Freebie Haul 7/10- 7/15

Hey ya'll, I am actually getting this post up on a Saturday for a change and on time too. I am so proud of myself for keeping up with it. Some other things got pushed back that weren't really important and I am totally fine with that. This was a good week for freebies.

Monday: magazine day

July 13-27, 2017 issue of Rolling Stone

August 2017 issue of Cosmopolitan

Tuesday: No freebies

Wednesday: No Freebies

Thursday: Finally got a sample mission from CrowdTap. Can ya'll tell I have been slacking on the freebie request lately. Because everytime I do request, I always get an email saying that there was an massive amount of requests and I wont be getting one, but here's a coupon code. It pisses me off.
Rant over, here is what I got.

RXBar Crowdkit from CrowdTap

Friday: Got more goodies today. Excited to have my freebie from Skoal. Really come in handy when I take my phone out when we go swimming in the pool.

waterproof bag from Skoal

August 2017 issue of Glamour magazine

July 17, 2017 issue of Sports Illustrated

Saturday: Got more amazing goodies today for review. Thanks Crowdtap and Smiley360.

Curad crowdkit from CrowdTap

August 2017 issue of Marie Claire

Ester-C mission kit from Smiley360

Review: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Time for another book review. To be honest, I wasn't going to review this book, because come on, it's a classic, but I realized that I have almost no blog posts for this month and I also wanted to talk about it because once I got a physical copy of the book to read, I found it enjoyable and really good.

As you all know, I wanted to read another classic this year and I wanted to read a long book this summer. I planned on reading this book this year but not during the summer. I started this book back in May and finished it on Wednesday. I started reading it on my kindle app on my old ass Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet and I was bored. Les Miserables is now public domain and free on ebook. So I started reading it and I had so many problems. It was unabridged and I couldn't comprehend most of it and I was really bored. So I took more than a month off from it and requested a copy from my local library. I honestly think that if I hadn't have done that, I would have DNF'ed it.

When I got my library copy, I started reading it and found I could understand it better because it was the abridged version and I enjoyed the story a lot more. I love Jean Valjean's character and I wanted to kill the Thernadier's for how they were treating Cosette and their sons. Javert was a big pain in the ass.

It's also a shock to how every time I read a classic that when there are little children involved and living on the street or orphaned, it seems that the adults never give a shit about their well being and always yelling, threatening, abusing the little kids instead of helping them. In today's modern world, that wouldn't be happening.

I also cried when Jean Valjean died. I really enjoyed this book when I thought I wouldnt. I rated this 4 out of 5 because there was some parts where I would space out and was bored. I can't wait to watch the movie tonight and Cayce is going to watch it. He likes Phantom of the Opera, so hopefully he will like this movie too.

Freebie Haul 6/26- 7/8

I was having a hard time deciding whether to post this today or just wait until this Saturday. The last two weeks were really slow for freebies and this week is taking the same direction, but I didn't want to have to post three weeks worth into one post. I don't have that much time and I had to schedule this in, just to get it done. So let's get on with it.

Monday 6/26: one lonesome magazine

July 2017 issue of Southern Living

Tuesday 6/27: No freebies

Wednesday 6/28: No freebies

Thursday 6/29: Another lonesome magazine

July 3-10, 2017 issue of Sports Illustrated 

Friday 6/30: I got two freebies and they are my favorites of the week

Team Valvoline hat from Team Valvoline rewards

Cigar Tube from Black & Mild

Saturday 7/1: No Freebies

Monday 7/3: I got my next review copy from Blogging For Books

I Almost Forgot About You from Blogging For Books

Tuesday 7/4: No Mail. Happy Independence Day!!

Wednesday 7/5: No Freebies

Thursday 7/6: No Freebies

Friday 7/7: Finally got some goodies today!!

Purell BzzKit from BzzzAgent

Method Laundry Detergent Coupon from Pinchme

Saturday 7/8: No freebies

Once again, I am so sorry that this post is dull and so late. I am going straight to work on this week's post after this one. Hope you enjoyed seeing what I did receive.

Hollar Haul Pt. 5

It is time for another Hollar haul. I got thiese items back in April and haven't had a chance to make another order on Hollar yet, but I am always on the sight "window" shopping and filling my cart. Hollar is so affordable and they have the trendiest items and they keep up to date on popular styles, toys, and clothing. I have two more hauls that I will be posting next month and in September. 

I had to get this knitted beanie for myself. I have lost my good one and I miss it, but this one definitely kept my ears warm when we had our Easter snap.

Superman pajamas for Samantha

I Woke Up Like This tee for Samantha

Puma tee shirt for Samantha

tangle free "leaves" brush. 

*Cayce has stolen this from me and uses it to brush his beard*

essie nailpolish "vested interest"

cheese grater

I haven't had a good cheese grater since we moved into this house 5 1/2 years ago

egg and bacon pillow.

Ariana got the egg and Samantha chose the bacon

Cala Pedicure tools

Disney Princess bird feeder

"enjoy the ride" throw pillow

6 outlet power strip

2 black throw pillows

orange fondue pot

I love all these items and they have given me so much use. The girls always love what I get them from this site and I always get Cayce he personal care items from this site. All items do ship from California and it takes about a week to get to me after it ships.

Darius Rucker - For The First Time (Audio)

There is a new Darius Rucker song out and I am loving it. He is my favorite country music singer and it also helps that he is a fellow South Carolinian!!

I had a horrible past week and blogging was the last thing on my mind. My Ac unit had broken once again and we had some horrid temps and I was basically living in the chair in front of my small window unit. We got my parent's old ass AC in our kitchen window and that has helped out tremendously, but this AC is almost as old as I am.

I will be getting a lot of posts drafted, edited, and scheduled this week. We have a lot of repairing to do around the house and that will be taking the majority of our time and we want it done before our school year starts next month...ugh.. not ready.

So enjoy the song, it will be on repeat for a while!

July TBR

As I said in yesterday's post, I am going to be reading two chunky books this month. I only planned to read one, but my stupid self decided to start Les Miserables at the beginning of May and I have been thinking about it ever since. I just picked it back up a few days ago and found that I can't read it on Kindle because it is just too long and I was paying more attention to the percentage at the bottom than to the story, so I got the edited and abridged paperback from the library.

These are the 4 books that I want to get too in this month. I know that I will be able to get through Les Miserables a little faster now than I would have if i would have stayed with the kindle public domain version. I am starting to read the Puffin Chalk classics that I bought to the girls and to go ahead and get them on my "new" book shelf. I have a new review copy on the way to me from Blogging For Books. And also I wanted to go ahead and get another Stephen King book under my belt and I really want to watch the TV show adaptation.

June Wrap Up

We are halfway through 2017 and I have read a total of 65 books this year. My Goodreads goal is 100 and I am doing great. The past few months I have been averaging about 11-13 books read a month. This month, I read a total of 6 books and I am in the middle of 2. I knew my reading was going to be low because I planned to read a hefty book, that I still haven't started. I decided to start a bigger book before the one I had planned to start and I am just getting back around to reading it after I put it down. I will talk more about that in my July TBR post coming tomorrow. So let's see what books I read this month.

1. In The Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken

2. Summer According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
3. The Bar Code Rebellion by Suzanne Weyn

4. The Bar Code Prophecy by Suzanne Weyn

5. Through The Dark by Alexandra Bracken

6. Woman No.17 by Edan Lepucki

I am thinking next month's reading will be much much shorter than this. I am going to be reading a few books with the girls this month. I am also going to be reading these two big chunky books and that will be taking up most of my time.