably seen the recent commercials with Kelly Ripa for the Electrolux appliances. I am a girl who loves her some good appliances (even if I can’t afford them…) and these appliances just look awesome. Kelly Ripa, of course, makes it look fun to do daily housework, but let’s face it, the Thanksgiving Day turkey is intimidating. Well, Electrolux is revolutionizing the turkey experience with their Perfect Turkey button. Its special turkey probe and convection system gives you a yummy, juicy perfect turkey.
Now, I am sure you all have a turkey story from one holiday or another…and Electrolux wants to hear it. Head over to their website to enter their Turkey Tale contest. From now until November 14th, you can submit your turkey day story (whether it be funny, pathetic, or momentous) and you could an Electrolux wall over or range, just in time for the holidays!
And just think, if you win the contest, from that point forward, your turkey story will be a thing of the past.
Responsibility Project
As a teacher, I have always struggled to get kids to see how their actions directly affect others. I also run a service program at our school where this concept is even more important. Now as a parent, I struggle with how to teach my child responsibility, being a good citizen, and working for the greater good. That’s a lot for a little guy to understand!
The folks over at MomCentral hooked me up with some info about the Responsibility Project from Liberty Mutual. Grab your kids and head on over to The Responsibility Project. Once there, you will find short films for all age groups (although my four year old lost interest quickly), resources to help guide conversations with your kids, and a blog that brings up pertinent issues we deal with each day as parents. The films are especially fun, and although this is aimed at school-age children, I personally think that "Hot Seat" film should be a part of corporate training!
Kudos to Liberty Mutual for a creative way to encourage those difficult to navigate conversations with our children. I will be handing out this info to my parents at "Meet the Teacher Night" at my school. For a great community service, I give The Responsibility Project a:
Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber
If there is one thing I know how to do and well, it’s clean. After having a house on the market for over four months and then having to move out and clean it up and out in one weekend, you might as well just call me "Martha" as in Stewart.
Unlike our good friend Martha, I’m not quite as organized. After living in a six level townhome for five years, I frequently cleaned without my gloves because when you have five minutes and your cleaning gloves are three floors below you, you just deal. For this reason, the new Scrubbing Bubbles product is one of my favorite new things.
Imagine a Swiffer type cleaning product with removable and replaceable cleaning pads (cleaning solution already included), attached to a soft but sturdy foam handle that allows you to scrub with the best of them without any cleaning products touching your hands? This is the new Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber and it 100% rocks.
The Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber comes complete with the foam scrubber and a small container of several scrubbing pads. One pad cleaned all three of my bathrooms beautifully. Those new owners are going to be blinded by the sparkle. Unlike many heavier cleaning products, Scrubbing Bubbles cleaner rinses easily and also leaves behind a pleasant, but not overpowering, smell.
If you’ve had it up to your eyebrows with rubber gloves and products that take forever to get the job done, then you won’t want to forget to pick up a Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber kit. To make it a little easier on your wallet, you can go here to pick up a coupon that will save you $2.75 (practically a gallon of gas).
For the great job it does and the ease of use, BBM gives the Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber:
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