Some Title About Voting

IMG_1222So another Tuesday is making its big debut in just a few days. Normally there isn’t much excitement about Tuesdays unless there’s a World Series game playing. Except every four years we have a Tuesday that is significantly more important than any other Tuesday of the year. We get to pick a President. Think and say what you want about the nominees this year. I have my opinions about them, but one thing I have always believed is that you do not talk about politics or religion in public or at the dinner table. You never know who you might offend. So, that is one thing that I have desperately tried to do this election season. I have kept my mouth shut pretty much the whole time. I haven’t posted any comments trying to defend one candidate over another, nor have I written any posts here on this site about the upcoming election. Aside from this post, I still don’t plan on it.

The reason for this post is to just to say that I have read hundreds of posts and comments. I have watched the videos and investigated the memes. I have seen the name calling and the mud slinging. It’s kind of crazy. I don’t care if you support Hillary or Trump. I am not concerned about why you choose one person over the other. I still think you’re awesome.

People say that politics can bring out the worst in some people. Maybe they are right. But that doesn’t bother me. It just shows that you are passionate about something. I am passionate about stuff too, just not politics. I have my opinions about what could be done better, what is wrong, and what is right, but I keep it to myself and with a few private friends.

I just want my readers to know that no matter the outcome, I think you are still awesome. Win or lose, you rock. You did your job as a citizen and voted.

Getting Ready for Christmas with 1byOne

IMG_6815A few months ago I reviewed 1byOne’s laser garden light. It is an awesome product that will definitely help light up my house this Christmas. 1byOne sent over their other laser garden light to see how well this St. Louis Dad likes it.

Upon arrival I checked out the box and the features listed. This particular laser garden light has an included remote control so you can easily change the settings without having the touch the actual device. There are a variety of settings that allow you to change how the garden light works. My favorite setting is the ability to fade in and out either the red or green colors.

Unlike the previous garden light I reviewed this garden light’s green color is not Christmas trees. It is instead green dots. I really like the green and red dots. I think they keep the pattern nice and clean with the possibility to use the light for other types of events instead of only for Christmas.

IMG_6814The kids love both of these garden lights with how easily you can light up a room with a crazy light show in just seconds. Both of these 1byOne garden lights are available on Amazon and I highly suggest checking them out. Don’t waste your time hanging lights when you can easily shine thousands of beautifully colored lights on your house in a matter of seconds.

You can purchase a 1byone remote controlled laser garden light at Amazon or Amazon UK. Also be sure to follow all of 1byOne’s social media accounts to stay up to date on their latest product offerings as well as other cool info!

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1byone.com provided St. Louis Dad with this product as compensation in exchange for an honest review. Please visit 1byone.com for more awesome products that can help make your life better!

Another 1byOne laser garden light review coming soon to St. Louis Dad! #1byone #review #laserlight #christmas

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Learning All About Disappointment at Target

IMG_6670Now that Halloween has settled down and the candy bowl has started down a path of depletion, I wanted to take a moment to write about something that happened over the weekend that I thought was a good life lesson for my kids.

This past weekend, Target had a Saturday Spooktacular event. Where kids can get a free Shopkins or Grossery Gang Trick or Treat bag for all the giveaway goodies that were being handed out through-out the store. I had an hour to do something with the kids before we had to go to a wedding shower. Target is only a few minutes away from our house. So I loaded up the kiddos into the car and gave them the run down of what we were doing. I told them how important it was for them to be on their best behavior and all of that good stuff.

When we arrived at Target and entered the store there was only one family in line in front of us to pick up their Trick or Treat bag. I could see that there were only two bags left on the table and that the two kids in front of us were going to get them. I thought maybe they had a few extra bags that weren’t set out but I was wrong. The clerk was sorry that they had ran out of bags so fast but my kids could still have a piece of candy if they wanted.

shopkins-targetMy son really didn’t care, he is still little enough to where he can get past disappointment fairly quickly. My daughter however, she really wanted a Shopkins trick or treat bag. I had actually just told her “no” on a Shopkins bag the day before at the Halloween store. So I felt bad that we didn’t get the bag at Target but I also knew that free stuff can go fast, so I explained to my daughter that sometimes we don’t get the things that we want and we may need to pick something else. I told her that we can pick out a different Trick or Treat bag and I would pay for it. So we headed down the aisle to the Halloween stuff and we could not find any canvas bags for candy at all. There were plenty of pumpkin buckets but that’s not enough room for candy!

So instead of a bag we just got a couple of coloring books, some tattoos, and a few pieces of candy and went home. We learned a lot about disappointment that day, and while it’s not Target’s fault for running out of their cool Shopkins bags, I did hear from a friend that went earlier that morning that she seen several parents grabbing a bag for their kids that were not even with them. It’s not my business but I do think that is a little unfair for the kids that did actually go with their mom or dad so they could get a bag… Might I suggest not giving freebies away to adults when they don’t have a child present with them.

Anyways, it’s just a bag, the kids have already gotten over it and filled a different bag that we picked up from a different store with a few hundred pieces of candy. I’m just happy that all I had to deal with was a little boy crawling on Target’s tile floor like a snake and I didn’t have to deal with my kids having a meltdown in the middle of Target.