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We said good-bye to our Chevy Malibu today. It was sad faces all around.
We really did enjoy our month with the Malibu. If you are thinking of purchasing one or just have questions about the car in general, please feel free to ask and I’ll do my best to answer based on our experience with it.
Thank you again to Chevy for partnering with me in the Gotta Love Chevy NEO campaign.
Did you know that September is National Coupon Month?
In honor of National Coupon Month, I’d like to introduce you to MySavings.com, an online community whose goal is to connect consumers and offer a place to share money saving tips and offers.
What makes this site different from the hundreds of other coupon communities out there is the ability to leave comments for each item. This way you know ahead of time the experience others have had with the coupon or free sample through their comments. Not only that, but members can rate each item on a scale of 1-5 stars as well, which will give you a better idea of the quality of each offer.
When visiting MySavings.com be sure to leave yourself some time to get lost in the site. The extensive directory of Free Samples is addictive and is full of great offers. You can scroll through the samples by using the categories listed on the left-hand side which include Automotive, Baby, Kids & Mom, Food & Cooking, Magazines, Office Supplies and more. You can also use the tab at the top to find New Free Samples or to view the MySavings.com Favorites.
We were doing so well this year with our garden. I even bragged about it in The Secret to a Beautiful Summer Garden.
I should know better.
Our two zucchini plants were growing beautifully and were producing a large zucchini once a week or so. The leaves though, had gotten so big they were growing out over the other plants. Our cucumbers weren’t turning green because of all the shade and the zucchini leaves were starting to droop into the driveway.
So I cut them back.
Now they look like this:
Whoever built our house felt it unnecessary to put vents in all of the rooms. When we bought the house we didn’t think it was a big deal because our plan was to move before we had children. 7 years later we are still here.
Since some of the rooms don’t have vents they obviously get very hot or very cold. This leads to Kora and Logan sharing a room most months out of the year.
When they were younger it wasn’t a problem because they went to bed at different times and therefore fell asleep quickly. Not true any more.
Kora & Logan love everything Toy Story, except the actual movies. They’ve seen the first and second movies and while they try their best to like them, Logan always ends up scared and Kora always cries. Our children are incredibly over-sensitive when it comes to Disney movies. I have no idea where they got it from. Ahem…
You would think their reactions to the movies would mean they want nothing to do with Toy Story at all, however it’s just the opposite. Whenever we are shopping they pounce on anything Toy Story related, they enjoy coloring pictures of the characters, and they are always asking for the Toys Story toys to be added to their Christmas list.
We recently had the opportunity to review some of the Toy Story 3 Action Figure Buddy Packs and they were an instant hit. The action figures are 2 inches high and each Buddy Pack pairs a character with a favorite buddy or arch rival. To add to the fun, some of them even have moving parts.
As I’m sure is common with most parents these days, thanks to digital cameras we have tons of photos and videos of the kids. It seems we add more images and movies to our computer every day and as the computer gets overloaded it starts to run slower and slower. Soon we’ve eaten up all of our memory and our desktop has essentially become a digital photo frame. We can’t do much else on it but look at all those pictures and videos which, while it’s fun, is obviously frustrating as well.
To solve our problem we turned to the Hitachi LifeStudio Mobile Plus External Hard Drive.
Some of the features of the Mobile Plus that interested us include:
I’m really excited to announce that this Sunday, August 29th at 8 pm, I’ll be on Mom Talk Radio for the Mom’s Roundtable!
Myself, mom blogger- Kelly, and Maria Bailey will be discussing raising 2 children under the age of 2. We will be sharing our experiences having 2 under 2 and offering hope to those out there currently in the midst of it. Maria actually had 3 under 20 months! Can you believe it?! She says she made it through and now her children are best friends in their teen years and it was well worth it.
So tune in Sunday at 8 pm on Mom Talk Radio to hear more about our lives with 2 under 2.
Also, if you have, or are expecting, 2 under 2 or know someone who is, come on over to my Cafe Mom Group – 2 Under 2. There you will find nearly 700 moms in the same situation who are looking to each other for advice, tips, and tricks for those closely spaced siblings. The group is always open to new members and we would love to have you and help if we can.
I’m also happy to say that I’m quoted in the September issue of Redbook! The section I’m in addresses Pet Loss and young children. I discuss how we have been helping Kora & Logan cope with the loss of our dog, Avery. While it’s a sad and tough topic, I think the magazine did a wonderful job offering lots of tips for readers about how they can help their children through what could be a very difficult time.
I am very happy to say that Redbook even included the accent over my “e” in my name. That never happens! In fact, you’ll notice in the Mom Talk Radio segment, I’m referred to as Tessa. That always happens. I try to correct people, but in certain situations such as this one, there just isn’t enough time. It’s no big deal though, it’s still me, and I’m still excited about the radio show and the magazine quote.
Well, our time with the Chevy Malibu is almost up. While I loved lots of things about the car, I think I may miss all of the music features the most.
We’ve been so spoiled with the XM Radio in the Malibu. I have loved being able to scroll through hundreds of stations and listening to all kinds of music and talk shows and Tired Dad Dave will miss the endless number sports stations. I don’t know how we’ll ever go back to just 2 screens for our favorite stations, when we’ve had 6 screens with 6 stations on each for nearly a month. And no more 90s on 9? Sigh. The drive for every day errands just won’t be the same.
Kora and Logan love to play with Play-Doh, so when we were presented with the opportunity to review Moon Dough, I quickly agreed.
Moon Dough is similar to Play-Doh, but the best thing about is – it never dries out, you can use it again and again. It’s hypo-allergenic and wheat free as well.
The texture of Moon Dough is a bit different but very cool. It is soft and marshmallow-like. The kids liked it and were able to work with it easily.
We were able to test out the Moon Dough Barnyard and it was an instant hit. The barn has animal molds in the roof where you put in the Moon Dough. Then you turn the crank on the back of the barn and out rolls an adorable horse, cow, sheep, or hen. The detail on the animals are amazing – you can see their facial features well and the sheep come out with cute swirls on their sides.
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In Part II of the series, “How to Make Money Blogging” I’d like to introduce you to WeReward. The program is not blogger-specific, anyone can use it – but it’s such a fun way to earn money I thought I would include it this new series.
WeReward is very similar to FourSquare, except you earn points not only for checking in at over 15 million places, but also for purchases and for performing tasks.
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This past weekend we took the Malibu on a road trip up to Michigan to visit my side of the family and to do a little celebrating.
We attended a small birthday party for my Grandma who turned 95, a big birthday party for our niece who turned 4, and gave my parents a card and gift in honor of their 34th wedding anniversary.
The Malibu made the trip more luxurious than usual. We enjoyed all the storage space for our phones, sunglasses, and fast food sodas as well as the extra leg room and large trunk space. Our favorite feature on this trip was the radio controls on the steering wheel which we used to scroll through the hundreds of XM stations without ever taking our eyes off the road.
While Tired Dad Dave and I listened to music up front, Kora & Logan entertained themselves by reading books, using their Tag pens, and playing with silly bands in the back. The 3 hour ride was smooth, we sailed along easily, and it wasn’t long before the kids were asleep.
Food Network is adding a new show to its line-up this Thursday, August 26th at 10:30 pm EST. “Family Style” with brother and sister team, Joey and Melissa Maggiore, is a reality show about the opening of the sibling’s new restaurant Tommy V’s.
This isn’t any run-of-the-mill reality series though, Joey is a prankster who can drive Melissa crazy with his antics. With episodes like the first – “Speed Dating Disaster” in which Joey secretly signs Melissa up for the event taking place at the restaurant, the show is sure to elicit a few laughs.
I recently had the chance, along with a few other bloggers, to interview Joey and Melissa about “Family Style” and found them to be very friendly and very funny.
Q. How has growing up in the restaurant industry affected your career choices?
Joey: Restaurants are our love, passion, and life. We live for it daily and don’t feel like it’s a career.
Melissa: I was a journalist for a year, but food and wine has always been in our blood. While other children were outside playing, we were in the restaurant. In fact, our kids today play “restaurant.”
Q. For each episode how long did you prepare ahead of time?
Joey: We never stopped. We prepare for the restaurant daily. The restaurant was in the making for a year. We ate dinner every night together to figure out the details.
Melissa: We worked on the restaurant for a year before it opened, but there was no actual prep for the show. It is a slice of our life.
Q. Do you have any advice about how to deal with a picky eater?
Joey: There are no picky eaters in my house. Growing up in the restaurant industry my kids, at 1-year-old, were eating octopus and sea urchin.
Melissa: Early exposure is definitely key. As kids get older they tend not to try things that are foreign to them. My 12-year-old daughter has a mature appetite and will try anything. My 4-year-old prefers macaroni and cheese and chicken fingers, however. Sometimes at the end of the day you just need to get food on the table.
Hi! My name is Tésa (pronounced Taysa). I'm a work-at-home mom who enjoys freelancing and blogging while raising 2 preschoolers in Northeast Ohio. My daughter, Kora, is 4 and my son, Logan, is 3. They are 14 months apart and keep Tired Dad Dave & I on our toes. We love reading email, so feel free to write us at tesa at 2Wired2Tired dot com.  |
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