Note: This post was created July 28th and was set to auto-post. By the time you read this I will be gone on vacation without internet access. I will return around August 4th and will reply to comments and/or emails at that time.

Woo hoo! Here is the first review that I have posted that will be connected with blogmania. (Meaning there will be a giveaway for this book during blogmania in September!).  Read more...

Sorry that this is so last minute, but I’m pretty much going to be absent from blogging until next Tuesday or Wednesday. Why?

Tomorrow (Thursday) I am going to spend a lot of time sewing up monsters for Fridays trading frenzie. Plus getting things around to go camping.

Friday is my hometowns yearly celebration, which includes yard sales which I’m going to. We’re also going grocery shopping with my dad and then the 3 of us are going about 2.5 hours up north to the cabin. It’s not really camping because it’s a cabin, that has electricity, but there’s no internet or phone so I won’t be around to blog. We’ll be staying up there until Tuesday or Wednesday, possibly Thursday but that’s unlikely.  Read more...

Virgin Coconut Oil from tropical traditions

Tropical Traditions is a company that makes a wide variety of natural products, including many that come from coconuts. I’ll be honest, I didn’t have a clue that coconuts or coconut oil could be used for much. When I learned that I would be receiving some virgin coconut oil from tropical traditions for review, I started to do a bit of research and found that coconut oil has an almost endless number of uses.  Read more...

If you tweet a giveaway to earn an entry, please note that the instructions always say “@emilyreviewscom, a shortened link to this giveaway and #giveaway”

that means you have to include “#giveaway”  in the tweet. Otherwise it doesn’t count. I noticed 2-3 people in the last couple of days have been tweeting without including the hash tag and giveaway.

Why do I ask that you include #giveaway? Using a hash tag is like ‘tagging’ a blog post. It then allows you to search for tweets containing ‘giveaway’ and have it show up. Meaning, it makes the tweet accessable by people other than just your followers.  Read more...