Review : Doodle Speaker!

Back in October I entered a giveaway that ASHLEY P. & ASHLEY B. came together and offered. It was for a Doodle Speaker and custom design by Ashley B.

I was very surprised to find out that I won. I NEVER win ANYTHING! Over in the shop, Ashley had many to choose from and all were so cute, I couldn't just choose one. But sadly, I had to. You could choose designs with your initials, your name, and even with your own picture.



The shipping was super fast! I actually had forgotten to keep a watchful eye out and it almost got thrown in the trash (I guess I can blame the UPS guy for that one, thanks for setting it in a non-noticeable place right next to my trash cans!) When it arrived, I was literally fighting my husband for it. He just HAD to try it before I did. Before he snagged it, I did see that you had the option of powering it up by battery or by usb cord. That was very convenient considering I rarely have batteries. And the design was too cute to boot! Exactly what I saw online while ordering, right down to the shade of purple!

Now I did not know what to expect on the actual speaker, to be honest. When I hooked it all up I seriously was blown away. My iPod isn't all that loud and this speaker was what I was planning on using to "enhance" my music/videos. You could hear it loud and clear from the living room to my room across the house. Instantly I fell in love. Have a listen for yourself! (I apologize for all the moving)



All in all I absolutely love love love this! It's personalized, compact and the sound is incredible. Definitely a great gift for anybody.

Go check them out over at Ashley's (fancy-designs.net) Zazzle shop along with her iPhone cases, announcements and much more!

Thank you to Ashley(x2) for a great product.

Fax Zero

I had to come over, real quick and post about this awesome service.

Just last month, I sent a 14 page fax in hopes of renewing a service I had. Over at my local copy store, I paid almost 15 dollars, and this didn't include the copies I had to make for everything to go through the fax machine. Well the next day when I called to verify that they received the fax, they didn't. Well lovely ol me had cleaned out my purse the night before and trashed the receipt AND confirmation page, so when I went back, I had to pay yet another 15 dollars. The 2nd time's a charm, in this case, I guess.

Well Friday I had made a switch with my power company and they offered a waiver of my deposit, only if I showed proof of a certain document. The guy said I needed to fax it over. The thought of loading up all 4 kids, driving to my nearest copy store - at least 15 minutes away - and paying money I didn't have, was not appealing. I even asked if there was anyway I could email a copy of it. He told me no, but I was not going to pay that big deposit.

I had heard about faxing services online, but was very skeptical. To me it didn't seem like something I wanted to trust sending my documents with but I was kind of desperate.

I scanned it and sent it on Saturday, I got an email SAYING it was sent, but I was still weary. Early this morning I got a call, stating they received the document, but it wasn't the one they needed. So I faxed the one that would suit them and about an hour later, they called me back and said my deposit was waived and I would have my service connected on the 29th.

I seriously did a little happy dance!



This place is what I need! Although, to send it free, the max is 3 pages and they place an ad on the cover page .. I really wouldn't mind at all. If you need to send more than 3 (less than 15), they charge like 1.99! That is not bad at all! I love this place, and hope you can find some use out of it as well.