Stuff I Love!

Bringing People Together for Backyard BBQs!

May 23, 2013

One of the best things about summer is spending a warm evening on the back deck, with cheeseburgers and hot dogs cooking on the grill, friends gathered around the big table on our deck, enjoying a summer cocktail or a tall glass of lemonade while all of the kids play baseball and soccer in the [...]

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A Gift to Moms Everywhere… This Mother’s Day!

May 10, 2013

Sometimes the right message at the right time just inspires you. I remember when Steve and I were engaged, I leaned about a charity walk- dedicated to breast cancer research. And while I had not been personally touched by the disease, I knew how easily I could be, or how easily it could affect a [...]

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Mother’s Day Gift Idea (And My New Favorite Tool!): iPad Keyboard Case!

May 9, 2013

As in all things tech these days, it takes my pre-teen son to introduce me to the “cool new thing”… and in this situation it wasn’t the tech that was new and cool- but the case that it comes in! Now I have professed my unending love for the iPad here before… but one of [...]

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An Awesome After-School Snack for Kids: Kefir Smoothies!

May 1, 2013

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Lifeway Kefir, but as always, all opinions expressed here are my own. (http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO) #pmedia #lifewayprobugs I’m always on the lookout for something tasty yet healthy to feed my family. Which is why I was intrigued to try Lifeway’s Frozen Probugs- a [...]

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A Sweet Treat for a Girl on a Diet!

April 25, 2013

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5 Great Birthday Gift Ideas from Grandparents to Grandkids!

April 25, 2013

My family and I received sample products from both Monkeez and Wummelbox to review. No further compensation was received. And as always- all opinions expressed here are my own. About three weeks before one of my kids’ birthdays…. I get “the call”. You know what I am talking about- the call from one of the [...]

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Growing Lavender {Spring Flowers Dreaming….}

March 1, 2013

This week we received just enough rain to melt most of the snow that remained in our yard… and we even had an afternoon in the 50′s when I was able to venture outside without wearing anything made of down or wool. All of this gave me a slight peek into the warmer weather that [...]

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Do You Ever Dream of a “Room of Your Own”?

January 28, 2013

Does anyone else remember that episode of The Cosby Show (circa 1991) when Clair Huxtable gets a room to call hers? And she won’t let any of her kids in to even look at it because she is so dizzy at the possibility that she just might have a space of her very own? Well [...]

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Are Your Kids Proud DS Owners? Here’s a Great Holiday Gift Idea for You!

December 13, 2012

Thank you to Ubisoft for sponsoring this post. Please click here to learn more about Ubisoft. I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective. #UbiChamps In our family, the Nintendo DS is the first personal gaming device that any of my kids ever owned. And because we wanted our kids [...]

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Holiday Gift Idea: for the Young Builder in Your Life!

December 12, 2012

Over the years most of my kids have gone through the “building phase” in their lives, when they seek out those little blocks (that seem to multiply on their own and live in every nook and cranny in my house!) to build towers of their own design. Or at least, that’s how it always starts…. [...]

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