Tuesday, June 17, 2014

How to Remove the Smell of Smoke



If you have ever lived in an apartment you have possibly dealt with getting an apartment where someone had smoked or had a smoker next door who smokes inside or out.  The smell of smoke is a nasty smell. It can cause asthma and other breathing problems. What do you do? I have lived with people who smoke indoors and it was miserable. Especially when they do it all the time. I had a neighbor who chain smoked in her apartment didn't even open a window. I never brought Noah over there. I felt bad but I didn't want to say hey you can't smoke. It also drove me crazy when people would light up at the pool when Noah was there. There are people that smoke right outside the gate of his school. Smoking around kids is really annoying.  I think that if someone smokes they should do it outside. The smell of smoke is hard to remove from your home or from your clothes.

Even if you don't smoke and live with an indoor smoker you stink. Sure you can light an odor eating candle or spray an air spray but it really doesn't get rid of the smell. It just masks it for a while. You are still smelling it and breathing in the toxins. You can buy an air purifier. There are many different types of air purifiers. How do you know which is the best one to get for smoke? I would make sure it says that it is specifically for smoke odors. I would definitely research the best air purifiers for smoke. It would be awful to buy one and not have it help you.  It can be a pain to get rid of the smell and smoke in your home. If you smoke in your home, you can start smoking outside. If you smoke outside, you will probably smoke less because you have to make an effort to go smoke. You won’t just light up. It is better not to constantly breathe smoke. If you continue to smoke inside an air purifier is a must have.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is Coming to IMAX




Starting this Friday, June 13th, the second chapter of DreamWorks Animation's beloved How to Train Your Dragon franchise is soaring to all IMAX theatres domestically in select engagements. The IMAX 3D release will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience®, creating a unique environment that will make audiences feel as though they are flying alongside heroic Viking Hiccup and his faithful dragon, Toothless.

Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Kristen Wiig reprise their respective voice roles, joined this time by Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett, Djimon Honsou and Kit Harington.

For more information about How to Train Your Dragon 2, please visit DreamWorks Animation's official website.

For IMAX Theater locations and local showtimes click here

This information was provided by IMAX

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Never Lose a Photo again with Everalbum



I love taking pictures of Noah all the time. I usually use my phone because it's always with me. I take a lot of them at Noah's request. He will make something cool and say take a picture and post it. I also have a habit of taking multiple photos of the same thing. I have met the unfortunate fate of the dreaded memory is full warning a few times on my phone. So I would have two choices because it never happens when I have my computer. I could either upload a bunch of photos to Facebook even though I don't want to share all the photos I have taken or I can delete them. Both are time consuming and annoying. By the time I am done doing it, the moment has passed, the dolphins have swam away, the parade is gone and it's too late.  Also it's annoying to stop what you are doing to fix this problem. Thankfully I learned about an app called Everalbum with this app you no longer have to worry about running out of memory on your phone again. I love to take video of Noah's performances and awards ceremonies too. They eat up a lot of memory, add a bunch of apps and forget about it.
 

Key Value:
- Never worry about running out of space on your phone EVER again. Once your photos from your phone are backed up, you can delete your camera roll and any future photo you take will automatically be added and backed up to your Everalbum. 
- Never worry about losing family photos again. No matter if your computer breaks, or you lose your phone, once in Everalbum they are backed up and safe forever.
- Never worry about privacy or having your photos public. Privacy is very important to us and we’ve done everything possible to guarantee all of your photos are private to you and only you by default, except when you want to share your photos privately with family and friends.
Pricing:
- Very affordable pricing for families - $7.99/month or save 20% by buying yearly at $79/year and have up to 50,000 photos backed up in full resolution - Never worry about GBs, or MBs storage, we don’t care about that.

You can sign up for Everalbum Premiumhttps://www.everalbum.com/?utm_source=web&utm_medium=blogger&utm_campaign=Sheilacakes 

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Sheila's Strawberry Cake Recipe


One of my favorite fruits, probably my favorite fruit is strawberries. When they aren't in season they can be really expensive or not very sweet. I am also a really busy mom and I don't always have time to devote in the kitchen to make a dessert. I had to come up with something easy and delicious. Something my super picky kiddo would also enjoy. He gets sick of the same old desserts. So I thought about things we used to make growing up and I remembered what I called Strawberry Cake.  Now you can put strawberries on shortcakes, which I am not really a fan of. You can put strawberries on Angel Food Cake, while I love Angel Food Cake, I think it is perfect as is. I wanted to share with you my two ingredient Strawberry Cake Recipe.





Sheila's Strawberry Cake Recipe:

1 pound cake or slices of pound cake.  I think it's brilliant they sell it sliced. Coming from someone who never would finish a loaf.

1 container of frozen strawberries in the juice.

Defrost both the strawberries and the pound cake. Cut a slice or two of pound cake and top with a few spoonfuls of strawberries. Don't forget the extra juice.

You can top with whipped cream if you would like and enjoy.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Noah was Sick and Child Health Tips



This past weekend Noah hit two milestones. I am not happy about these milestones but I knew it was going to happen at some point. The first milestone that makes you a worried parent was his very first ear infection. He also had Pink Eye.  It’s common to get an ear infection and Pink eye at the same time because everything is so close together. He was miserable. His eyes were so red and he screamed about his ears hurting. I had to take him to the doctor after keeping him home two days from school. Sure enough he was sick. The doctor basically looked at him and said he has pink eye and looked in his ears and he had an ear infection. That was that. She handed me a prescription for Augmentin aka the super expensive antibiotic, that no store includes in free antibiotics.  So this is milestone number two, he had his very first prescription. Any other illness he has had was treatable with over the counter stuff. He is extremely healthy. *Knocks on wood twice*. The two different places I went the pharmacists were impressed when I said it was his very first prescription when they asked me if he had been there before. 

I thought I would share some tips on keeping your children healthy.

Wash hands after going to the bathroom and before you eat. You can also wash your hands when you come home from the grocery store.

 Parents you are the example, if you start a routine your child will follow

If you are eating something with nuts wash your hands after, so you don’t accidently make someone else sick.

Take multivitamins every day

Eat healthy and drink a lot of milk and water

Keep your hands to yourself, don’t share hairbrushes, lip balms etc, with your friends. They may be sick.

Be aware of what sicknesses are going around where your child goes to school

Keep doctor’s appointments and well checkups.

If you choose to vaccinate, keep up to date on their shots

Don’t share drinks or share food with others

If your child gets sick, remind them to:

Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze and throw away used tissues.

Stay home from school or daycare until you don’t have a fever or at least a day or two with a cold.

Sometimes when you are sick you miss out on fun things like field day or a trip to the playground but you don’t want to make your friends sick too.

Rest as much as possible, even if you think you feel better, you still need rest.

Even if your mom pays extra for them to flavor your meds and it tastes bad, you still need to take it.

Parents don’t stress, sickness happens. It’s usually just a germ they picked up. Remember the more
children your child is in contact with, the more likely they will get sick.

For more health tips and great information about health check out Molina Healthcare.

The opinions in this article are my own. I do not work for, or with, any brand mentioned in this article, nor do I have any official relationship with them.  I have a relationship with GigaSavvy, for whom I create original editorial content. 

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Macaroni and Cheese made in a New Way!




Now that it is getting warmer, I know a lot of people don’t want to use their ovens and stoves because it heats up their home. People who don’t have central air like my bestie, Brandy is one of them, especially stick to sandwiches in the summer. I came up with a genius way to make Mac and Cheese. I know what you are thinking, in the microwave. It’s gross in the microwave, trust me I know.  It’s not the microwave however. It’s in an electric skillet. They are such an amazing invention, and I love mine. Our oven and stove are having issues at the moment and Noah really wanted mac and cheese. 
So, it dawned on me, after making what my best friend calls poor man grilled cheese with toast and the microwave. I could use my electric skillet. It was sitting on my counter. In my defense, it had been a long five days at this point.  I was curious how making Mac and cheese in the electric skillet would turn out.  I carefully measured six cups of water per the instructions on the Kraft Mac and Cheese box. I have honestly only measured water a few times for mac and cheese in my life. I didn’t want to over fill or get the electric skillet wet before using. The other times were probably in Home Ec or Foods class because I am convinced that the teachers know exactly to a science what 6 cups of water look like. I wouldn’t want to get points off of my grades. Cooking is one of my passions and I can’t fail at that ever. It’s not allowed.  Here’s how I made it.

Mac and Cheese in an Electric Skillet
6 cups of water
1 box Kraft Mac and Cheese
4 tablespoons butter
¼ cup milk

Turn on the electric skillet to 350 degrees. Carefully place 6 cups of water in the electric skillet. Bring water to a boil. It doesn’t take as long in the electric skillet unless you have a super fast stove that boils water in 90 seconds.

Pour in Macaroni and cook for 7 and a half minutes.

Drain macaroni

I then poured the macaroni in a Tupperware bowl and add the butter and let it melt.

Add the cheese mix and the milk and stir until completely mixed.

Enjoy!

This would be great if you are in a hotel room or at college too.

It tastes and looks exactly like I made it on the stove.