Are you a Tapper?

Crowdtap is the place to use your creativity to win gift cards and score free products from big-name brands. Brands will challenge you to discuss and showcase how you use everyday items—through photos, videos, and writing—and then reward the best submissions.

          But what is it that a tapper does? So every month day when you log into Crowdtap you will see your dashboard. Your dashboard is the place that tells you what quickhits and challenges are left to complete for the month! I'm not gonna lie, sometimes it looks very overwhelming! Just ask the many tappers that are my friends on facebook! You can range from 0-300 quickhits if you don't regularly keep up with them!

Currently I'm at 7 quickhits and 37 challenges (I'll get into that later) to complete! Just as quick as you complete these more will be added, its a never ending process! As you complete your quickhits you will earn points. For every 100 points you earn you get 1 entry in a drawing for giftcards at the end of the month. the more entries, the more chances to win! Pretty simple... right?!?!?

Challenges can vary from writing to taking pictures to moderated discussions! You earn more points for completing challenges versus completing quickhits! So my advice is to complete as many as you possibly can!

  Does it really pay off? Well that depends... August was the first month I really started with Crowdtap and I wasn't as active as I could have been! To my surprise I won two giftcards for amazon. So i thought to myself, if i was more active will it pay off? I completed EVERY quickhit that was offered in September and about 80% of the challenges and it paid off!! Can't wait to see what October brings!

I won 12... thats right 12 giftcards!! Eleven of those giftcards were for amazon, they were $5 each and I received my $100 gift card for IKEA in the mail yesterday! Did ! mention Crowdtap offers Samplings and Brand parties too!! Samplings are exactly that, samples of some of the brands that are featured that month! So far I personally have received samplings from Advil and I was also selected for a brand party from Skintimate shaving cream!

{-- My IKEA gift card!



 My Surprise WW Cup ---}

Crowdtap can be very rewarding! But you HAVE to put in the time! I spend roughly 15-20 hours a week into quickhits and challenges! I also have an amazing Crowdtap family that we all work together and tap each others posts on facebook and twitter. We call ourselves "Tappers"!! Part of the challenges is sharing pictures and answering questions, we then share those on Facebook and Twitter and we "tap" the posts! The more taps, the more points.. the more points you get the entries you get.. You get the picture! 

 So if you have seen all the crazy posts on my timeline and started wondering to yourself if I'm a secret agent for ads, sorry thats not the case. To simply put it............. I'm a Tapper!! 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~UPDATE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My October wins!!  6 giftcards!! I love being a tapper!

#HelloKeurig

Keurig 2.0

Imagine my surprise when I checked my email and it said "You're IN"!! What did that mean exactly? Well... It meant that I was chosen to receive and test the new Keurig 2.0 before it was even released in stores!!

I waited by the door for the delivery man to show up with my new Keurig! And of course that day he was running really behind! But when it finally showed up, it was like Christmas at my house! Me and my daughter were so excited to unbox this massive coffee machine!! Even Natasha was excited! She only wanted the box though!

Well after fighting with the outer box, we finally got to the new Keurig 2.0!!!!

Look how pretty it is!! Now to step 2.. get that baby opened and to have some coffee!!

There it was sitting on my counter, a perfect fit if you ask me!! Its like it always belonged in that exact spot.. So now that its all unpacked, the next thing was to make me some coffee! But first, lets play with the features!

The brewer also features a large 70 ounce water reservoir, 2.4 inch color touch display, programmable clock, an auto brew option and a strength control setting for brewing bolder coffee. There’s even a separate setting for hot cocoa and other specialty beverages like chais and mochas. Choose from more than 250 varieties of coffee, tea and specialty beverages — including iced beverages — from over 40 brands you know and love. Just look for Keurig Brewed® seal on your favorite K-Cup pack and K-Carafe pack varieties.

Look at all those pretty colors!! The LED display is also customize-able to match! The hot water feature is awesome for my kids that would like hot cocoa, we just wish that it would brew more then 6 oz at a time. The auto-brew feature is great for the mornings my hubby gets up before me, coffee is already to go!!

 I didn't own a previous version of the Keurig. I had always wanted one, and I was beyond excited when I was chosen for this test and review!! Oh keurig, where have you been my whole life? You make my morning coffee routine so much better!

#HelloKeurig

I received these products complimentary for testing purposes from Influenster

Did you say FREE?

Who said Free? I did!! I'm a freebie junkie, lol. Who doesn't love getting free stuff? Well its free to my wallet, but not free from my mind! What I mean is, I receive FREE stuff to review! That's even better because I get to put my opinion out there for the products I receive! I'm involved with a half dozen of these sites that will send me FREE stuff in exchange for my honest opinion of the product! I will honestly say the best thing that I have received for FREE was my Keurig 2.0!! #HelloKeurig  I'm a member of Influenster and they chose me ( and 999 other members) to test and try the new keurig!

This is ONE of the many things I have received to test and review!! Review to follow..
Are you interested in joining Influenster? Leave me your email and I'll send you an invite! I would like to add that I have been a member since April 2013 and this was the first ( of many ) thing I have received!! Happy FREEbie hunting!!

New things!!

I have come to terms, as I get older that my attention span is really short! I thought that was just a child-like trait!! Well not for me, lol...

So on my daily hunt for new things I ran across a site call Bawte, it looks like it is in its prelaunch phase, and there is already an app for it. Just from playing around with it for a little bit, it seems to be a place to get instruction manuals, learn about recalls for pretty much anything you own! Here is the really cool part.... There is a referral program!!! The more referrals you get, the more things you could get... FOR FREE!!! YEP... FOR FREE!!!  One of my favorite words... FREE. So if you want to give it a try here is my referral link! Its super easy to sign up, just enter your email, and then confirm it!! Done, then you can spread the word and get FREE stuff too ;)



Excited for @Bawte to relaunch! I want a Bawte t-shirt and this Sphero Ollie! https://www.bawte.com/signup/fUlIaQ/

Welcome to my world!

So I have been tossing the idea of a blog around for a few weeks years!! And I thought to myself, today is as good as any to start one! I'm a mother of 2 wonderful children. Bobby just turned 16, and my mini-me Destiny is 12. I have learned so much from my kids over the past few years, its been an amazing journey watching them grow into young adults. Not an easy journey, but amazing none the less!!

Why a blog?? Why not! Everyday is a new adventure, and I need some where to record these other than my memory. Let's face it.. I'm only getting older and my memory is getting smaller!!