PB&J

I don't know what it is about gloomy weather that makes people want to curl up with a good book and a cup of hot cocoa. Call me strange, but for some reason, my cold-weather food is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. To me, there's nothing better than Squeezers® Creamy Peanut Butter (packet) with sweet grape jelly on wheat bread.

What makes PB&J so great? Well, I did a little research and found that the concept of PB&J dates back to the 1940s, when American soldiers were given peanut butter instead of meat in their rations. Soldiers added jelly to make their sandwiches flavorful. And, just like a spoon-full of peanut butter on the roof of your mouth, the sandwich stuck!

Satisfy your PB&J cravings with a 5% off coupon off Kraft® Grape Jelly - just use GRAPE5OFF at checkout. Coupon expires 11/30/07.

Emergency Ponchos: Truck Drivers' Best-Kept Secret

Travel sizes are convenient, portable, and sometimes just too cute to resist. (I'm sure we all know at least someone who loves all things small.) So, when Darlene of our Customer Service department told me about her husband and his adventures with Minimus.biz products, I knew that I had to spread the word.

Darlene's husband Pete is a truck driver and while driving long distances, he sometimes gets caught off guard with unexpected weather. Darlene had bought him some of our Emergency Ponchos, for those "just in case" situations. Pete thanked his wife, but figured he'd never have to use them and threw them in the glove compartment.

Recently, while Pete was driving through Arizona, he got caught in a monsoon (a short, but often heavy rain and thunderstorm), but had to get out and check one of the tires. He was dreading getting drenched, but remembered his ponchos. The ponchos came in handy - so handy that he excitedly called Darlene to let her know how thankful he was to have them.

Have any stories about how Minimus.biz products kept you dry, clean, healthy, prepared, etc? Send them my way to Whitney@Minimus.biz - maybe your story will be posted next!

Guest Blogger: Bob Calvert, Host of TalkingWithHeroes Radio Show

Here at Minimus.biz, we have a lot of friends. One of our friends is the host of radio show TalkingWithHeroes, Bob Calvert. We met Bob via our work with Soldiers' Angels (http://www.soldiersangels.org/) - a non-profit that supports the troops, regardless of feelings on the war. We sent him a variety of toiletries to use on his latest trip to Iraq, where he conducted interviews for his radio show.

Here's what Bob had to say about the portability and convenience of Minimus.biz products:

"Bob Calvert here, host of the TalkingWithHeroes talk show program. Thank you for the items that you sent to me to take to Iraq on our third trip here. I especially like the small one time use packets of shampoo, conditioner and the sun screen. This is much better than a large bottle.
Also the hand wipes, lotion, chapstick... it is really hot here at high as 120 degrees. The chapstick is definitely good.

All of the items are very beneficial. I can say now from first hand usage that your packages are very beneficial to our troops. My understanding is that a lot or most of the SoldiersAngels.Org packages come from Minimus.biz.

I want to say a special thanks to Patti and SoldiersAngels.Org for making this third trip to Iraq possible. Also thanks to SoldiersAngels.Org and Beth for organizing the blog set up where I am sending updates as often as possible. People can access that by going to http://www.blogger.com/www.talkingwithheroes.com then clicking on the TalkingWithHeroes BLOG Link.

Thank you again for all that you do for our troops."

Bob Calvert, Host

Troops love travel sizes - and we've made it easy to send them care packages with our pre-made Military Care Packages, which were designed by the troops in Iraq via Soldiers' Angels.