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Celebrate Pets with Animal Themed Movies on Netflix #StreamTeam

I’m a cat person.  There’s nothing I love more than cuddling on the couch with our cats on a cold winter day.  Clyde and Pearl keep me on my toes (literally, thanks to Clyde’s 4 AM feeding requests) and they bring so much fun and joy to our View Post

Get Game Day Ready with LTD Commodities- Review & $50 Gift Card Giveaway

It’s almost time for football’s biggest game day and LTD Commodities has everything you need to get game day ready! If your family is like ours and you gather with other family and friends to watch the big game, then you know that the food plays a View Post

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Keep Medications Locked Away Safely with LOCKMED #Giveaway

Keeping our medications away and out of reach from our son has always been a big priority in my house.  He’s never expressed any interest in medicine and hates taking even a tiny does of cough syrup, but I would be fooling myself if I thought it View Post

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School Reading Fair Projects 2014

December was a very busy month for me at work, so I am just now getting a chance to share a few of the school reading fair projects from this year.  The participation this year was just super and the students and their parents really enjoyed working View Post

Happy 2015!

It seems like I blinked and 2014 is gone!  It’s been a good year for our little family.  We rang in the new year exactly like we did last year…on the couch watching all of the New Year’s Eve shows on TV and trying to stay awake until midnight.  My View Post

Ring In the New Year with Netflix- Giveaway #StreamTeam

One activity our family really enjoyed in 2014 was catching up on movies and shows we love through Netflix Streaming.  Over the holidays we gorged ourselves on Christmas movies and really enjoyed the quality time we spent together doing so.  One View Post

Betty Crocker Holiday Gift Box Giveaway #GetYourBettyOn

One of my favorite Christmas traditions while growing up was baking Christmas cookies and making candies with my mom.  There were three specific old family recipes that we whipped up every year and we still do.   It’s a special time I View Post

The Elf on the Shelf- Kippy is Here

So, yeah.  This happened.  Apparently our homemade Elf on the Shelf just wasn’t going to cut it this year.  The other night I was informed by my son (through tears, might I add) that he and one other child in his class were the only ones who didn’t View Post

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