My Poor Zucchini Plants

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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 [...]

Siblings Sharing a Room – Help!

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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 [...]

Toy Story 3 Buddy Packs

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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 [...]

Hitachi LifeStudio External Hard Drive Review & Giveaway – CLOSED

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This giveaway is now closed. And The Winner Is… Congrats Lucky’s Luna! You have email. Thank you to everyone who entered and good luck next time. ************************************************************************* 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 [...]

I’m on Mom Talk Radio and in Redbook

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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 [...]

What I’ll Miss Most About the Malibu

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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 [...]

Moon Dough Review

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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 [...]

How to Make Money Blogging Part II: WeReward

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of WeReward. All opinions are 100% mine. 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 [...]

The Malibu & Michigan

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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 [...]

New Food Network Series “Family Style” Premieres Thursday

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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 [...]

Dakota’s Personalized Gifts Review & $50 Giveaway – CLOSED

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This giveaway is now closed. And The Winner Is… Congrats Allison! You have email. Thank you to everyone who entered and good luck next time. ****************************************************************************** This past weekend we traveled to Michigan to celebrate our niece’s 4th birthday party. She loves all things pink and princesses so it should have been easy to find [...]

The Measure Up Bowl

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All right. I admit it. I’m terrible at portion control. For whatever reason, I find it too much work to reach into the kitchen drawers to pull-out the measuring cups prior to pouring a bowl of cereal or scooping out a dish of ice cream. I know that’s just me being lazy and if I [...]

Cafe Press Review & Giveaway – CLOSED

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This giveaway is now closed. And The Winner Is…. Congrats Deb K! You have email. Thanks to everyone who entered and good luck next time ********************************************************************************** Do you have a child going off to school in the Fall and you want to get them something special, but just aren’t sure what? What about a customized [...]

Cleveland Browns Training Camp

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Yesterday we had the amazing opportunity of attending the Cleveland Browns Training Camp as VIP Guests of Chevy.  It was a wonderful event and a beautiful evening. We got to park the Chevy Malibu in the Players Parking Lot and felt like true VIPs when we found our parking spot: We had a delicious tailgate [...]

Massage Envy: Test Drives & Massage for the Cure

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The Chevy Mission for this week was a trip to Massage Envy. Truthfully, I have a hard time calling it a mission! Tired Dad Dave and I booked a couples massage. He was excited and I was a little nervous. I’ve only had one massage in my entire life and it was about 10 years [...]

Cedar Point Trip Review

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This past weekend was a busy one for us, but an extremely fun one. We took a family road trip to various amusement parks in the area. On Saturday, we went to Geauga Lake’s Wildwater Kingdom and on Sunday we traveled to Cedar Point. My sister’s family came down from Michigan to travel with us. [...]

Wildwater Kingdom Review

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We just had one of our busiest, but most fun weekends this summer. My sister and her family came down from Michigan to visit and we went amusement park hopping. Our first stop on Saturday, was Wildwater Kingdom. None of us had ever been to Wildwater Kingdom and since the weather has been hitting 90 [...]

High Plains Bison Review & Coupon Code

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About a year or so ago, we started buying ground turkey instead of ground beef. We made this transition because of budget reasons and we were happy that as a result, we were being a bit more health-conscious as well. Another bonus was that we didn’t notice any taste difference in our burgers, sloppy joes, [...]

New Banquet Fruit Pies

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Growing up I didn’t have much of a sweet tooth. In fact, I would often request apple pie for my birthday instead of cake. As I’ve gotten older, I still love a delicious apple pie. So needless to say I was excited to hear about the new Banquet Fruit Pies. Not only do they come [...]

Jealousy and the Turkey Sandwich

I confess. I have a jealous streak. And before you say anything, it’s has nothing to do with other women. Since becoming a stay-at-home mom, whenever Tired Dad Dave tells me he went out to lunch during work, I immediately get jealous. I love to eat out and even though we do so fairly frequently, [...]