Bible Questions Answered at GotQuestions.org

   GotQuestions.org is one of those apps that I cannot do without on my phone. It has Bible-based answers (in article form with Bible verse references) to just about any question relating to Christianity that one can think of. The articles are well-written, thoughtful and insightful, yet presented in an easy to follow format. The posts are neither too long nor too short. I may intend on reading only a couple of question/answers, but often end up reading so many that I can easily lose track of time. Lately, I have especially preferred to get on GotQuestions.org before bed.

   I especially recommend this app to anyone who struggles to open and read their Bible because they just don't know where to begin. Because there are linked/clickable Bible verses dispersed throughout each article, it is very easy to find myself reading an entire Bible chapter in relation to the article, and I personally really need that. God's Word is the ONLY Word that has the power to effect positive change physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. GotQuestions.org is a fabulous resource for anyone who has Bible questions.

   As of this post, there are currently 460,197 questions answered. Additionally, each of the articles is available to listen to in audio, so you can listen while you work or rest. The GotQuestions.org website and app are frequently updated with new answered questions. This free app is available for Android, iTunes and WindowsStore. The site also offers many other wonderful features, so I encourage you to check it out. If you love it like I do, you can also help to spread the word with a free bumper sticker, here.

   Click here to read their Statement of Faith. They offer 10 different Bible versions to save as your default, although I personally prefer to stick with KJV or ESV. I'd love to hear if you have checked this app out, already have it on your device, or just want to know more!

QuizUp: A Free App That Has Just About Everything For Everyone

I recently found a free app for my Android device called, QuizUp. It has pretty much every educational topic and subtopic that I can think of, plus some not so educational extras regarding celebrity stuff, various fandom-knowledge- based subjects as well as era-related trivia, the list just keeps going. I'm convinced that there is something for everyone in this app, it's quite extensive in it's offerings (over 550 subjects) and I have found it thoroughly enjoyable!

 

The way it's played is this: you against another player from anywhere in the world in which the two of you go head to head in real-time and test your knowledge of the chosen subject in 10 questions (rounds) which are timed with 4 multiple choice answers to choose from in each round. Let me tell you, I found this somewhat addicting! It can be very challenging, but so much fun at the same time. I would normally never play anything live against a total stranger, but it added to the fun! I've even had a couple of people challenge me to a rematch, (you always have to option of saying no), but it was too much fun to pass up.

 

As far as registration, it's quick and easy, your profile is fully customizable, and you can choose any username that you like, which is great and made it something I felt comfortable with using not only for myself, but also my teens. I have played people from all around the world, and despite the fact that some of the questions were geared toward United States-related statistics, data, or general knowledge, I had some pretty stiff competition and lost my fair share of matches to many people who not only have learned English as a second language, but who are also quite proficient in their knowledge of the happenings in America. (note to self: study harder, read more, learn more) WIN EVERYTHING! {ahem}

 

The app will let you know you periodically of your various achievements and gives you the option of posting it to social media, (bragging rights) but I usually opt out. Additionally, there is a shop where one can buy a sort of booster to increase their levels/scores to accelerate faster, but I've not tried that, to me that just sort of takes away the fun of getting higher scores old-school style (but that's just me, old school, yo). There are other options that I've not tried, but that are available as well, such as chat, going back in your history and requesting a past player to play again, etc. The only thing that I can imagine would make this game even better is an option to connect to people that you personally know and play against them, but it's still one of my all-time favorite games/apps thus far.

 

The app is made quite well, it is extremely well thought-out, and frankly, I don't know how it's free. But, it is free (and awesome). For me, an action-packed video game-challenged woman, this game tests my brain's reflexes over my hands reflexes, and that's the kind of "gaming" I'm "game for." Get it? (Of course you do, you are very smart and quite attractive too, dear reader...don't tell the others, but you are my favorite, shhhhhh). Anyway, I have found myself seeking out answers to questions from the matches I've played in this app, and that's a good thing, because I'm learning something new, or something that I thought I knew but didn't, and will often dive deeper into the subject that I'm currently interested in, because I'm, well, interested. I love that. Learning is taking place, and that's important to me.

 

Since there are so very many topics to choose from -(from basic math and higher, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, history, geography, science, on and on)- I'd say this app would be suitable for anyone from upper elementary and up. However, I would caution parental supervision with your younger players since this app does have a chat option built in, as well as in-app purchases. This was a fabulously fun find for me, and I hope that you will also enjoy it, and learn along the way!

The maker of this app is: Plain Vanilla Games Corp; this app can be found in the Google App Store, here.

If you have this app/ game, I'd love to hear what your current favorite subject is-- (Mine is currently: Health)

 ~This post was originally published in my other (education-related) blog.~

Friday, July 11, 2014 Only: Free/Frugal Food Offers

Chik-Fil-A

   Don't know what to do with that full-on black and white spotted cow costume you have in your closet? Well, you're in luck, because (today only) is #CowAppreciationDay at Chik-Fil-A! All you have to do is dress up like a cow and get a Chik-Fil-A meal for free at participating Chik-Fil-A restaurants. What, really, you don't have a cow costume? No worries, just dress up partially as a cow, and you'll get a free entrée. Click here for more details!

 

7-11 and Krispy Kreme

   Now, to cool off from that really hot costume, head on over to a participating 7-11 store and get a free small Slurpee to celebrate 7-11 Day, yum! This is for today only from 11 AM to 7 PM. But, you can keep the celebration going all week when you download their app for Android and iPhones and get daily updates and free offers from July 12-July 19. You can find more info here. All this running around make you a bit hungry again? For only 77₵ get a 2nd Dozen Original Glazed Doughnuts at Krispy Kreme when you purchase any dozen on July 11 in celebration of their 77th birthday! Go to their Facebook page for more details.

 Kindle eBook/Amazon

   Feeling a little guilty for your overindulgence? Plan ahead and get to Amazon to get this book for your Kindle-(while it is still available for free): Weight Loss: 25 Simple Habits to Lose weight, Feel Great, and Have More Energy for A Healthier Life: Weight Loss Motivation (Weight loss health Book 1) [Kindle Edition] by Benjamin Wilson before you head out today to get all of your free and frugal food, so you can begin working on getting healthier (next week, naturally, when the doughnuts are gone).

Not Your Mother's Beach Babe #NYMBeachBabe Shampoo and Conditioner

I had received samples of #NYMBeachBabe Texturizing Shampoo and Conditioner in my #SurfsUpVoxBox from @Influenster @InfluensterVox Influenster.com, and upon opening the caps I was immediately in love with the smell! It smells deliciously coconut-y, absolutely makes me feel like putting on some beach music and wearing bright, summery clothes even if it's raining outside. I love great smells that help put me in a great mood, or transport me to a good vibe like these #NYMBeachBabe products did, getting all "beachy" feeling (except without the sunburn, or sand where it ought not be ;)

With the NYM Beach Babe shampoo, I got terrific suds in my mid-waist length hair, yet it rinsed out well with a clean, soft, healthy feel in the shower. I followed up with the NYM Beach Babe conditioner, and loved the way it moisturized and detangled my hair without leaving a greasy, weighted or oily feel! I had no need of my wide-tooth shower comb to get my fingers through my hair, which was awesome and one less step for me to have to worry about.



Didn't need to use this tired old thing in the shower like I normally do, NYM Beach Babe helped save me time with my shower/hair routine!

After towel-drying my hair, then partially blow-drying, (I left it ever-so-slightly-damp), I began my scrunching and sprunching to get those sweet waves I crave in my now summer-smellin' coconut-y soft and volumized "beach-babed" hair. That's no small feat, because although my hair is long, it's on the thin side, so every bit of lift, texture, volume and wave I can get makes me happy! I did love the way my hair felt, it definitely seemed to have more lift and took well to my scrunching it.

Here's how I scrunch: first, in barely damp hair, I add just a bit of lightweight hairspray, and then in sections, squeezing "fistfuls" of hair, I then spray then scrunch, spray then scrunch until I'm happy with the results. I like "bigger" hair, so I did several sections this way (no curling iron required!) and ended up with this:

I LOVE not having to put a curling iron to my hair, especially in the summertime!



My conclusion is that NYM Beach Babe Texturizing Shampoo and Conditioners are very good quality products that did very well for my hair, adding texture yet softness and manageability, volume and lift and prepared my hair well for scrunching, (as well as having the added bonus of smelling awesome and lifting my mood). I was impressed by how much I liked them!

 

I received these products complimentary from Influenster.com for testing and review purposes, but my opinions/review of these products are based solely on my own experiences and observations.  

Want to have your hair beach-babed NYM Beach Babe Shampoo and Conditioner? Check out: #NYMBeachBabe and @NYMBrands on Twitter and facebook.com/NYMBrands for more information, and check out the great sales #NYMBeachBabe is having as of this writing #contest

 

I Love You, "Out of Milk Shopping List"--You Just Made My Life a WholeLot Easier

Oh, WOW! Making lists and shopping just got tons easier (and therefore simplified a portion of my life) since I found this app, Out of Milk Shopping List, which is available for Android and iPhone. It has so many features, I won't list them all, just the ones that I'm grooving on most right now:

First, the speech-to-text feature for shopping and to do lists is very quick and accurate, and such a time-saver for slow-as-molasses, texting-challenged people such as me. If you don't mind texting, you can do that too, (you strange little bird) ;-P

Next, is the built-in bar code scanner. Let me begin by saying I've tried at least three separate scanners for my smartphone, and none of them came close to working, no matter how still I held them, how focused I had the codes in view, or how long I held my breath. So, you can imagine my surprise when ~jaded me~ tapped the app's scanner on a bottle of Lipton Diet Green Citrus Tea. Before I could even line it up properly or focus it, the scanner had already scanned it and integrated it into my list! I proceeded to scan a ridiculous amount of items (like a crazed child with a new toy) from my kitchen, laundry area and even some a barcode on a My Little Pony box, and it was able to accurately record it all for me amazingly fast. Then, realizing I had just added so many items to my current shopping list, I had to move a BUNCH of stuff to the archived list section after playing with this new toy later--but, that was insanely easy, too!

Finally, I checked out the local grocery deals portion of this app after typing in the zip code I'd be shopping in, and got several different stores with loads of sale items listed alphabetically. There's just a plethora of helpful things this does that really helps me do my list-making and shopping stuff so much easier and more efficient...

Best of all, it's FREE!

If this app was a person, we'd so hang out together...

There are other features that this app offers that I haven't even delved into yet, so be sure to check it out. I would, but I NEED TO GO SCAN STUFF, because I CAN!!!!

You can find it on the Google Play store site, or just go to their website, here : http://www.outofmilk.com/ and have a deliriously fun time speaking and scanning random (oh, and useful) items into your own lists!!! :D

Free Jiffy Mix Cookbook Via Snail Mail or PDF Download

Don't you love the way cornbread seems to nicely round out a meal of soup or beans? I make my round cornbread in a pyrex pie plate in the microwave, and it turns out great every time. Or, you could make it the night before for breakfast, and drizzle some honey on top YUM! If you like Jiffy Cornbread Mix, as well as other Jiffy products, you will want to either order their free cookbook (free shipping too, thanks Jiffy!) via this link or alternately, you can download the PDF version here . I orderd mine via snail mail, and it's really showing some wear, we've used it so much! It's a smallish 64 paper cookbook, but it's packed full of great recipes and ideas!

Target's Free Samples

Have you tried Simple Skincare products yet? Now's your chance to for FREE! Go to the Target site, here: and fill out the short form.

You can also sign up for a free sample of Airborne's Immune Support Supplement via the same link above. Get it now, and keep it on hand for the upcoming cold and flu season.

Twinnings of London Tea Samples

Like tea? Like free? Then this is for you! Twinnings of London is kindly offering 3 free tea samples. You can choose from a nice variety of green, white, black, decaffeinated, or organic teas. You will need to fill out a form, here and you can expect your samples to arrive in 4-6 weeks.

Calling All Ladies with a Sam's Club Membership:

Thanks, Sam's Club! This ALMOST makes up for that time you were sold out of my favorite (um, sausage) gravy!"]

If your local Sam's Club has a pharmacy, mark October 12, 2013 (Saturday) on your calendars to get your free Women's Health Screening. This will include a TSH test, a self-breast exam gel pack (to use in the privacy of your own home, of course), an HDL total cholesterol/good cholesterol check, and glucose screening. You can read more about it here The fine print: Limited quantities are available, your Sam's Club must have a pharmacy, screening and availability may vary by club, but all will be performed by a licensed professional, so don't forget to mark those calendars!
Ladies, you take care of everyone else, don't forget about yourself!

Like Free Movies?

 For a limited time, you can get from 10 to 20 free digital movies (to own) by signing up/registering for a free UltraViolet/VUDU account, here. You do not get to pick and choose which ones you receive. For the next 10, simply go here  and scroll down a bit until you see the ad for 10 free movies. You will need to either link your existing UltraViolet/VUDU to the new Target Ticket account, or create one. You will need to have a VUDU-enabled device, or have streaming to your PC in order to enjoy your free movies. Grab some popcorn and you're golden!