Elena of Avalor Soundtrack Release & Giveaway

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Traditions matter because it passes down from one generation to the next and can bring families closer because they have something to share. We have many traditions during each holiday that we are happy to pass down. Hickory Farms has always been a part of our holiday family traditions.
Hickory Farms offers a wide variety of products: from your traditional summer sausage, cheese and crackers to wines and gift baskets. Hickory Farms offers a wide variety of food gifts that are perfect for any budget and for everyone on your list this year. Quality, freshness and value are key traits of Hickory Farms’ gift and products.
Hickory Farms Signature Summer Sausage has been awarded the Masters of Taste Gold Medal for Superior Taste for having the #1 Summer Sausage in America. This has always been a favorite in our house. You just can’t have a holiday without at least two summer sausages lying around.
But with anything I’m always up for trying something new, and perhaps starting a new tradition…Like the new to Hickory Farms this year, decadent White & Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark. Doesn’t that sound delicious! This bark is a custom blend of creamy white chocolate and dark chocolate made from West African Cocoa beans, hand swirled with pure mint and topped with crushed candy cane pieces.
I also love buying from businesses who give back! Check out how Hickory Farms gives…
Charitable Giving:
Hickory Farms is proud to support No Kid Hungry®. No Kid Hungry is, working to end childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need every day.
Hickory Farms has contributed more than $4 million to No Kid Hungry since 2008. For every Signature Party Planner purchased this holiday season, Hickory Farms will donate $5 to No Kid Hungry.
As a supporter of the U.S. Armed Forces, the company provides year round complimentary shipping on select products to military addresses across the globe to ensure families can send loved ones warm wishes and a favorite taste from home. Visit www.hickoryfarms.com for details.
Whether you are continuing old family traditions or making new ones, don’t forget about Hickory Farms. They have great items that I am sure your friends and family will love. You can purchase Hickory Farms at Holiday Market locations nationwide, on the Hickory Farms website, and at leading retailers. What are your family traditions? Do you make charitable donations a tradition?
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Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution bring fans these festive, Halloween DVDs to help celebrate the scariest season of the year! All titles are now available at retailers.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools
Take a haunting, hilarious dive into Bikini Bottom and enjoy some ghostly tunes! In addition to the double-episode, “Ghoul Fools,” go on a treasure hunt, learn to tie nifty knots and board the Flying Dutchman to haunt the Seven Seas.
Special Features:
SpongeBob SquarePants Halloween
The Halloween celebrations in Bikkini Bottom are plentiful in this 10-episode collection, including 5 Halloween-themed episodes like “Frankendoodle” and “Squidward, The Unfriendly Ghost.”
Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Halloween Parade
Join Dora and her friends on exciting Halloween adventures in this four-episode DVD. In addition to the title episode, this DVD includes “Boo!,” “The Backpack Parade” and “Dora, la musico.”
Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Halloween
Dora invites fans for non-stop Halloween fun in this four-episode DVD. Episodes include “Boo!,” “The Missing Piece,” “To The Monkey Bars,” and the “The Big Storm.”
Yo Gabba Gabba!: Halloween!
Excitement abounds as the characters dress up in outrageous costumes and gather private stashes of candy. Through “The Fall Song,” “Halloween Party Song,” and “Trick or Treat Song” the characters learn what happens on Halloween, and just as important, the song “Too Much Candy” helps the characters to understand eating candy in moderation. The DVD contains 3 additional episodes.
Go, Diego, Go!: Diego’s Halloween!
Help Diego and Freddie the Fruit Bat save the llamas so they can deliver Halloween treats to all of the animals! This DVD includes “Freddie The Fruit Bat Saves Halloween,” “Diego and Dora Help Baby Monarch Get to the Festival,” “Alicia Saves the Crocodile!” and “Manatee’s Mermaid Rescue!”
WIN IT!! One lucky Mom of 4 Boys Reader will win a Nickelodeon & Paramount Prize Pack with all the above Titles!! This giveaway will run till October 31 and is open to US residents 18 years old or older. Entering this giveaway means that you accept both my rules & disclosure. Please add [email protected] to your contact to be sure to get your winning email!
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I am very excited to share with you that Marvel Studios is launching the first Hero Acts campaign today, and from now until the end of the year, Marvel Studios will donate five dollars ($5) to Save the Children, up to U.S. one million dollars, for every fan who uploads a photo of themselves in their favorite Marvel hero pose. Marvel Studios is collaborating with Fotition, a new social change platform, to power the experience on a brand-new website MarvelStudiosHeroActs.com. Fans will be able to visit the site to upload their photo and choose from a selection of custom Marvel-themed overlays. They will then be able to post their photo directly to the Hero Acts gallery and to their other social channels using the hashtags #marvelstudios & #heroacts.
Earlier today, Benedict Cumberbatch, star of Marvel Studios’ upcoming film DOCTOR STRANGE, announced the launch of Marvel Studios: Hero Acts, a new charitable initiative focused on bringing help and hope to kids around the world.
With fan participation, the donations made through Hero Acts can help Save the Children provide much-needed learning materials for as many as 123,000 kids in Nepal, Haiti, and the United States. Together, Marvel Studios and its fans can help put these children on a path where they can learn, thrive, and strive toward a better future.
“Save the Children is extremely grateful to be the first nonprofit organization to be part of Marvel Studios: Hero Acts,” said Carolyn Miles, President & CEO of Save the Children. “Even though more children are enrolled in primary school worldwide than ever before, many are struggling to learn and to get a quality education. That is why this collaboration is so valuable. The funds raised through Hero Acts will provide much-needed learning materials in communities where there are few resources, and will boost children’s basic skills to help them succeed in school and in life. The actions taken by Marvel fans will make a meaningful difference for children.”
Whether visiting children in hospitals, granting wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses, or inspiring kids and families through our content, Marvel Studios: Hero Acts builds on the tradition of lending a hand to children in times of need. From our filmmakers to our fans, we believe we each have our own superpower to lend to the world, and Marvel Studios is dedicated to bringing that out in everyone.

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Fall is my favorite season! The smells, the colors, the food…it’s all so intoxicating! There’s nothing like a fresh homemade apple pie! The smell of apples and cinnamon fill the house, then you get to enjoy the sweet deliciousness. Today I’m sharing Grandmas Simple Personal Skillet Apple Pie Recipe.
What you will need:
4 Apples peeled & sliced
1 pack Pie Dough
3/4 c of Brown Sugar
2 tbs Flour
2 tbs Cinnamon
2 tbs Sugar
1 tsp Salt
What to do:
Start by laying your dough over your 8in cast iron skillets and trimming off extra pieces. Set extra dough aside.
Mix together your dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Toss in apples and mix them together until apple slices are coated.
Place apple slices into skillet.
For floral design, start in the outside and overlap slices until you reach the center. Don’t cover.
For traditional pie roll out extra dough and place over top trimming extra. Pinch sides to seal, cut slits to vent. Egg wash top and sprinkle a pinch of salt, cinnamon and sugar on the top.
Enjoy your delicious personal skillet apple pies!!

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I’ve heard so many people asking lately about how to detox their bodies without going to the dr. or taking crazy meds. A detox bath is one of the easiest healing therapies we can do to facilitate our body’s natural detoxification system. Toxins are in the air we breathe, the food we eat, the medications we take and in the water we drink. Toxins cause irritation, harm and destruction in the body if left unchecked. Detoxification is the body’s way of removing and metabolizing these dangerous compounds. It is a process the body does naturally without us even knowing it.
chemicals, including pesticides, herbicides, PCBs, medications such as antidepressants and recreational drugs are in our water supply. metric tons of carcinogens are released into the air annually in North America. Over of foods have genetically modified ingredients. The EPA estimates that the average U.S. citizen has residues from over toxic compounds in their body. chemicals are in use today in the United States, but only a fourth have ever been tested for toxicit
When metabolic waste from toxins builds up in our body, we get sick. It is important to enhance our body’s ability to detoxify and get rid of the waste, meanwhile minimizing our exposure to toxins. This is imperative for excellent health, as many of today’s modern diseases are related to toxicity.
Typically, a detox bath is made with epsom salt also known as magnesium sulfate, which not only draws out toxins, but has health benefits of its own:
Ease stress and improves sleep and concentration
Help muscles and nerves function properly
Regulate activity of 325+ enzymes
Help prevent artery hardening and blood clots
Make insulin more effective
Reduce inflammation to relieve pain and muscle cramps
Improve oxygen use
Flush toxins
Improve absorption of nutrients
Help form joint proteins, brain tissue and mucin proteins
Help prevent or ease migraine headaches
Add 2 cups Epsom salt to a standard tub full of water. If your tub is bigger, add more.
Ideally, you want the water quite hot as we are looking to create a nice sweat.
If your bath water is not filtered, add 1 cup of baking soda as this helps to neutralize the chemicals, primarily chlorine, as well as increase mineral absorption.
You may also choose to add in some essential oils, try peppermint or lavender.
Immerse yourself in the water, all the way up to your neck. You want as much of your body underwater as you can. Close your eyes, do some breathing exercises and soak for at least 20 minutes.
Once you are done soaking, rise out of the tub very slowly and cautiously. You may feel a little dizzy and light-headed, this will go away as you shower off quickly in cool water.
It is important not to use harsh soaps or shampoos as your pores are open and will just absorb the chemicals found in those products.
Once dry you can apply a natural moisturizer like body butter, shea butter or coconut oil and some aluminum-free deodorant, but again no lotions with perfumes, dyes or chemicals.
Do not eat immediately before or after taking a detox bath. Instead hydrate yourself with filtered water before and after.
Allow time after your bath to rest and rejuvenate.
I hope this helps you stay healthy! Because as moms or dads we sometimes forget to take care of ourselves. This is a quick and simple way to make sure your taking care of your health and wellness!