Review: MacLarry & The Stinky Cheese Battle

Description:

Larry the Cucumber stars as MacLarry, a misfit inventor who is stuck in the middle of the silliest battle ever between two tribes of perpetual pranksters! When the biggest prank of the century is unleashed, the feuding tribes are in danger of being overcome by the stinkiest cheese in the land! Will MacLarry realize that his God-given talents may be just what is needed to save them from the rotten cheddar??



It's always super exciting when a new veggietales DVD comes out. I don't have kids and am not married yet but that doesn't mean I’m not entertained by veggietales or even get something from it. You always no matter what age are able to gain something from the shows that big idea puts out. This one is no different. For one this one is SO hilarious. I really loved the humor. I loved that they were barber-barians instead of barbarians. And not only that but the leader of the pack was Chog-norious. Which instantly makes me think of chuck norus. SO amusing.
The messages are always great, I don't have any one thing I would point out at all for the message. It would have been better to see what kids I know would have gotten from it. But I wasn't able to get their input. I did love that they had veggietables I haven't seen before. Like an ear of corn and a turnip. They were so cute I loved it. I loved it all the way around. I would recommend it for sure just like every one of the shows that big idea puts out. Always top notch. It is out now so go check it out.



Also they have a new Christmas DVD coming out in a few months which looks so awesome. I can't wait to see it. Thank you to Big Idea for providing a copy of the DVD for review. I wasn't compensated in anyway.

VeggieTales Dvd Reviews!

Well i'm very behind in reviews so i'm going to clump them together. These are all veggietales movies and they are all available now.

First is-

Lettuce Love one another:

This is a compilation of three different veggietales shows, with other messages in between. its really awesome in my opinion i love to have a compilation like this. its cheaper and when you find that all of them go together to find the same message it makes it more awesome. i had shown this one to some of the kids i watch and they loved it. none were scary or anything. i just love the humor and the message.

next is -

The Little House That Stood:

this one was SO awesome it was so funny and so true and i love when you as an adult can still pick up on new things you didn't know before. the kids LOVED this one and while watching they would pick up on little lessons and mention what the characters were doing wrong. it made them talk a lot about it which was great to hear 4 5 and 6 year olds doing.

and last is-

A Very Veggie Easter Collection:

This is a really great easter show compilation. it comes with two dvds and 2 cds. while watching "twas the night before easter" one of the little boys got really scared of some parts. so we had to turn that off. but overall the episode was awesome other than that while watching it on my own. the other one was alright for the kids to watch and they loved it and talked about Jesus rising from the dead and what easter meant to them. the cds are alright i preferred the Hosanna one to the other one but not something i'd really listen to normally.

check these out and keep an eye out for new veggietales releases!

i was provided these products in exchange for my review from Big Idea i was not compensated in any way. 

Influenster Palmolive box

For this box Influenster sent three full sized dish soaps.

i didn't know how that would ship i had seen a bunch of people say that their soaps had leaked and most of it was gone. so i was a little worried about that but i got it and only one had leaked but it wasn't much of a leak at all. the bottle just wasn't shut all the way.

so my opinion on these, i did not like the ginger one. but the lemon thyme and the lime ones were great. i gave the ginger one to my moms work and they were excited about it.

i am not sure about the soaps in general though because it seems like it takes a lot more soap to get a good sudsiness to the water. at least compared to dawn which is what we normally use. it did wash the grease off pretty good though. the lids don't really open and close with ease that makes you want to not use it honestly. would i buy it normally? probably not but it was a good thing to try. thank you to influenster for providing these for review!


i wasn't compensated in anyway and my thoughts are my own.

Emmy Rossum Album Review

I recieved this album for review from one2one. honestly i have no idea who this person is so i didn't have any expectations. which is good to have when you are listening to music. while i didn't love it, i didn't hate it either. her voice was good but it seemed too slow for me when right now i'm really into indie stuff like the lumineers and mumford and sons. but if you'd like to check it out its more of a jazzy type feel.

I participated in this campaign for One2One Network. I received a free copy of the CD to facilitate my review. By posting, I am eligible for incentives. All opinions stated are my own.

Influenster Cosmo Voxbox Review!

Have you heard of Influenster? its a program that is invite only and they send you boxes of items to test and review. if you would like an invite let me know and i'll email you one!

 

when i got the email about qualifying for a voxbox i was super excited! it was my first one. and honestly i didn't think i was going to qualify for one at all so i was SO much more excited. so this is the cosmo voxbox! it was great to find what was in it since i was convinced there would be  a bunch of things i didn't like. 

first off there is the Venus Embrace Razor from Gillette:

 

i tend to be picky with razors mostly because i get razor burn a lot or sometimes my skin freaks out. i tested this on my legs with each blade. with all of Gillette's razors you can mix and match the cartridges which is pretty cool i think. like if one is on sale you can just get that and it will fit. that's a great feature to have. i liked the embrace cartridge more than the olay cartridge. the olay smell i was not a fan of and since it had a bunch of lubrication on it i didn't put anything else on my leg to assure i didn't get razor burn. but it did burn a little, and it didn't get all the hair off the first time. though with either cartridge i did not get nicked. but the embrace worked best for me. i tried one on each leg since i haven't shaved for months (tmi) again i'm a fan of the Embrace rather than the olay. 

Next up is the FriXion pen by pilot:

 

i'm super picky with pens and honestly these passed the test. they are SO amazing and erasable. i remember a long time ago having erasable pens and they never really worked so well. but these are great. 

 Chocolate!:

Since this said sea salt chocolate i thought it would be amazing! but for me it just didn't pass. i didn't really like it. it would have been much better with caramel and sea salt.  super disappointing.

last but not least:

this is a fragrance spray from bath and body works which i love! its called forever red and it has pomegranate, red osmanthus (not sure what that is), and vanilla rum. its much better than i expected. but for the most part bath and body works does amazing things in general. i'm excited to wear it.

Thank you to influenster for this box of goodies to review. i was not compensated in any way.

Review: Basic DVD series by Francis Chan

Francis chan has this series of dvds that are called “Basic” there is 7 dvds in all and they are about 10 minutes a piece. Its more of a small group discussion type of thing. But there isn't any reason why you couldn't watch them by yourself and contemplate them yourself, or with a friend or spouse also.

“Trends come and go in our culture and the church seems to follow. BASIC is a seven-part series of short films that challenges us to reclaim the church as Scripture describes it to be. This series speaks to those who have questions about the church and to those who may have lost interest in the church.

What is church?
You are church.
I am church.
We are church. “

The DVD's in the series are:

“Fear God”

“Follow Jesus”

“Holy Spirit”

“Fellowship”

“Teaching”

“Prayer”

“Communion”

i thought that these were really awesome. the 2nd and 3rd ones i didn't get into as much as the rest. from the 4th through the 7th dvd they were really eye catching and you really just wanted to follow through with the rest of the story as it played out. but also Francis Chan always has great things to say. He is such a great speaker so this series is just good by itself even without a small group discussion like its really meant for. i suggest you check these out in a small group or just alone they are awesome. thank you to David Cook for providing these to review!

Review of Big Idea Products

Today I am going to review three Veggietales products!



“Little Ones Can Do Big Things Too!”

"Featuring favorite Veggie shows, including: Pistachio: The Little Boy Who Woodn't (A Lesson in Listening to Your Parents), Lyle the Kindly Viking (A Lesson in Kindness) and Dave & The Giant Pickle (A Lesson in Self-Esteem), all with a message of how you don't have to be big to be able to do great things! Plus all new footage from the adorable Veggie Kids!"

This one was super cute it has little videos of kid veggies with kid voices it kills me how cute that is. I just can't explain it. But WAY cute. All of these videos are great. The only one I hadn't seen before was Pistachio and that was a pretty good one.



“3-2-1 Penguins-The Complete Series”

 "is the popular NBC TV series now available in one complete set for the first time! It includes 13 episodes and fun bonus features!"

Never having seeing 321 penguins before I was excited to see it for the first time on a disc with lots of episodes. But I just couldn't get into it and never went past the 1st episode. It just wasn't funny or clever and mostly just boring for me.



“Bob and Larry Go Country”

"It's time to hoot and holler with Bob, Larry and the whole posse as they round up all-time favorite, top country songs like "Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," "Jesus Take the Wheel," and "God Bless the USA;" you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kick up your boot heels and play it over and over again!"



I do like country song some of the time. And I had an open mind for most of the cd. And it was amusing at some points. But I just couldn't listen anymore it was just too weird and too much for me. So I didn't really enjoy it that much. Which was such a bummer.


Stay tuned for more reviews for veggietales products!

thanks to Big Idea for providing these for review free of charge. my thoughts are my own and i was not compensated in anyway.

Review: The Ultimate Veggietales Christmas Collection

  

It's A Veggie Christmas Marathon! Plug in the tree, light the fire and get ready for the VeggieTales Christmas Extravaganza!

Big Idea has put out a new christmas collection! i was SO excited to get the opportunity to review this. I LOVE veggietales and I love veggitales christmas even more! its just so lovely! on this collection it has every VeggieTales Christmas DVD that is out. Plus there is a cd that has 25 christmas songs. here is the list of what is on the 2 disc collection.

• Includes:
  

  • It's a Meaningful Life
  • Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving
  • The Little Drummer Boy
  • The Toy that Saved Christmas
  • The Star of Christmas
  • Christmas Singalong DVD
  • + 25 Song CD! Approx. 243 minutes

Now i had seen most of these before, except for The Star of Christmas. and i love them all. they are so clever and just all around great. its the best that there is the christmas cd too. i will definitely put all those songs (except feliz navidad cause i kinda despise that song) on my mp3 player come christmas time. the only thing bad about this collection is the singalong dvd. i just don't really see a point to those. maybe for older kids who can read but i'm not sure what else it is useful for.

other than that its awesome. i just love that they made a collection like this.

And right now this is happening!

thank you to big idea for providing this for review all my thoughts are my own. and i was not compensated in any way.

Kylie Minogue Album review

The Abbey Road Sessions features sixteen tracks, all radically reworked, spanning Kylie’s incredible twenty-five-year career. It was recorded in London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios with Kylie’s band and a full orchestra. The album features many of Kylie’s best-known hits and previously unreleased tracks. Over all sixteen tracks, one thing becomes very clear—stripped of her high-end pop production, the emotional resonance of Kylie’s songs has never been clearer, and her voice has never sounded better.

My Thoughts:
i only remember hearing one song of hers before and that was a long time ago. it wasn't horrible. but i just couldn't get into this cd. it bored me to death. i dunno what it was but i guess its cause i'm more into indie stuff these days. but you can't get into everything.
 


I participated in this campaign for One2One Network. I received a free copy of the CD to facilitate my review. By posting, I am eligible for incentives. All opinions stated are my own.

Chris Mann Album review

As a finalist on the hit NBC television series “The Voice,” Chris Mann captured the hearts of millions while drawing the respect of platinum talents such as Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo. Following one of his many dynamic live performances on the show, Aguilera told him, “I
feel the heavens open up when you sing.” America agreed, and when the series ended, Chris had not one, but two songs on the iTunes Top 10 Pop Singles Chart.

Influenced by Pavarotti, Robbie Williams and vintage Sinatra, Chris’ blend of classically-trained tenor and contemporary pop vocals is a sound that’s rare in music today. Said Cee Lo, “He is by far one of the most incomparable vocalists I have ever heard.”

This classical crossover artist is set to release his Christmas EP on October 9 and his full-length major label debut album on October 30.

My Thoughts:

I wasn't familiar with this guy at all. i haven't watched the voice until this season. so i had no idea what to expect really. i went in with an open mind i do like a lot of different genres of music so i assumed i would like this too. unfortunately for me that wasn't the case. i listened to the whole album and i kept skipping to the next song to see if i was gonna like the next one. and it just didn't happen. the music was slow and sounded too operaish for me.


This is a review post from One2One Network. I was provided with a copy of the album and I am eligible for a prize drawing. All opinions stated are my own

The League of Incredible Vegetables Review and Giveaway!

I was so excited to get the league of incredible vegetables for review. It was definitely one of the most anticipated dvds for me. And it was pure amazing. 

Here is the description:

“It was a bright and sunny day in Bumblyburg...until Dr. Flurry came to town.  This chillin' villain wants to freeze the whole city...in fear! It's a job to big for LarryBoy alone, so he turns to the "The League of Incredible Vegetables" to help save the town from Dr. Flurry's icy grip!  When it seems like they're all moments from the deep freeze, will the League remember to turn to One who is bigger than all our fears?  Includes a brand new theme song and music video from Grammy-nominated and Dove Award winning group, The Newsboys!”
Lesson: Handling fear
Verse:  “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.” Psalm 56:3




My thoughts:

I loved it, it didn't disappoint me at all. I love that they are touching on fear and how to handle it. And that they sorta tied it to the "wheres God when i'm scared" veggietales video. And since superheros are kinda big right now i felt like it was a really great move to make a dvd with them. it gives kids a better way to go about things when they watch this instead of a secular superhero show. They never cease to disappoint in the humor department too. I love that i can watch it by myself as an adult and still get something out of it with humor and with the lesson. And the theme song is super catchy also. Overall its just a great dvd.

Now for the best part! you can win a copy of the dvd! Just comment and leave your email and the winner will be drawn on November 9th!

Thanks to Big Idea for providing this dvd for review and a giveaway copy also!

This giveaway is for US residents only!

Tenba Messenger Bag Review

These are camera bags but they are versatile in the fact that you can use them for anything. While browsing around for a camera bag I liked I stumbled upon Tenba. I was instantly in love. It was made with durable fabric and it wouldn't fall apart like some of those bags I do like but are so expensive. (basically the high end camera bags for women.)

Tenba makes three sizes of their messenger bags. There is a mini, small and large.

Besides the size of the small and large bags, there isn't much difference as far as features go. There are so many awesome features to these bags.

I'll start with the mini:

its a perfect size for not a lot of equipment. It can hold a few lenses, the DSLR body, it also has a section to put a 13 inch laptop in.. There are adjustable dividers, and a ton of pockets. The possibilities are endless with as far as pockets go. Its got a water repellant nylon, as well as super durable zippers and clips. The most genius feature I think is a zipper on the flap so you don't have to open up the bag to get your gear you just do the top zipper and reach in and boom there is your camera! Its crazy convenient.

Now the Small:

it has pretty much all of the above, it is bigger by a few inches and can fit a bigger laptop. But it also has a removable insert so you can just use it as a regular messenger bag.

These bags are just amazing, by far it is the best bag I have ever owned. I love them so much. The only bad thing I have to say about these are. The colors aren't totally accurate online/in person. The orange looks much brighter on the internet but its more of a brownish color. And the purple is much darker. I assume the other ones are darker also. Except the gray color is pretty much right on the money. As I was getting these for review, I had chosen orange for one but it just wasn't I imagined, Tenba has great customer service and was super accommodating as far as switching the bag out for a different color. I think the company as a whole is great and they have great quality bags. Definitely check them out you will not be sorry at all!

thank you to Tenba for providing these for review!

Tamrac Rally 6 Camera Bag Review

Today for review I have the Tamrac 3446 Rally 6 Camera Bag.

This is a messenger type bag for DSLR cameras and lenses. Sometimes its really difficult to find a quality camera bag that will last for years and years. Or even one that is big enough to hold all your gear without being too heavy. Personally I tend to be pretty picky on what I want in a bag. I love a messenger type bag when it comes to camera gear.

When I go out to take pictures I don't like to bring my purse, I just pack the essentials so I don't carry around two bags at once.

This is a very well made bag, the strap has a comfort grip on it which is always key. Some bags don't have that at all and it makes carrying around DSLR's a bit uncomfortable. A really great feature on the bag is the fact that it has pockets on the side for a water bottle. Thats really nice and you hardly see that at all. Or at least I don't. I love that this isn't just a plain black bag. The red stripe is just one that makes it pop. Its not so boring then plain black. It also has a zippered pocket which you can see when you open up the flap that is perfect for batteries etc.

There are some things I don't like about this bag. For one it doesn't fit all I would carry normally. But I could take out my small digital and there would be room. But I usually bring both my DSLR and my point and shoot. I also am not really fond of the dividers. It seems weird to me to have it sectioned off like it is in the picture on the website. And then I don't know how you'd access things if you had two different teirs of dividers. It just is super strange to me. The velcro and the way the dividers are makes it kind of difficult to move the sections with ease.

 It is a great bag i'd just need to downsize a bit of what I bring to fit in there. Which isn't nessicarily a problem.  

Thank you to Tamrac for providing this bag for me to review, I was not compensated in anyway and these are my own thoughts.

Veggietales review and giveaway!

So I’m super excited to feature The Penniless Princess today. This is the newest DVD out from VeggieTales and Big Idea.

Here is the synopsis of the story:

It doesn’t matter what you have…it matters what’s in your heart!

Sweet Sara Crewe has everything a little girl could want – a loving family, lots of friends and a closet full of frilly dresses! But when life takes a turn and Sara goes from riches to rags, will she realize that her true worth lies not in what she has, but what’s in her heart? Find out in this inspiring new story from VeggieTales, based on the beloved classic novel “A Little Princess,” that reminds kids who they are in God’s eyes.

Lesson: Knowing Your True Worth

Verse: Whatever is true, pure and lovely…practice these things.” – Philippians 4:8

My thoughts:

Personally I loved it, it was great. I've always been a fan of VeggieTales since I first saw it when I was a kid. And I still watch them as an adult, they are always so great and witty and honestly the story does strike a chord in me too. So really its not just for kids. I had brought the dvd to a friends house while watching their 4 kids ages 9-4 and they totally got stuff out of it, they understood it and even asked questions while watching. It was a great experience to share with them. One thing I didn't enjoy was the silly song, it totally made my head spin I couldn't pay attention to it. A few other things I loved were the fact that the french peas had a dog. The story was totally touching to me it almost made me cry. And it really made me think about how ungrateful we can be if things don't go our way. Another thing I REALLY loved was the fact that one of the girls that was an asparagus she had artichokes for pig tails. That was genius. I also loved the fact that the french peas were chimney sweeps and they had such a kind heart to help the girls that were penniless. All in all it was an amazing DVD. When I have kids I will show them these and all the VeggieTales.

And the best part is you all get to have a chance to win a DVD! Just comment and leave your email address. The giveaway will be open until August 5^th. US residents only.

The Penniless Princess will be available on August 11 at Christian retailers and everywhere else on August 14th. Below is a link to the trailer for this show for you to learn more about the product.

Thank you VeggieTales for providing this for me to review! These thoughts are all my own and I was not compensated in any way.

redeemed collection by dayspring!

Redeemed

“I am found redeemed remade transformed and treasured”

that is sometimes a hard statement to believe. But we ARE redeemed, we ARE remade, we ARE transformed and we ARE treasured. Romans 8:28 proves it!

And so there is the redeemed collection from Dayspring,

what I have received to review is the mug, teacup, memofile, and a gift bag.

What better way to be reminded of this true statement than a tea cup or a mug?! I love them and since i'm a tea drinker its just perfect.

Please check out what other things dayspring has to offer, the other pieces in the collection are awesome.

Thank you to dayspring for allowing me to review these.

Every day joy, that is the name of this new collection by dayspring. And I have to say its glorious. I'm a huge fan of polka dots so I was instantly drawn to it. It just makes people happy when you look at it. I LOVE the mug as I drink tea a lot and the journal will be great for sermon notes and such. Its just a really amazing collection you should check it out. Thank you to dayspring for sending the collection along for me to feature!

The Little Drummer Boy Review!

The Little Drummer Boy is the newest VeggieTales DVD installment. VeggieTales always puts out the funnest and most amazing Christmas DVDs. Of course, VeggieTales episodes are fun and amazing in general. But they just keep getting better and better each DVD they put out.

The theme song is always a favorite of mine and has been since I first watched VeggieTales. I was pretty disappointed, though, that in some of the recent DVDs they don't play the whole theme song. But many shows have done that and it's a little thing in comparison to all the awesome things that the shows are full of.

The Little Drummer Boy stars Junior Asparagus, who I really love by the way. He has always been one of my favorite characters. He's just too cute for words. Most if not all people know about the little drummer boy. It's just such a classic song, so putting it to video is pretty amazing. One of my favorite parts of this DVD is how in the story portion they have two French peas named “May” and “Wee” - that was so clever to me. Another great part is the animals in the story - sheep, donkey and camel – that ended up doing a little dance in the movie which was so cute to me.

Now Junior is really getting into drumming, so when Pa Grape tells him a Christmas story, he picks the perfectly fitting story of Aaron as a drummer. It's such a great way to show kids the story of baby Jesus. It's not totally all about the Christmas story, but it shows a different perspective of someone who didn't know anything about Jesus being born and suddenly coming across him from somewhere else. It's a great story for sure.

The silly song portion of the movie was fun to watch for sure. I knew about the 8 Polish Foods of Christmas song before. Seeing that come to video was super amusing.

They also have a CD titled “O Holy Night” which is pretty much a soundtrack for the movie. It has some great Christmas songs. I love the version of “The Little Drummer Boy” by BeBe & CeCe Winans especially. It sounds great. It also has several of the songs from the DVD on it. They make a great addition to my Christmas playlist.

Thank you to Big Idea for providing me a copy of the DVD and CD for review!

CD Review "Young Love" by Mat Kearney

Now a new review! I have a copy of Mat Kearney's new album “young love”

I’ve always loved his music so I was stoked to get a copy of this CD to review. His voice is so soothing. This new album is great its classic mat Kearney and there isn't anything to hate about it at all. Though the picture on the cover makes him look like a mime. And I think mime's are kind of creepy. So I’m not totally too fond of that.

But the music its great. Its only a 10 song CD, which is sorta disappointing. But they are great songs. I was unaware of him having new music out since I don't listen to radio much. But the single that is out “hey mama” is pretty amazing super upbeat and great. I think that my favorite other song is “ships in the night” it just makes me feel like I’m sitting out on the front porch looking out at a beach. Even though I’m really not.

All in all its a great CD you should go pick it up!

He also is going on a 40 city tour! Though hes not coming around here you should check to see if he will be coming near you! Do check out his website to find out the cities!

Thank you to One2One Network for providing me with this review copy of the album!

easycanvasprints.com review and giveaway!

Easycanvasprints.com contacted me wanting to provide me a canvas print for review. I was all for it! I was pretty excited.

Now for the website, you just pick the size of canvas you want, upload a picture and then figure out a few other options. And then order. Its simple. Now I thought it was gonna go real fast though it didn't go fast at all. It took me forever to get it to the way I wanted. And even so it wasn't a perfect as I wanted it to be when I uploaded the picture. It was pretty frustrating to be perfectly honest. But I got it to a point where I would be fine with it. It may have just been me and my perfectionism hah.

Anyhow, I ordered it and then got super super fast shipping. I was really impressed with the shipping time that was great. It was packed really well with a fragile sticker on the box which was great so it was kept nice and not damaged in shipping.

And here is the finished result:

I LOVE it, its so nice and cute. I've never had a picture turned into a canvas print so I didn't quite know what to expect but I’m really impressed with it. I love the picture we chose it just is great I don't have anywhere to put it up right now but in the future it will be great to hang up.

And now for the fun part! My very first giveaway! One of my readers can win an 8X10 or 10X8 canvas picture of their very own! There are only a few things to qualify for this.

• You need to live in the US

• follow Easy canvas prints on twitter

• like easy canvas prints on facebook.

• Be a follower on my blog.

Thanks and good luck! the giveaway will end August 31st!