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Good Deals & Smart Steals

The economic downturn has been a hot topic and on everyone's minds lately, and with good reason. It affects all of us and does not discriminate on race, gender, or net worth. One of the most proactive things I think anyone can do during this time is View Post

Tattle Tail, Tattle Tail, Hang It On A Britches Nail

I am thoroughly proud of the progress E.B. is making in preschool. He has really blown us away with some of the things he comes home telling us about. It's definitely been money well spent. However, there's just this teensy little habit he has View Post

The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Publishing Children’s Books

I must confess. I've always wanted to write a children's book. As a young child, I used to write stories and even published a neighborhood newspaper with some of my friends. Writing has always been an activity I enjoyed and I recently had the View Post

Simplify Your Holidays

Are you looking for a way to simplify the most stressful time of the year? Feeling like it’s impossible to keep up with all the demands of the coming holiday season? Marcia Ramsland, The Organizing Pro and author of Simplify Your Holidays, has found View Post

Halloween At Our House

The stomach virus has found it's way to our house this weekend. E.B. is fine so far...it's me with the "issues". So on that note, I thought we'd venture back to happier times. Like last weekend when we decorated the house for Halloween. The first View Post

That’s Just Scary.

I totally ripped this off from Lani's blog. She found this website Yearbook Yourself that lets you upload a picture of yourself and it transforms that picture to what you would look like from 1950-2000 in a yearbook. It was hilarious! Here I am View Post

At Ease

I think it's probably safe to say that if you've been reading my blog for some time then you know how worried I was about sending E.B. off to preschool this year. With his language delay and sensory integration disorder, I worried that he would be View Post

Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker Review

Can I show you THE cutest new food play toy I've ever seen? It's the JAKKS Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker. If you are just plain stumped for Christmas or birthday gifts, this is sure to be a hit! I can't think of very many little girls who don't enjoy View Post

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