Freschetta Simply Inspired REVIEW and GIVEAWAY!

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

MY REVIEW:
FRESCHETTA sent me a coupon to purchase a pizza for this review. You would think this would be an easy task, but it was difficult to choose just one pizza to buy as there are eight distinctive flavor varieties of FRESCHETTA® Simply Inspired pizzas to choose from. They have a Harvest Supreme, Classic Bruschetta, Hawaiian Style, Chicken Bianco, Farmers Market Veggie, Rustic Pepperoni Pomodoro, Southern BBQ Recipe Chicken, and Tuscan Farmhouse. I had to go with the Farmers Market Veggie.
FRESCHETTA® Simply Inspired Farmers Market Veggie
 The ingredients are; marinated and roasted portabella mushrooms, roasted red onion and zucchini, rough-cut tomatoes that come together with mozzarella and a red sauce with basil for a flavor fresh from the market.
 The FRESH-TASTE SEAL packaging locks in the vibrant flavors, while using 30% less packaging material. I do have to say that it was nice not to have such a huge box in my recycle bin on garbage day. I really dislike big pizza boxes as I think they are a huge waste.

I am not a huge pizza fan so I was skeptical but was excited they had a thin crust option so it was not so heavy and greasy. The vegetables were so god and the seasonings they put on them were very tasty too. I also loved that there was just enough cheese on it and not so much that’s all the pizza tasted like greasy cheese. I dislike pizzas that are over-loaded with a greasy cheese taste and this had so many great flavors on it, it was very satisfying.

This is what it looks like when it is cooked.
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 Now you are probably wondering, why would Tawna, promote a pizza, seeing that she is on a weight loss journey. Well the simple fact is that we cannot cut everything out of our diet 100% of the time and the fact of the matter is that we need to treat ourselves every now and then to some foods that we may not want to eat every day.  The calories, when compared to some other well know pizza companies (not going to put the companies names here, but I did do some research on some well-known pizza companies for comparison) and FRESCHETTA Simply Inspired Farmers market Veggie has less calories plus the vegetables are also healthier then some other frozen pizzas. Therefore, when I decide to have a “cheat day” then this pizza does not make me feel too bad.
GIVEAWAY TIME!
Ships to US anad Canada Only!

Freschetta has offered to send ONE lovely reader a pizza coupon for A FREE FRESCHETTA simply inspired pizza (maximum value of $8.49) AND a round bamboo cutting board. I took a picture for you and attached it below, check it out! They sent me a cutting board too and it is cute and awesome! I cannot wait to display the cutting board with all the little tools at my next get together.
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Giveaway ENDS Sunday May 15, 2011 at 11:59pm

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Can I just say DUHHHH?

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Feel free to call me blond, I can handle it (I do have some highlights).

I have one more week of P90X. I kept saying in my head 12 weeks! NO 13 weeks! I have a recovery week this week. I know, I know, I can literally be absent minded sometimes and this is one of those times!
 I kept saying that April 30th was P90X graduation day for me but I have to wait til the following Saturday which is May 7th! I guess I should have looked at my Beachbody calendar, where I have all my workouts stored instead of my hand written calendar because I forgot to write down week 13!

Have a good day everyone! I will post my pics and measurements after May 7 now!

Peace!

Tawna

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Why I FEAR grasshoopprs, BIG TIME!

This is a bug post for the blog 5minutesfor mom to enter to win a gift card. This story always gives me goose bumps to tell to others!
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I have a fear or grasshoppers because of this incident when I was about 7 or 8 years old (I am 39 now, so it was a long time ago).

I was playing outside in the springtime and had a long sleeve sweater on. I cam in fro lunch and took the sweater off and threw it by the back door. After lunch, I put the sweater back on and there was something jumping up and down in my sleeve and I was FREAKING out! I was jumping up and down and screaming and it was everything my Mom could do to get that sweater off me. I was crying and she got it off and out jumped a GRASS HOPPER! It scared me to death. I would not go outside after that for the rest of the day. Just relating the story now gives me chills. I really do not like grasshoppers to this day at all!

Even the picture I found on photobuket gives me the heebie jeebies to look at. I HATE them!

What is your freaky bug story!

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Insurance update

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OK so remember when I posted that the insurance company denied my surgery which was about $52,000 and they were actually trying to get my doctors office to send them a refund? Well….I got a call today. It went to voicemail as I do not answer any 800, 877 or 866 numbers due to all the telemarketers that can call your stinking cell phones now (yes I am on the do not call list but they still call).
 Anyway, the voicemail said “this message is for Tawna, this is your insurance company calling about the incident you called about last week, we want you to know that your owing balance is ZERO!” This is me (picture a jaw drop to the ground and the dumb look on my face. I thought I had to pay 20%? I am not going to argue. I guess I reached my out of pocket, I don’t really care but they paid!!! Whihoo! So glad it worked out!!

Have a great day everyone!

Tawna

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A quick thought/prayer to the Universe!

OK Universe, I need $500 today or a free plane ticket offer for this weekend! I am putting it all out there! Clear the doubt in my mind, I  deserve this and it is OK for me to want this!

I am sure there is some unclaimed money in my name out there somewhere. Where is Oprah when you need her?!!!!!
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How about a simple HELLO Today?!!


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I am trying to think o something inspiring to write about today and for the first time in a long time, I just can’t get my brain to think!

Hmmm…I am sore, but that is good because it is from working out. I am happy and  the sun is finally out. I am just having a day where I guess I just need to say…..hello to all my readers! Hence the hello kitty image today just for fun!
I am glad you come by and visit here every day, or every other day, or whenever you stop by!
I am dong well with my weight loss goals and my behavior change goals so I can keep the weight off!

I hope you will come back when I have something more fun to say!

Have a wonderful Thursday!

Tawna

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Cleaning and Clearing is the” KEY” but difficult! I CAN DO IT!

If you are a active reader of my blog you will now that I contribute most of my success to one mane..Joe Vitale. He was in the Secret Documentary and it was his DVD set that really inspired me to make my changes. If you are new here then please checkout past posts about him.

Joe talks about a cleaning and clearing step that helps us focus on what we want and if can get the doubt out then we will get what we want.

Doubt is a very hard thing to overcome and probably my hardest. I have been doing this for awhile and as you know i have not received everything I want yet, so I am still a work in progress.

The awesome thing is that I have shown time and time again that he law of attraction does work but I still doubt myself. Why do we let ourselves doubt so much?!

Joe says that clearing interference will block you with in yourself and this causes you to be unclear. An example he uses is if you can say something like “What I want is on its way to me, it just has not arrived yet, without hesitation and doubt then you are not unconsciously block and you are clear to get what you want.

Wow, this is so true.

How many times do we say things like “I will make it big some day,” and in the same breath, we say “well that is wishful thinking isn’t it?” So we get the point for a minute when we say what we want and then immediately we block it. So of course it will not come true.

This is something I argue with my husband about a lot. He is constantly saying “we will never have money or a bigger house again.” I keep saying “if you say it like that then we won’t, quit being negative!” He has gotten better. The hardest part about it is that when people around us are constantly saying negative things, even when we are trying to stay positive, it can waterfall into our head, and it makes this whole positive thinking journey that much harder.

I encourage all of you, including myself, to clear the negative out and make those around you clear it out too. Let’ all get what we want out of life OK!!

Have a great day everyone!

Tawna

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Do you watch TV episodes online?


Here is a random thought today.

So I watch some TV episodes online because we do not have cable, DISH etc or a DVR so there are a handful of things I like to watch online.

When you choose to watch something online you have the option of watching it in the normal Internet window or you can make it full screen. Full screen is definitely the better choice.
For some reason ABC thinks they need to flip it from full screen to the regular screen during commercials and every time the commercial is over you have to take the mouse and click full screen again.

So why do I blog about this…well…we have out computer hooked up to our big screen TV so this drives me nuts! I may be sitting with my kids, cuddling etc and I have to move myself to adjust it to full screen. Now there are other stations that do not do this and I really appreciate it. One of them is NBC. If I chose full screen from the beginning with NBC then it stays there the whole stinking time. ABC I love you but get a clue please!

K, thanks for listening today. I know this is really not a big deal but it does bug me and I had to share!!

Peace!
Tawna

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