Review Tuesday 4-1-2008

Happy April Fool's Day! Oddly enough, we haven't seen any tricks around here. I think the instigator, Gabriel, has just been too busy, and his back up team has been sick, so not much help there.

So, today's review is going to center around lots of stuff I found these past few weeks and a book series I found in August. I love new stuff. Today's website is Wellness 360. Today's product is "Hail to the Chief: The Presidential Election Game". Today's books are The Flyleaf Publishing books by Laura Appleton-Smith--Reading Series One.



Wellness 360: A few weeks ago, I signed up for Wellness 360 in order to get a CVS coupon. A couple weeks ago, I got an email from them saying that I could earn money by using their site. Remember, I only signed up to get that coupon. Now, I went on their website and started looking around. I entered some non-personal-personal information. I.E. I entered that my mother is still alive and my father died in his 50s of cancer. Etc. etc. etc. Then, I spent 3 days keeping track of the food I ate. This was quite interesting to me because I have NEVER counted calories before. This was very enlightening. Anyway, a couple days ago, I received an email telling me that I would be receiving a check in the amount of $5.99.

First of all, I thought I had to make $25 before they would send me a check. Secondly, what did I do to get that $5.99? Well, I can't figure out why they sent me that check, but I did get it in the mail on Saturday. I have, however, done extensive research on their website and think I know why they're paying me.

It seems that Wellness 360 provides statistical information to other companies. They "take out all the private stuff" in order to stay in accordance with HIPPA. So, I'm assuming that any information they're giving out is information my doctor is also giving out. (You thought your doctor was keeping that stuff private? tsk, tsk) So long as they're only giving statistical information out, I don't mind. In fact, I'll sign the whole family up.

HOWEVER, if you know of anything that is wrong with this whole thing (IE it sounds too good to be true), PLEASE let me know!

In the meantime, I'll continue keeping track of what I eat and start keeping track of my kiddo's diet as well. I don't mind. It only takes a couple minutes a day. And, if it pays me to do it, then all the better.


Hail to the Chief: The Presidential Election Game:

As you know, I went to a homeschool convention last week. This is one of the things I bought.

We played this game on Saturday. Wow, was it hard! We ended up teaming up with one kid and one adult on each team. We had a lot of fun and we are going to learn SOOOO much from this game. I never knew so much about the presidents. It is a lot of fun, and I recommend getting it for your family. Be sure to get the most up to date version, though.

Flyleaf Publishing: A Book to Remember series by Laura Appleton-Smith:

This series was recommended in the Well Trained Mind. It is an excellent phonics based book series. These are not easy books like the Bob Books, but are fully decodable with phonics. I liked them because the stories are nice and the pictures are wonderful.

My favorite book was Just a Box. Of course, it has a special place in my heart because of my own children's propensity to play with boxes.

So far as I know, you have to order these directly from the publisher and they ARE NOT CHEAP. For 5 soft cover books, the cost is $40. They could become classics in your home, though. If you have multiple children, or are planning to:), I recommend these books. Or, if you just have one child and don't mind spending extra money on books, I recommend these. OR, if you have a library that isn't waiting until its new building is built before adding new books to the system, I recommend recommending these to them!

Have a great week!