Love, Life and Appreciation

Yesterday, I was checking my email and saw a message from POPSUGAR congratulating me on winning their must have box featuring Disney's Noelle. At first, I was wondering if the email was legit, as I have entered contests in the past and never heard anything else.

I searched for the POPSUGAR Must Have Box and for Disney's Noelle which I was familiar with as it was advertised during the holidays and the launch of Disney+.  Though I do not have a subscription to Disney+, I have subscribed to POPSUGAR in the past and found so much joy with their boxes that are packed with wonderful goodies. So to my delight, I found the sweepstakes that I had entered last December and around the holidays!

It was for a chance to win $2,500 and 500 people would win the box inspired by Noelle. Yesterday I found out I was one of the 500 people. Yay!!! I'm very excited to see what this box has in store. As I stated before, I have been very pleased with their boxes, the subscription cost is why I had to cancel though.

I did see a trailer for Disney's Noelle and I thought it looked cute. I think Bill Hader and Anna Kendrick are funny and good actors. The box is valued at over $120 and I have a really strong feeling that this will be a great box.

Thank you POPSUGAR and Disney!!!! 😁

A few months ago, I found out through an online community that I am apart of, that the Coca-Cola company was going to open spots for a monthly subscription of new drinks from the company as well as Coca-Cola swag. This subscription is a pilot program as Coca-Cola is testing out subscription services markets like meal planning subscriptions and clothing subscriptions.

The spots were only open for 1000 people to sign up. I saw online that subscription sold out in three hours! The subscription to the club is not free and there were two options for signing up, $10 a month and $50 for 6 months. The subscription currently running until June of this. With my heads up, I was able to be one of the 1000 people to sign up and I signed up for the 6 months option. It's really exciting because I do like Cola-Cola products and I'm interested in seeing the swag. There is currently a waitlist to sign up if Coca-Cola decides to continue the program in the future.

Here are the contents of the box:

Immediately I was taken aback with delight with the huge "Welcome To The Club" sign, and then I saw my name as well as the Amazon gift card and the stickers.


Drinks and a pen set were under the sign. The drinks are Smartwater Cucumber Lime, Fanta Peach and Coca-Cola Energy Zero Sugar Cherry. The Fanta Peach drink was so yummy, my husband and I shared that drink. I'm looking forward to trying the Smartwater. I'm not a big fan of energy drinks, but in researching the product, I found that the drink is a new drink from Coca-Cola, that is hitting the shelves this month.


Reaching into the pocket where the stickers were, I found a laptop sticker, which I immediately stuck on to my Macbook Air. I found out the value of the Amazon Gift card from the cardstock that was included. The value is $5. It's nice, I shop on Amazon a lot and the card stock stated to the card is "to help restock your favorite beverage".  I think the pen set and stickers are so cute!!!




Overall,  I am happy with the contents of this box. I think there's a nice variety of products and I really think you can't go wrong with stationary. I'm excited to see what surprises Coca-Cola has in store for the next months. 😀

Wow, it's 2020 and really couldn't believe that when hearing it back in the last decade. Hehe that's already so jammed packed to write in the sentence but now we have moved on to the start of a new decade, the 2010s are gone and new beginnings in the 2020s are starting.

I'm so excited for the year, our family has been saving and making strides in the previous year to get closer towards our goal of homeownership. This could really be the year we can move further along or even achieve our goal. I am so thankful to have such kind and loving friends and family and support of family. We have worked very hard for this moment and we are continuing to work to provide a brighter future for the kids.

This year is also going to bring about some long-awaited trips and once in a lifetime trips, we are at a place where we can maintain our daily living and truly seize opportunities with positive impacts and will not cause us to take five steps back. Life is short and some of the opportunities that presented itself within the last few months of 2019, we couldn't pass on. It really is due to our stability in employment and stronger financial skills.

We are improving and that is key, as every month and year passes, comes learning experiences. Learning is so important! That's why this year as well will be full of more learning experiences, book readings, and new exciting experiences.  As we continue to move throughout this journey of life, we will continue with love, kindness, and compassion. The future is so bright!

Wishing everyone a very joyful and healthy new year filled with blessings, love, new adventures and kindness!

Happy New Year!!!! 🎉