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Produce for Kids® is launching its annual Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign with 16 major supermarket chains across the country, including Connecticut Stop & Shop stores, to help raise money for local children’s cancer research. Launched May 4, 2012, shoppers like us can support local children’s cancer research programs and get healthy at the same time. Thanks to the [...]
One size fits all. Probably not. One size fits most? I will admit, I had my doubts. Sure, Jessica Simpson can wear things while eleventy billion weeks pregnant that I won’t fit into um, ever…but SNUG Camisoles say that they are a one size fits most product line. So I decided to try. Guess what? [...]
I have chapped lips in perpetuity. (I’ve been wanting to use that phrase for a really long time, and look! I did it!) It makes me crazy. I’m forever trying new lip products in hopes that THIS ONE will be the miracle worker. None are. It isn’t just my lips- most of my body has [...]
American Girl introduces “Read-a-palooza!” this summer! This summer, American Girl is inviting girls and moms to discover the joy of reading while helping a great cause! Read-a-palooza provides girls with fun activities and incentives to inspire them to keep their reading skills sharp and encourage engagement in a variety of different literacy activities! In addition, Read-a-palooza will be contributing to Save the Children [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me and Happy Mother’s Day to EVERY mom out there!! To celebrate I decided to take part in a huge giveaway, a fabulous giveaway, and spoil someone very lucky VERY rotten!! **Powered by Madame Deals and Slop Swap** Along with our hosts: Go Momma Coupons This Mama Loves Her Bargains Dixie Lands [...]
Did you know that the headwaters of the Everglades are way up in Kissimmee, Florida? Did you know that Lake Toho, which is in Kissimmee, has the largest concentration of bald eagle nests in the continental US? Kissimmee has a lot of really amazing attractions for visitors to the area (locals too!). Yes, there are [...]
Last month I went to Florida for the#DisneyGlobalEvent. We did so many wonderful activities on this trip- which you can check out in these posts: Boggy Creek Airboat Rides and Florida EcoSafaris but I think the best part of the trip for me was coming home at the end of fun, long, exhausting days to a home. [...]
Do you love celebrities? Do you love the EMMY awards? You’re going to LOVE THIS CONTEST!! I know lots of my readers love to dish on celebs, who doesn’t? This is your chance to hang WITH them in LA!! I hope one of you wins!! “ET’s Hanging with the Stars Sweepstakes“ Launch: Thursday, April [...]
We are in the age of electronics and technology. Love it or hate it, it’s part of our lives. We can embrace it, moderate it, or try to keep it at bay, but the chances are, living in this era, our kids will be “hooked up” to something, at some point. My feeling is, as [...]
This is “my” week, friends. My birthday week AND Mother’s Day week. Lots of celebratory events, right? Given this, and the fact that I love fresh flowers, I was excited to get “Mama Paws” from 1800Flowers.com this past week. I love it. Cute and whimsical, and my whole kitchen smells fresh and, well, flowery! Flowers [...]
