The Sassy Missus

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
My rating: 

Yet again Martin has me biting my nails as I read this book.Throughout the book I fall in love & in hate with many characters, on all sides of the war. So much so I'm never sure who I want to win the war.

Unlike A Game Of Thrones, this book was not slow to start. It was action, and anticipation from start to finish. Where Martin sometimes gives us sorrow, he gives us hope, but the opposite is true. He has a way of making you hopeful, and then ripping it away from you with a sentence or two. Just like the other books in the series, this book is always keeping you on your toes with it's many twists and unexpected turns, right up until the end.

I received my first Bzz Campaign from BzzAgent a little bit ago, and I'm excited to share my review with you.

The campaign I got is the Crest Pro-Health campaign 
 I got my campaign on a discount (basically free)

What was in the box?

• NEW Crest^® Pro-Health^® PROFRESH Toothpaste
• Oral-B CrossAction^® Pro-Health^® Toothbrush
• Crest^® Pro-Health™ Multi-Protection Rinse i

Initial feelings: I've been a crest fan for years, so I was more than happy to be able to review a product with a name I know & trust.

Use:  

• Tooth paste (5 stars): I can say that the toothpaste left my mouth feeling and tasting cleaner & refreshed even after 1 use (and eating shrimp!) without having an incredibly over-tasting mint taste, which was nice.
  

• Tooth Brush (5 stars) The toothbrush was very soft, like brushing your teeth with a cloud. I wasn't sure at first that a toothbrush that soft could do a good job. I am also used to an electric toothbrush, but I used it for a week. Despite feeling like it's not doing much of anything, the toothbrush did a great job. The rubber bristles hugged the outside of my teeth while the fiber bristles went to town on my the tops/sides of my teeth, for a combination clean that is unheard of. I may just be switching from my faithful electric brand soon!
  

• Mouth Rinse (5 stars) As far as mouth rinses go, I really liked this one.
  Much like the toothpaste, it has a refreshing flavour that doesn't leave an over-all burning or over powering flavour in my mouth.

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A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
My rating:

I did the biggest "No No" in the bookworm world, I started watching the series on TV before reading the book. I fell in love with it & then discovered it was a whole book series, and went and picked up the book series (that was out at that point, to date, which was the first four)
and I have to say, not only am I impressed with the book, but for once I am actually pretty impressed with a tv series made from a book.

The book itself was slow to start, like most are, but soon enough was hard to put down. I found myself falling in love with characters, and crying over them. They had a very human quality to them, something that many books often lack.
The story line is full of twists that you don't expect,and kept me on my toes, even though I knew from the tv series the general idea of what was coming next.

This book seems huge, but once you dive in it doesn't seem so endless, so don't let that be the reason you don't pick it up.
If you like the fantasy genre, you should definitely check out this book.

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This summer McDonald's has released two new items to their McCafé® menu, the Coffee and Vanilla Chai Tea Iced Frappé. I'm not a coffee drinker typically, so I haven't tried the coffee, but I am a fan of Chai Tea in almost any form, & vanilla is one of my favourite flavours and scents, so when I heard about this I couldn't wait to try it out!


A few weeks ago I tried it. I wasn't sure if I would, chai is supposed to be hot not milkshake like, but I really did like it. (I may be a little addicted to it now)
I have read that people say it's really sugary, I didn't find it too over powering like I have with other drinks, but I'm sure if you don't typically like sweets or eat them often it would seem that way. I could definitely taste both the vanilla and the chai, but neither was very overpowering, which was nice.

Of course the downside is the calories and sugar content, of course.

for a medium serving (479 g) there's 580 calories & 74 g sugar (on the plus there's 50% daily value of Calcium)  You can check out the full nutritional facts here.

Right now McDonald's is offering 50% off their McCaffe via "Frap Tap"
Find out how to redeem your coupon here.

Overall rating of the Vanilla Chai Tea Iced Frappé 

Who would I suggest this to?

Now, I'm all for breastfeeding. I breastfed all four of my kids. I am an advocate for breastfeeding and of nursing in public, but I think this is really ridiculous. Here's this new mother who has already had the world watching her every move during pregnancy,trying to do whatever is best for her and her family. New mothers have enough pressure, including the Duchess, why add to that pressure by making her feel she 'has' to breastfeed, and a certain way because people look up to her.
I don't know where people get off thinking that they can decide what the Duchess should or shouldn't do, how she will or won't raise this child, and her actions will affect other new mothers.


Whether the Duchess, the princess before her or the Queen  choose to breastfeed or not (or publicly or not) didn't influence my choice at all. In fact I don't think most new mothers are going to think "gee, the Duchess of Cambridge breastfed, I better get on that" If a new mother wants to breastfeed, she's going to, if she doesn't want to, she's not going to. Leave this new mother alone and let her make the choices that are right for her & her family, like every other new mother.