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Summer is a great time for catching up on reading – especially if you are relaxing on the beach! My favorite genre of books is mysteries, so here is a great collection of mystery stories to read on the beach this summer. All of them are set on the beach, so you can enjoy reading about murder in the sand and sun while you relax!
This post is sponsored by Dr Pepper Snapple Group and The Motherhood.
Learning about what goes on behind the scenes at various business is one of the things I have found most interesting about blogging. And last week I had the chance to get a behind the scenes insight at a huge company, which produces a product my family and I use all the time, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. I attended a virtual briefing with some of the managers and directors from the Dr. Pepper Snapple group, and it was fascinating! I learned random fun facts like the fact that only two people know the formula for Dr. Pepper, and that there have been over 250 flavors of Snapple over the years. I also learned about the company’s commitment to balance and innovation.
We are big fans of Diet Dr. Pepper at my house, and frequently bring a 12 pack of the soda home from the grocery store. But the company makes much more than that, and in fact they sell more than 50 brands of carbonated soft drinks, teas, juices, mixers and other premium beverages. The company is focused on innovation and balance, and tries to direct their new projects equally in two main areas: Calories In and Calories Out.
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Lunchbox. All opinions are my own.
Palmolive dish soap is something my family uses all the time, but usually for boring things, like washing the dishes. But did you know there are many other interesting uses for Palmolive? One of my favorite is using it for Pre-Manicure Magic.
Using the dish soap in this way is simple and effective. Soaking your nails for a few minutes before applying nail polish has a number of benefits. First of all, the water and soap helps loosen dirt and dead skin, so that your nails are sparkling clean before the polish is applied. Secondly it softens your cuticles, which makes them easy to push back before the manicure.
I am sure many of you are fans of Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander series, a series of novels that combine romance, science fiction, history and time travel. I was excited to learn that the books have been adapted into a TV series, and it is premiering soon, exclusively from Time Warner Cable on the Starz channel.
If you aren’t familiar with the series here is a synopsis:
Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Outlander will premiere August 9th at 9PM EST/PST on Starz via Time Warner Cable. However I was able to get a sneak preview and watch the first episode early, and I was impressed. The production quality of the show is quite high, and the show does a wonderful job of conveying the Scottish Highlands and setting up the mysterious time traveling. The costumes, music, and realistic settings were all very well done.
Prize and compensation courtesy of 20th Century Fox
The Fault in Our Stars will be arriving in theaters everywhere on June 6th. This movie tells the story of teenagers Hazel and Gus who bond and fall in love after meeting at a cancer support group. When I heard about the book this movie is based on I thought it would be depressing, because it sounds like one of those disease of the week movies. But the book was actually funny and uplifting.
The movie seems to be true to the spirit of the book! Check out the extended trailer below.
I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Sprint. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and to thank me for participating.
Last month I told you about being a Sprint Ambassador and that I will be testing various Sprint devices and writing about them over the course of the year. I even got to giveaway an HTC One Max, which was won by Maureen S! This month I received one of the latest Sprint devices to test out, the HTC One M8, Harman Kardon Edition.
This phone is designed especially for music lovers, and includes revolutionary technology that restores all types of compressed digital music and provides a more life-like headphone listening experience. I am not an expert on music by any means, but I know what sounds good! And the music from this phone sounds wonderful. I signed up for Spotify, and have been using it with this phone everywhere. As a part of Sprint’s new Sprint Sound Sessions, Sprint is giving customers access to Spotify’s catalogue of more than 20 million songs. I have been spending lots of time listening to the Classic Rock channel. I love to take it with my when I walk the dogs, and it is much better sound than my old mp3 player.
