October 29th, 2009

Product Review & Giveaway: Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters

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Recently, MyBlogSpark pro­vided me the oppor­tu­nity to try Nature Val­ley Gra­nola Nut Clus­ters. I am always on the look our for a health­ier snack that still taste good and have long been a fan of Nature Valley’s Gra­nola Bars, so I was excited about this review.

Nature Val­ley Gra­nola Nut Clus­ters are a mix­ture of gra­nola clus­ters, nuts, and a lit­tle honey. They come in four fla­vors: Roasted Cashew, Nut Lovers, Roasted Almonds, and Honey Nut Peanut (which was my favorite). Truth be told, I loved them all so much that I barely shared them with my husband.

As far as nutri­tional value goes, a serv­ing size of Nature Val­ley Gra­nola Nut Clus­ters (about 1 oz) ranges from 140 to 160 to 140 calo­ries depend­ing on which fla­vor. While it’s very easy to eat the whole bag in one sit­ting (seri­ously, they are really that good), the reseal­able bags are great for those who have more self-control than I. My 3 year old daugh­ter didn’t like them because they were too hard for her to chew, but my hus­band enjoyed the Roasted Cashew the most.

Not only did I receive 4 bags of the Gra­nola Nut Clus­ters, I was also sent  a back­pack, binoc­u­lars, battery/generator flash­light, and a stain­less steel water bot­tle. And one of my read­ers will win one too.  My daugh­ter loves the flash­light and binoc­u­lars. We  used them to com­plete our Autumn Scav­enger Hunt as part of our home­school­ing curriculum.

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September 13th, 2009

Weekly To-Do List: 9/13–9/19

*This post will remain at the top until the end of the week. I will add “DONE” in front of all tasks as I com­plete them.

Sun­day 9/13

Com­plete (3 )blog posts

• DONE What Are You? Changed topic: Men­tal Ill­ness is Cause for Con­cern and Out­rage, Not Laugh­ter
  Mom’s of Hue
• DONE Cheap Week­end Trip to Local Fairs/Events- Changed Topic: Never Over­look Hotel Safety:  Trav­el­ing Mom
• Books My Daugh­ter Loves for Mom on the Rise

Mon­day 9/14-

• DONE Work Out: Walk­ing 2.3 + miles
• DONE Send Blog­ger Out­reach Weekly Task for Trav­el­ing Mom
• DONE First Les­son of Mya’s Preschool (MPS)
• Com­plete Post– Home­school­ing Out­side the Box NY Home­school­ing Exam­iner Blog

Tues­day 9/15

• DONE Work Out: Walk­ing 2.3 + miles
• DONE Les­son Two-MPS
• Com­plete Blog Post for Mom on the Rise
• Send Moms of Hue Blog­ger Out­reach Sheet
• DONE Being Inter­viewed on BLOGTALK RADIO with KIM ORLANDO

Wednes­day 9/16

• DONE Work Out: Walk­ing 2.3 + miles
• DONE Les­son Three– MPS
• DONE Phone Con­fer­ence with Michele– The Inte­grated Mother
• CANCELLEDJump­Start Pet Res­cue Event in NYC
• CANCELLEDBlog Post for Mom on the Rise about the Jump­Start Event

Thurs­day 9/17

• Work Out: Walk­ing 2.3 + miles
• DONE Les­son Four– MPS
• Blog­ger Out­reach for Trav­el­ing Moms
• Plan it Out Thurs­day: New Addition

Fri­day 9/18

• Work Out: Walk­ing 2.3 + miles
• Free Day

Sat­ur­day 9/20

• Work Out: Walk­ing 2.3 + miles
• Fair