We Dressed up Our Patio & Grill with Fun Items from Sears! #GrillingisHappiness #Cbias #SearsPatio

I have been posting about summer coming soon and grilling and summer fun for a few months now! I am READY! Especially since we have a ‘Kick off Summer’ BBQ planned, some grilling fun on Memorial Day, a quadruple birthday party in July, a Father’s Day party and a number of other events that will have us grilling and entertaining almost the entire summer!

Inspired by the very informative Grilling Is Happiness website, I decided I needed to spruce up my patio and grill so that we can impress during all of our events! One of my favorite places to shop for Outdoor Living items is Sears! Especially now that we are participants in the Shop Your Way Rewards program!

Through the Shop Your Way site, I clicked on my local Sears website and did some more online shopping. I’d click an item and add it to my wish list so I could pull it up at the store and get exactly what I wanted! I also found great sale items (Memorial Day Sale going on NOW!) and more  information on the rewards program!

Armed with my Sears App and my ShopYourWayRewards App, I loaded up my whole family and headed to the store!

We browsed the tables and chairs and gazebos mentally decorating our yard, looked at countless grills noting features we would love in our next one and noted the yard art that we would like to save our points and purchase!

But I was on a mission too. We were in desperate need of some more grill utensils and some fun, party atmosphere solar light products. Plus, we wanted to get some games and things that our guests could do while at one of our parties!

We found an abundance of creative and pretty solar light art and each girls got to pick one out. To that I added some beautiful color changing butterfly lights! My husband found some really great Craftsman grill utensils and I found the grill meat thermometer that I needed to get my grilled good cooked perfectly!

We also found some outdoor games and my husband picked up more darts for out board! We were all set!

As we checked out we talked to the cashier about Shop Your Way Rewards and shopping at Sears.com. He whipped out his company provided iPad and showed us even more neat things that can be done with the app. He even shared the fact that the app allows the store to email members products and comparisons right to their email. Cut your shopping down even more by having a store employee email you exactly what that store has! Very cool as it saves me time online and gas driving from store to store!

We got our loot home and put them out on the patio! We watched as the lights changed and looked so pretty and our little solar animals lit up at night. My husband “practiced” his grilling for a party coming up with his new tools (and it was a yummy chicken dinner too!) and we set up the games to try them out!

I think we are now ready now that #SearsPatio has helped us spruce up for our parties this summer! And we have points to help us get something else we need when we need it!

**I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™. #GrillingisHappiness #CBias #SocialFabric. All writings and opinions are 100% mine. Please see my Disclaimer/ Privacy Policy for more information.**

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We Had a BLAST at Our BBQ and Were Bug Free Thanks to Cutter #CutterSummer

Memorial Day is HERE and the 4th of July is right around the corner!  It is time to start planning those back yard BBQ’s!

Last weekend I invited my neighbors, my friends and anyone else that I could think of over for a good, old fashioned BBQ!  The sausage was on the grill, the chicken was ready to go and the burgers and hot dogs were prepped for the kids!

One thing I did not want to give my guests was bug bites!  You can see in my BBQ Prep post that the mosquitoes and insects in Texas are out of control!  And this year looks to be the worst ever!  So I needed to make sure no one left early because the bugs were munching on them!

Prior to the party we sprayed with the Cutter Backyard Bug Control Concentrate and the Cutter Backyard Bug Control Fogger and it was working like a charm!  But I am glad that I had the Cutter Natural Insect Repellent and the Cutter Natural Outdoor Fogger because as persistent as these bugs are here in Texas, we needed the extra protection.  Especially for our kids!

Check out this video below to see how incredibly easy the Concentrate is to use:

 
During the BBQ – which was a mix of laughter, good food and lots and lots of great conversation – I shared a few facts with my guests that they might not have known.  For instance, did you know that that the Backyard Concentrate and Fogger can protect for up to 8 weeks and can treat up to 5,000 sq ft?  In addition, the beautiful and stylish CitroGuard candles is the only EPA-registered citronella candles?  I also love that the new Cutter Dry formula uses a water-based, corn starch formula and leaves less residue for a light, clean feel on skin that lasts for hours!  Plus it is safe for family members ages 2 months and older!

See my fun BBQ here:

 
I also shared 5 Tips for Summer Fun from Dr. Gwenn, Cutter’s Resident Summer Fun Consutant:

- Stay Hydrated.  This may seem like a no brainer but, in reality, if you are thirsty you are already dehydrating!  So make sure there are lots of water cups and bottles around for you and your kids throughout the summer!

- Use Sunscreen.  So often we go out and run errands or do something and I forget the sunscreen.  Even if it is a quick trip outdoors, it is important to protect your skin and your kids too! Carry convenient sunscreens in your car too!

- Wear Helmets.  My kids think I am a big pain in their ear because I tell them they have to wear a helmet on their bikes and scooters.  But I bet I would not be a pain when they are in the hospital room with a head injury!  So my whole family wears them to prevent such an event!

- Be on the Look Out.  Watch your kids around water and around summer traffic in your neighborhood.  No one wants their summer fun ruined by an accident that could have been prevented!

- Remember Repellent.  Bugs can cause illnesses.  The best way to protect is to use the right repellent for your family.  Cutter has something for everyone and every yard!  Check out the entire Cutter Insect Repellent line!

And I can tell you, the stuff works!  There were a few bites in the beginning but by the time everyone was sprayed and the candle was lit, there were no bug irritations!  It even worked on the people who were riding the unicycle.

Yes. Unicycle.  Now that was some crazy Texas BBQ fun!

I’ll be back soon with my Cutter BBQ wrap up to tell you more about their product line and why it is so important to protect your whole family!  I know all of my guests appreciated that I had it on hand at my Summer BBQ!

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The Memorial Day BBQ Bash: $1000 in Prizes

First, let me say thank you to all our service men and women. I truly value your bravery and your service. And Memorial Day is a great time for remembering that there are soldiers that don’t make it home. They and their family made the ultimate sacrifice to protect OUR freedom and to give freedom to those who are under oppression.

One of our favorite things to do during the Memorial Day Holiday is BBQ!  With friends, family and anyone else who wants to come celebrate!

With that said, let me kick off an awesome giveaway that me and 22 other bloggers put together. We are celebrating by giving away 4 awesome prizes. One of each of these will be given away:

There will be 1 winner for each prize…so 4 winners in total.

The giveaway is live NOW and will end at 11:59pm EST on 5/29.

Here is what you need to do to enter:

  1. Like all the below sponsors on Facebook
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Good Luck!

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The winners will be notified by 5/31. If you see your name on a winner’s list and haven’t received an email by 5/31, please send me an email so that I can get your prize info to you. Any prize left unclaimed after 6/2/12 may be forfeited, or another winner will be chosen at the discretion of MyCouponLady.

**I paid a small fee to participate in this amazing sweepstakes.  The text in this post is shared among the participants.  However, I have altered some text to make it my own.  My participation and opinions on this sweepstakes are my own.  Thank you for participating and good luck!**

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