They are finally here... Facebook Reaction buttons are official as of Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Though the "Dislike" option is nowhere to be found. I am sure that will not make some people as excited over this as they should. Oh well... folks will just have to get over it because we do get an "Angry" reaction. I am really loving the change so far. I have tested it out on my laptop browser and it is now live on my iPhone too. I have not checked my android phone yet but I am sure we will see it soon if not.  I had to do a double check earlier when I first noticed it. I wasn't sure what was going on since I had not heard anything about Facebook reactions yet. I heard months ago that something like this was coming but not when it was coming.

It is really simple to use.  The "Like" button is here to stay and all you need to do is just click on it... If you want to use the new reactions to express more than just a boring old "like" Then all you do is just hover over the "Like" button and it will open a little popup to show your new alternatives. When you are on your phone and in the app you just press down on the LIKE button and the little menu pops up! Also instead of tallying “likes” on a post, Facebook will now calculate the reaction count and display the icons of the buttons most pressed. It might sound a little confusing at first but with everything new there is a learning curve.

[[ According to Facebook News Feed engineering manager Tom Alison, these new buttons were created after the site’s founder Mark Zuckerberg told his team: “I want to really make it easy for people to give other types of feedback than the Like button in News Feed.” ]]

When your way too busy to use the new reactions.

When you find a status that you LOVE more than Like and you want to show it some love.

When you see something so sad and you cant bring yourself to "Like" it. Well Facebook has solved that problem too! Thanks guys!

Last but not least...

When you see something that makes you angry! Now you have a way to express that anger.

So what do you all think? Do you think Facebook made a good move by introducing these 5 new reactions and leaving Dislike out? I wonder why they dissed the Dislike? I think it is a odd move since the Like button is something that is synonymous to Facebook. I am not complaining though. I personally can do with out the dislike button. These new reactions are going to be a ton of fun don't you think?

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Please visit my new website and show it some love.

The current giveaway I am running can be entered at both websites and I have another childrens book giveaway coming soon too!

I am a little nuts when it comes to protecting my phones. I have broke and cracked many a phones by being irresponsible and not putting a case or screen protector on them. Several years ago I went through 3 Google Nexus 5's within a year. Each time was a horrible accident in my opinion lol… Considering I treat my phone as if it was an extension of my self I was heartbroken every time. The first time I just did not have to money to invest in a case but the next two times I did but I was on the hunt for the cutest case ever. BIG MISTAKE YALL! Each time I thought I would be alright for a couple weeks… I ended up with a cracked and busted phone.  After the third time I said NEVER AGAIN. So nowadays I wont even use a phone with out protecting it first. I like NICE high end phones so I feel that my phone is an investment. In the line of business I am in now it truly is! So you always want to protect your investments in whatever way you can.

As you all know I do Amazon product reviews and I end up with a lot of stuff. A lot of people ask me if they can buy a phone case, screen protector, or other misc things I have. Since I got it for free or deeply discounted I can not turn around and sale it. I am not 100% certain that it's against Amazon's TOS but I know the Amazon sellers do not appreciate it. Plus it is morally wrong anyways. So what do I do? Why GIVE IT A WAY of course! This past Christmas I brought 2 big boxes with me to my husband's family's annual Christmas Eve get together. I let everyone have at it and get what they wanted. Hope you all are happy by the way lol! :) There WILL be more this year family!

Anyways… Since my box is filling up again pretty fast I have decided to host a giveaway for you all.

So today I am giving you all a chance to get a phone case and tempered glass screen protector. The giveaway will run for a month and there will be two winners. I set the default prizes up as iPhone 6/6s and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and the matching tempered glass screen protectors to go with it. BUT if whoever wins does not have one of the two then they need to let me know what kind of phone they have and I will go in my box and I will see what I have for them.  I can't make any promises that I will have the particular phone case AND a screen protector to go with it though. If I do not… you still get your pick between what I do have available.

I hope you all enjoy this giveaway I have set up for you and I look forward to having more of these for you all in the upcoming weeks.

Official Rules

"You must be 18 years or older to enter and be from the United States. This giveaway is not sponsored by a brand, business, or outside source. It is being hosted by ItsApril.Net. The duration of the giveaway will be from 1/27/2016 to 2/27/2016. Estimated retail price of prizes valued at $40. There will be 2 winners that will be picked from Random.Org and will be subject to verification. 

Hello everyone! I will be leaving this post up until February 12th, 2016 but after that date I will be taking it down. So sign up to my special newsletter NOW while you can. This special newsletter will be filled with tips, tricks, and all of my secrets as to how I do what I do! I have been working on this for about 2 months now and it is almost ready to be sent out. The first issue will be sent on February 14, 2016 and the issues will resent until I open sign ups back up again. 

You do not understand how many messages I get everyday asking me how people can also get free or discounted things for review. I spend about 2 hours a day explaining it all just to get the same questions again and again and again. I do not have the time anymore to explain it to each and every one of you. I wish I could but I cant. I have been putting a lot of time in to that and I can not do it anymore. It may seem that this is not true since I have not got to you yet but I have been getting messages about this for the past 9 months since I started winning contest, earning gift cards by surveys, reviewing, etc.. I have so many of you always asking how I am doing all of this and I am seriously backed up in inbox! I am trying to get to everyone but it is becoming impossible. I have spent the past year working my tail off.. tracking down the best sites, finding out what was a scam and what was not. What works and what doesn’t. Learning about twitter and doing twitter parties… Earning gift cards doing surveys, passive earning sites. It has been a lot of work. I do not know everything yet of course but I am constantly working towards figuring it all out. I want to help you all. I believe there are enough opportunities out there for each one of us.

My resolution this year is to focus more of myself, my goals, and my dreams. I want to build a career out of blogging. Call me crazy… but it is possible! I am getting opportunities now that I can soon move away from Amazon reviews, freebies, samples, and on to hosting giveaways, twitter parties, blog tours for New York Times best selling Authors (SO COOL) and bigger campaigns for well known brands. I want to be hitting 10K UMV's by this time next year but I will need everyone's help in doing that. I want to give you all opportunities through my blog and through my newsletter that no one else will have access to. That’s what I want and I believe it is possible. It will take a lot of hard work and dedication though.

So once again... SIGN UP TO THIS NEWSLETTER WHILE YOU CAN! After the time frame passes I am shutting it down... I will not open it back up for awhile. I love you all and I want to help each one of you do everything I have been doing.

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April

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Taryn and Susan… THANK YOU LADIES… You both have successfully signed up. You two ladies are the only 2 our of about 50 people who have asked me about this lol. So be on the look out in your inbox.