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I want to hear from you! Please post your replies below. Trust me, this will be well worth it! I have some amazing opportunities coming up! Have you ever thought about using a maid/house cleaning service? What would you expect out of a maid/house cleaning service? If you could have a maid/house cleaning service, what… [Continue Reading]
For anyone that knows me, you will know that I love to build things, tear things down, build up walls and most of all, home renovation. While I know my way around my power tools, there are a few things that need to be conquered with a good old fashioned screw driver. Alright, so I… [Continue Reading]
I am proud to say that I am a Shout Ambassador on behalf of Mom Central Consulting. In our home, we have stains galore! With hubby teaching and coaching, a little girl that loves to play in the mud and a son that brings home every stain known to man, we are always attempting to… [Continue Reading]
We are HUGE LeapFrog fans in our house. What is a better way to share our love for such fun learning products than to offer a fabulous giveaway for one lucky winner? Yup – I said it – one of EACH! We are giving away one of each. Click on each to read our reviews… [Continue Reading]
A few weeks ago, I was able to visit the Smucker’s Family for the second time. There, I was able to learn tips on how to create the perfect pie, how to make homemade ice cream without the mega expense of an ice cream maker as well as photographing your holiday creations. As I work… [Continue Reading]
What are you planning on gifting for the holidays? There are so many things that everyone asks for, but what if you were to gift something more personal and meaningful? What about the unique gift of art? What about a unique photo that you took of the family hanging in a really cool floating frame?… [Continue Reading]
Hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Before we know it, it will be Christmas, then the new years and a whole new year! With all the family get together s that are about to start, are you being conscious about your health? While most people think about the New Year as… [Continue Reading]
Every time I look around, there are babies being born or a friend has announced her pregnancy. Babies… babies everywhere! If you, or someone you know has a little one, get your camera ready to take some fun pictures of your little one next to your Arm & Hammer diaper pail and be ready to… [Continue Reading]
Does your son like trucks? Mine does! I have to say that not only does my son love trucks, so does my daughter. She may be a girly girl, but she loves to have some 4×4 fun with her brother. We had a chance to check out a playset that has shown to be hours… [Continue Reading]
I cannot believe that Halloween is just next weekend. There are some advantages to living in a small town. One advantage is the small town love that we get from Trick-or-Treating. There is less chaos and we have the ability to spend more one on one time with the people that are handing out treats… [Continue Reading]
We bought our home 3 years ago, and at that time, we never really thought about “What happens to our important papers if our house was to catch fire?” We started thinking about this recently with the West Texas fires and state wide fire ban about our valuables like the deed to our home, all… [Continue Reading]
When it comes to organizing my home, I like everything in its place. When it comes to my office, everything has to be in its place. I have a pretty nice size office that used to be used for nothing but storage for paint, tools, home repair needs and was once half of our laundry… [Continue Reading]
I think that every household needs a family movie night. We have our weekly family movie night with pizza, a movie and cuddles on the couch. This is our time to kick back, relax, and spend some time together after a busy week. This time of year is always busy around our house with the… [Continue Reading]
Did you know that the word ‘bacon’ dates back to the late 1500’s? I had no idea! We love bacon! I love cooking with bacon ranging from the typical breakfast meals (pancakes, eggs & of course bacon!) to bacon cheeseburgers grilled outside and even one of my ultimate favorites; Oscar Mayer’s Original Turkey Bacon. There… [Continue Reading]
Three words…. I. Love. Socks! Can you tell? What is a better way to wear socks, than mismatched? You may think I am weird, but mismatched is the new ‘in’. This is where LittleMisMatched comes in to help us. Aren’t they cute?? Even non-matching, they are the best! What I love about LittleMissMatched, is that… [Continue Reading]
There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about what to make for meals. I love to cook, but the usual things I make are getting boring. A while back, we bought Sara Lee Thin Style Buns. While these are more for buns for hamburgers, I have been using them for things… [Continue Reading]
As an adult, I have to say that I am very picky with my vegetables. Between my mega texture issue & fear of most vegetables in general, I just don’t take in enough vegetables for my daily intake of nutrients. Someone told me to try V8. Well, I have a phobia of that too. Weird,… [Continue Reading]
What woman doesn’t love jewelry? I travel quite a bit and I like to get my outfits lined up before I pack and organize the jewelry pieces that will go with each outfit. I had a chance to work with Overstock Silver to see what they had and how I could easily afford pieces to… [Continue Reading]
September 16th is National Play-Doh Day. PlayDoh.com features monthly play date themes, and September’s theme is pizza! I love pizza! I think my blood streams pizza sauce. LOL When we received the PLAY-DOH TWIRL ‘N TOP PIZZA SHOP Playset, my kids were excited to check it out. PLAY-DOH TWIRL ‘N TOP PIZZA SHOP Playset “Cook”… [Continue Reading]
Tucker started Kindergarten last week. It seems like just yesterday that he was born, and now, he’s in kindergarten?? With back to school comes all the things that he needs to get ready to go back to school like a new backpack, school supplies, clothes, shoes… the list goes on and on. On top of… [Continue Reading]
Today, my son turns 6 years old. We have dealt with bedwetting since he was potty trained, but we didn’t feel it was right to put him in training pants that felt like a diaper. I admit that we tried that and we started to see his potty training progress go backwards. He is too… [Continue Reading]
I have worked pretty darn hard over the last few months to lose 50 pounds and to maintain that weightloss. One thing that I firmly believe in is that you can lose weight while enjoying sweets. You don’t have to give everything up! The Skinny Cow you know and love now has NEW Candy that… [Continue Reading]
This may be summer time, but it is far from a summer vacation with baseball games, practices, sibling fights, and summer traveling. With as much as we travel, I am always looking for easy snacks to take on the go, but I want them to be unlike the traditional snack bags that you see a… [Continue Reading]
I travel a lot. There’s no doubt about that. One thing that I have considered to keep my luggage belongings safe is to get a lock for my suitcase, but we all know how strict the TSA has gotten. Why lock something when the airline security will just snap it off? Well, there is a… [Continue Reading]
I love my home to smell nice and always have a candle burning or a wall plug in for scented wax. Some of the candles I have bought, well, the smell just don’t seem to linger throughout the house the way I would like them to. I had the chance to check out a brand… [Continue Reading]
We are always on the go, no doubt about that. Some mornings, we will wake up and make a random trip to run a day of errands and running around. When we get ready for the day, I like to pack the kids a bag of water bottles and snacks. We had never tried Smucker’s®… [Continue Reading]
I was asked to host a ‘ Get Ready for Baby House Party’ sponsored by VTech. I was excited to take on this fun opportunity and to hang out with friends while our little ones play with some fun toys from VTech. We received: 3-in-1 Learning Zebra Scooter Peek At Me Bunny Submarine Learning Boat… [Continue Reading]
I live in a 1900 home, and in my kitchen comes lack of storage. I find myself de-cluttering quite often just to make sure I have room for all my containers, the lids, the sets and the mis-matched pieces that I have. I spend countless time trying to find dishes to cook in, dishes to… [Continue Reading]
I cannot tell you how much my family loves Lunchables. Not only do the kids love them for snacks, but my son loves to take one as his school lunch from time to time and I love to have one as a treat for myself and when we travel on long road trips, I pack… [Continue Reading]
When we moved in to our 1900 home almost 3 years ago, I knew I had my work cut out for me with updating it. I have turned in to quite the do it yourselfer. Doing updates to any home, regardless of the age of the home, it can get very costly, however there are… [Continue Reading]
When people are about to move to a new home, most times, the animals that they have also are about to make a life changing move in to a new location. This can become stressful for the pet. I have two kitties that we share our home with. They run anywhere that they want, but… [Continue Reading]
Twitter parties are fun, but even more fun when it’s a Twitter Fitness Party! Tonight, Subway and Mamavation are bringing the fun to a computer near you! SUBWAY invites you to a Twitter Fitness Party on Tuesday, May 10th at 8:00pm EST/7:00pm CST—where the discussions will be all things fitness. They want to hear about… [Continue Reading]
Any chance I get, I like to pay it forward. Coming up in the next couple of weeks, I will be having a yard sale in which the money raised will be used towards fencing in our yard for the kids, but I will also be donating part of the earnings to a local animal… [Continue Reading]
I travel quite a bit for my blog, media events and for family events. I used to carry around a camera bag, diaper bag, a purse and another bag that had some things in it for the kids. Really, 4 bags just for going to run errands? Sounds crazy, but yes. When I travel for… [Continue Reading]
What are you getting your mother, step-mother, grandmother or mother figure in your life? I have been thinking about this for a while. I, myself, love gifts that you are able to add a custom touch to it. I was able to work with Things Remembered to check out the beautiful Leaves & Vines Perfume… [Continue Reading]
On April 15th, I flew to New Orleans for Mom 2.0 Summit (Blog Conference) on behalf of Merry Maids. I cannot begin to tell you how excited I was to be in attendance and to meet with Merry Maids!! (More to come on Mom 2.0 & more amazing stories from my time with Merry Maids!)… [Continue Reading]
I cannot tell you how much we love breakfast for any meals, including dinner. With these meals, we have to have our turkey bacon, eggs and of course pancakes & waffles. It seems that the dinosaurs in our house like waffles especially. Just this month, Log Cabin made a major announcement that a long-time favorite… [Continue Reading]
Of all the things that my kids have, and that I have, one of our favorites has to be Pillow Pets. If you haven’t seen these yet, you are truly missing out! We had the chance to see a new Pillow Pet that we haven’t seen before. I have to show you some fun Pillow… [Continue Reading]
With the weather turning nice enough to go outside for walks, one thing that I was dreading was pulling out the stroller or the wagon to tote the kids in for walks. While pulling the kids in the wagon is good exercise, it gets tiring after a short while. When Kambry was a baby, I… [Continue Reading]
Recently, I saw a commercial for a movie that was being released soon and I thought it would be something fun that the kids would really get in to. They love action packed animated movies that are filled with fun and energy. Arthur (Freddie Highmore) is back in action in two new full-length movies hitting… [Continue Reading]
How do you keep your earrings and necklaces organized? I will admit, shamefully, that my jewelry box looks like this. Yup. That’s mine. I have had this jewelry box for a few years and it has been through a few moves and frankly, I got tired of untangling everything over and over. When I travel… [Continue Reading]
I travel a lot. This ranges anywhere from an 80 mile trip to get groceries, run errands and to buy in bulk, 5 hour family travels, to airport traveling for bloggy events where I am rushing to get to the next gate, meanwhile I want to know who is texting, messaging or emailing me without… [Continue Reading]
I travel quite a bit for my blog. When I am at an event, I always tweet, Facebook, Blog, work on emails and keep in touch with my family while I am gone, so my iPhone is always in my hand. What is a better way to promote your brand, your business and your blog… [Continue Reading]
My kids are 3 1/2 and 5 1/2. They love when I’m serving meals at our house because I like to serve the kids their food on fun plates. I had the chance to work with a company that creates fun & personalized plates for kids. About Cosmic Bebe:personalized melamine plates and dinnerware make unique… [Continue Reading]
When I go on trips for blog events and conferences, I like to wear something that tells other bloggers & companies who I am. JustJen has the cutest custom hoodies and rhinestone t-shirts! There are so many options that you can choose from JustJen ranging from personalized tees, aprons, and even fun bridal bikini’s for… [Continue Reading]
I have been a part of the Ralph Lauren Mombassador program for a few months now through Mom Central and I am really excited to share with you Children’s Create Your Own (CYO) Polo shirts from Ralph Lauren. The Create Your Own collection offers a wide variety of color combinations, different embroideries, and five unique… [Continue Reading]
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