#ComfortsFromHome The Comforts from Home Project

When I think of comfort, many things come to mind, like that pair of fuzzy slippers that help keep my feet warm on cold mornings, hearing my favorite songs play, and a good, warm dish, that fills my stomach and warms the heart! Now there are many ways to bring that comfort from food home, and one way we enjoy those home comforts is with dishes from Marie Callender's.

From those hot pot pies that are filled with vegetables, meat, and have that amazing crust on them, to the dinners that the whole family can enjoy, we find that we can get a taste of that good old fashioned comfort food, right from our grocers freezer, when we shop the Marie Callender's line of products. Well aside from bringing those dishes home for the family to enjoy, right now through January 31st, when you bring those delicious meals home from the Marie Callender's line, you can also help our soldiers, by entering the code on the specially marked Marie Callender's products.

With each code entered, Marie Callender's will help bring comfort to our soldiers, with the Comforts From Home Project, by donating to the USO2GO, which is a USO program that brings items like electronics, books, sporting goods and more to our troops who are stationed in remote locations!

Aside from this great mission, Marie Callender's has another mission to go along with this one, by helping to bring a soldier home, to their family, during the national television event, "A Hero's Welcome" on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2014! This event will air across some of those amazing networks like HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel and more, and will be hosted by by Robert Irvine from Restaurant Impossible, Genevieve Gorder from HGTV Design Star and Gary Sinise, award-winning actor and founder of the Gary Sinise Foundation. This show will feature those comforts from home to our American troops, in a very special way, a way that only Marie Callender's can! So be sure to mark your calendars and tune in on November 11, also be sure when you head out to get dinner for your family, get some products from the Marie Callender's line, and enter the codes on the Comforts from Home Project site, so you can help bring some of those comforts from home to our soldiers! 


Tune-in as Marie Callender’s, the USO and an army of experts from food, home and travel provide the comforts of home as only Marie Callender’s can, in a truly heartwarming homecoming you’ll always remember.

“A Hero’s Welcome” will welcome one special soldier back to their family in a national television event airing on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2014. The one-hour TV special will air across a range of your favorite networks including HGTV, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel, DIY Channel, and Great American County.
I have been selected by Tap Influence to be a spokesperson for Marie Callender’s While I have been compensated for my time, my opinions are my own.

Travel and Earn with Shell Rewards

With holiday travel plans being made, and those travel budgets being put into place, I find that being able to earn money between now and the time we put those travel plans into motion to be a great way to not only save at the pump, but also earn along the way! Well to help with not only saving while at the pump but also with earning some extra gas money this year, I was introduced to the Fuel Rewards Network from Shell!



I find that being able to earn up to .25 cents per gallon to be a great incentive, and now through November 2, that is exactly what you can get when you sign up for the My Shell Rewards! Not only do I find some amazing savings while at the pump, but signing up for the My Shell Rewards is very easy and it is free! Yes free, making the My Shell Rewards a great way to start saving and earning so when the holiday travel season starts, I can use those savings to put towards other expenses! So if you like saving money, and also like earning money, especially when it comes to the pump, sign up for the My Shell Rewards today and start saving now!

I was sent gift cards in exchange for this review, thank you to Shell and the PR for providing me the gift cards and information for this post, all opinions are my own!

Taking Control of your Files and Photos with DSTRUX

In this day and age, where just about everything in our lives is shared through social media and emails, we might find that there are some things that we might not want everyone to see, or things that are accidentally shared. Like when my toddler gets a hold of my phone and starts pushing buttons, for me to find out he shared photos that I was not wanting to share, or a message that was meant only for one person and not everyone else to see. The issue of sharing, over sharing, or accidentally sharing can be one that can cause stress, unwanted stress, because once those photos or messages are out there, they are out there forever, or are they?

This issue is something that many of us face, and it was not until recently, when I was introduced to DSTRUX, that I found that those photos, files, and even messages can be erased, or blown up, using the DSTRUX site!

With DSTRUX, I can send files, photos, messages, to who I want, when I want, and with those items I send, I can put a time limit on them, so when time runs out, they go away and can not be viewed by others again! I found that I was able to send photos from my sisters wedding, to family and friends, and control who sees them and for how long those photos can be viewed. I was able to do this by uploading the photos, then choosing who I shared with, and this also made it so those photos that my sister might not want everyone to see, can be seen then destroyed after those we want seeing them have seen them, and they go no further!

This can be done with not only personal messages, but also on social media, and I can see if they share it, who views it, and control the sharing. Then with the self destruct timer, I can limit how long a picture or message I shared, is allowed to be seen!

Giving me complete control on what I share, so those photos I share, can not be shared again if I dont want them to, they also can not copy and paste, take screen shots, or even print off what I send. Oh, and say if I accidentally shared a photo through DSTRUX, I can make it self destruct at any time! I also like that I can use DSTRUX both on my personal computer and phone, making it so even when my toddler gets a hold of my phone and shares that embarrassing picture, I can make it self destruct and act as if it never existed, erasing any evidence with the encryption that is on the files. So even if someone tries to save it, it will be gone, and erased!

With the DSTRUX, I have found that I can control what I share, track what I share, set a self destruct timer to what I share, and even shred what I share, erasing the digital footprint that we leave! Making the DSTRUX App and site, a must have for anyone who has used social media and emails!

This is a sponsored post, thank you to DSTRUX and the PR for sponsoring this post. All opinions are my own.