This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sears for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Oh my goodness!  I am jumping in my shoes happy here!  Raise your stylish hand if you have ever made a store clerk go back in the back – maybe even a few times – to look for your size in that PERFECT outfit because it was not on the rack?!?  I did this a few weeks ago when I was at Sears looking for an outfit for a blogging conference I was going to!

The perfect shoes in my size were no where to be found!  I was soooo not happy!  Apparently, everyone in America is a size 7 1/2 and HAD to have the little black beaded shoe that was perfect for my dress!

Well, the days of running store clerks ragged is OVER!  Sears.com is to the rescue!  

Get this! You can order your perfect outfit on Sears.com and pick it up in the store!  But wait!  They will GUARANTEE that outfit be there waiting for you within 5 minutes of your online order!  YES!!  AND, if they don't have it ready in 5 minutes or less, you will get a $5 Sears coupon!  

I almost want to type this again! It is SO exciting!  If I had found my perfect little beaded shoes online, I could have ordered them, walked into my local Sears and picked them up right then and there.  

Now, I'll be honest, I have no idea how they are ever going to make this work!  But they must have little outfit carrying helicopters that rush from store to store delivering online orders.  I, for one, will be checking out the featured marketplace offers and the newest arrivals and testing them out!  

You will notice that at Sears.com you will find an expanded and amazing selection of TOP designers – Michael Kors, Nike, Tony Birch and on and on and on and on – and that your selection choices are vast compared to a lot of sites!  PLUS, Sears is adding new designers, manufacturers and more every single day.  Shop from one site for ALL of your favorite products!

I was in love with Sears and their new fashion sense before… but now I am in love with so much more!  And now I am soooo going shopping!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Social Power for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

The other day my kids wanted to go to McDonald's for dinner.  We were out and would not be home for a while and so I thought it would be OK just this once.  We hit McDonald's about once a month, I would say.  When in line ordering, one of my kids said they wanted chicken –  but not nuggets – the 'white' chicken, which is what they call grilled chicken breast.  We have it all the time and they love it. 

But, of course, there is no option for a kid's meal with grilled chicken.  Nor is there one for a kid's meal with a salad.  And I, for the umteenth time, thought – why can't there be healthier options for kids at McDonald's?  

Sure, they have slimmed down the fries and require fruit in every happy meal now, but the 'main course' could be healthier as well.  As I understand it, the happy meals are still well over 1000 calories and that is just too much for one meal. But short of sharing my frustration on my Facebook page, I have no real idea how to make a stand and create an initialtive to make a change!  

Well, now, I have Social Power!  Social Power helps little people like me create initiatives online in order to make real change!  See the video below for an idea of how it works:

Sign up FREE for SocialPower.com.  Create your issue on the top of the page.  Add your description and your rational idea and submit the issue.  Then share it on your social networks.  You can support my McDonald's Healthier Happy Meal issue here! 

Once 1000 people like your issue – and that can happen fast no matter how many friends you have – SocialPower.com changes it into an 'initiative' and then change can begin.  Once an initiative is created, Social Power takes on the responsibility of taking on your issue!  They will contact McDonald's, in my example, and work with them to try to resolve my issue!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!  How many times do you post on Facebook about an issue?  Now you can actually make a difference.  And you can do it with 1 follower or 100,000 followers!  

Sign up today and the next time something bugs you or you want change, use SocialPower to your benefit and turn yourself from 'just a person on the web' to a real change maker! 

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Scotts Miracle-Gro for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

In some parts of the country right now it is still cold and miserable so thinking of Spring time can be depressing!  But it is coming no matter what and it is time to start thinking about our yards and getting them ready for beautiful flowers and plants!

I, for one, am ready to get outside, get my hand's dirty and see if this is the year I will actually have a green thumb!  I do know that the first thing I need is mulch!  Scotts Florida Select Natural Eucalyptus Mulch is a great start.  Along with my new plants, tools and water, I think the mulch is one of the most important gardening supplies you can have!

My parents are big gardeners – my father being a master gardener – and they are very big into sustainable gardening.  So I know they are already shopping and preparing to mulch their yards to help contain the moisture that plants need so much during the warmer spring months.

In my reasearch of mulch like Scotts Nature Scapes mulch, I know that I need to spread the mulch 3 inches deep.  I also know that I need to spread it around plants, flowers, trees and vegetables that have already germinated and developed.  It won't do any good to mulch a seedling or to mulch a plant that can't grow, like one planted to closely to my house.  

I know one bag of mulch will spread 2 inches deep so I am going to need a few bags!  I mean, I live on an acre with some flower beds in much need of attention!

I want my yard to look like my neighbor's… is that too much to ask?

Be sure to head out this weekend – cold and all – to check out the entire line of Scotts Florida mulch and choose what is perfect for your yard.  And then come tell me how beautiful your Spring yard is in a few weeks!