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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of PackIt for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Do you pack a lunch for someone near and dear day after day? Are you tired of struggling with ice packs that don’t keep the food cold for a long enough period? Don’t worry — that’s the cool thing about technology — it’s here to solve so many different issues!

Instead of using tired old ice packs, try  PackIt lunch boxes to keep lunches ice cold.

PackIt stays cold for up to 10 hours and it fits conveniently in your freezer. After finishing your nice, cool lunch, just neatly fold the bag up until you can get home to put it back in the freezer again. 

This is a non-toxic, PVC and lead-free ice option so use it without worries!

One of my big pet peeves is the water we take along with us when we’re out and about — it gets warm and I hate that! It makes me want to buy cold water, but that’s such a waste of money. If we packed out water in Packits, it would stay nice and cold while we’re out doing whatever.

How do you feel about BOGO? Stupid question, I know. Here’s the thing…head over to the Packit website right now because they’re offering a deal where you can buy one Packit for $19.95 and you get a second one totally free!

Do me a favor…post a comment for how you would use a PackIt and why you think it would totally blow away a tired old lunch bag!

Ginger has a long history of being effective at alleviating gastrointestinal distress. Modern research reveals that ginger has numerous properties, including antioxidant effects and direct anti-inflammatory effects. New research demonstrates the anti-inflammatory action of ginger on the colon.

Include ginger in the diet to dramatically lower inflammatory risk markers for colon cancer. One such marker, known as PGE2, is a naturally occurring prostaglandin. PGE2 usually induces fever and is important for determining inflammatory levels in the body. Inflammation has been implicated as a precursor to colon cancer. Gingerroot supplementation lowers blood levels of the prostaglandin to reduce colon cancer risks.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Hills Pet Nutrition for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

We do not own a dog right now, but when I was growing up, my mom was a fierce proponent of feeding our pets high-quality food. We feed ourselves high-quality food, why should our pets be any different, right?

Hill’s Pet Nutrition  is a great option for pet owners who want to make sure that their furry fur-faced friends get the best diet possible.

This is a great time to check out the various dog foods offered by Hills Science Diet. Have you heard of the Healthy Mobility dog food that has a special formulation designed to help dogs maintain movement with special ingredients that improve bone and joint cartilage.

Why is it a great time, you ask? Because, right now you can get a  Hill’s Healthy Mobility Coupon that will give you coupon offers and even an entry in a sweepstakes! You may be one of 30 winners will win free pet food for your dog for a whole year!  Check it out!

Visit their website to learn all about Hill’s Science Diet dog food.

Oh, and the next time you log in to Facebook, be sure to find Hill’s Pet Nutrition on Facebook  .

Like so many, I was very saddened to hear of Steve Jobs passing due to pancreatic cancer. It’s a devastating disease with tragic results.

Unfortunately, the treatment options that Jobs utilized to try to fight his cancer probably ended up killing him.

Reportedly, Jobs underwent both chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments, both in the U.S. and in Switzerland. Not only that, but he apparently had a liver transplant as well.

When you poison the human body, it responds with deterioration and eventual total shut down.

The sad truth is that these conventional medical treatments that mainstream medicine uses to treat cancer create a toxicity level in the body that shuts it down.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Straight Talk for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Call a friend ! You won’t believe this!

What would you say if I revealed a way you could feel richer without making more money. Interested? Of course you are! Hook, line and sinker right?

How about an Android on Straight Talk  ? With Straight Talk you can cut your cell phone bill in half.

What would you buy with your saved money?

Here’s the scoop:

• No contracts
• No surprise bills
• No credit checks

What is there?

• Nationwide coverage
• Excellent reception
• Brands like LG, Motorola, Kyocera, Nokia and Samsung

Choose from these monthly plans:

• “All You Need Plan” — 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and 30 MB of web data
• Unlimited Monthly service — $45 (includes calls, text, picture messaging, and internet)

Don’t worry — 411 calls are included free!

There are absolutely no activation, reactivation, or termination fees, either!

What kind of phone can you get? Well, reconditioned phones as low as $10.00 with a camera, mp3 player, mobile internet access, and more. Yes, you can get a smart phone, a touch screen phones, and even app capable phones that can do almost anything…

Tempted yet? I thought so. Check it out to see if this will work for you.

Parents need to carefully consider whether to allow surgery on their young children unless it is absolutely necessary.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found a correlation between children undergoing surgery requiring general anesthesia before they turn two and learning disabilities later in childhood.

Over a third of the children who had more than one surgery and exposure to anesthesia developed a learning disability later in life.

In a 2009 Mayo study, research showed that exposure of children to anesthesia may affect development of the brain.

The new study is significant because it used only children experiencing anesthesia and surgeries under two years and it used a control for existing health issues.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of TRESemmé for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

You know those mornings when you are absolutely out of time but your hair needs major help? Those are the days you can reach for TRESemmé Fresh Start Dry Shampoo and you’ll be out the door in a few minutes!

Not even sure where to start to use dry shampoo? It’s so easy! Here are a few tips to help you get started:

• Shake the bottle vigorously before using it and while you use it
• Lift your hair in sections and spray the roots lightly
• Spray in short bursts while you hold the bottle about 10 inches away from your head
• This isn’t hairspray — don’t spray it continuously to coat your hair
• Leave the product in for about two minutes
• Use your finger or a brush to work the product through your hair

Isn’t that cool?

TRESemmé has a line of dry shampoos that will absorb excess oil and banish odors without using any water. How? They use citrus extracts instead!

Choose from a strengthening, volumizing, moisturizing or smoothing shampoo. Sounds like the perfect Top Hair Products for School . Check it out and see if it works for you. I don’t know how it couldn’t.

Facebook has rolled out a lot of changes lately…not all of them obvious. Facebook is now monitoring your online activity — whether you are logged in or not.

The most recent modifications display your activities to friends and the public as well. Even after logging out of Facebook, there are permanent “cookies” that track all your movements on websites with Facebook widgets.

There is a solution short of dumping your Facebook account, however.

Delete all Facebook cookies in your browser or use a separate browser for your Facebook browsing.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of T.G.I. FRiDAY’S for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Lovin TGIFridays? Me too! What a treat!

Get this…how cool would it be to have a stash of  T.G.I. FRiDAY’S “Entrées for One”  in your freezer at home? I know! So cool!

Choose from great options like Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo, Cajun-Style Chicken Alfredo, Chicken Pasta Carbonara, Chicken Fajitas, Chicken Mac and Cheese, Loaded Chicken and Chese and even Sesame Orange Chicken.

My fav? Gotta be Sizzling Chicken Fajitas, no question about it…

But wait, that’s not all! If you visit TGIFriday’s Facebook page, you can enter the  Fun Freezer contest  and maybe win some cool prizes! All you have to do is decorate your freezer, upload a picture and sit back to see if you win! We can do that, right?

In fact, I love a decorating project…this just might be fun. I could see a lot of fun things to do to decorate the freezer, snap a pic and enter the Fun Freezer contest.

Are you up for it? Post a comment about how you decorated your freezer and we can cheer each other on. I know…let’s decorate our freezers INSIDE with TGIFridays Entrees and on the outside, too!

Eating out of habit is something you may do without even realizing. It’s easy to develop the habit of eating while watching TV. After a pattern repeats often, that pattern becomes fixed in the brain. To break it, you must interrupt it or notice it to break it.

Researchers conducted a study of movie goers and popcorn eaters. Initially, popcorn was given to participants entering a movie theater. The popcorn handed out was either freshly popped or stale. Researchers also ran one more separate experiment giving participants stale or fresh popcorn before they went into a movie theater but this time they were asked to eat with their dominant or non-dominant hand.

The researchers found that people who ate with their non-dominant hand ate much less of the stale popcorn. This simple change resulted in a pattern interrupt — temporarily breaking their eating habit.