When we moved into our house approximately 10 years ago, we knew lawn care was going to be a challenge. With around 10,000 square feet of lawn to care for, we had a hard road ahead. We’ve done a fairly good job up until this year when Mother Nature took our her biggest club and hit us hard with a long extended drought. Mixed with the 100+ degrees for an extended period of time, we finally gave up. After a lengthy discussion with the … [Read more...]
Monday Morning Link Up | Giveaway Linky
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Welcome to Monday Morning Link Up! This is a great way to spread the word about your giveaways and find a few to enter as well! The rules are simple: 1) Giveaways must be family friendly 2) Check out a few giveaways for yourself! (there is no obligation to enter any) Here are my giveaways ending in the next seven days… $100 Amazon ends 10/14 SentrySafe Pistol Safe ends 10/17 Fireman Sam Holiday Heroes DVD ends 10/17 3 bag … [Read more...]
Soup Sunday | Potato Chowder & Homemade White Bread Recipes
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With the cooler weather moving in I get the itch for warm soup, chowder, chili and the like. The past two weekends our family has made some and put it out to graze on all Sunday long. It warms the belly, helps you relax and I love that food is taken care of for the day! Today’s Soup Sunday is a Potato Chowder recipe I adapted from this one on allrecipes.com. My family devoured it and asked me to bookmark the recipe because it was winner! … [Read more...]
Weekly WINNERS | NINE New Winners… Are YOU One?!
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$50 Magic Cabin Toys GC ends 9/28 7,467 entries 2467 Jammie Morey Tweet About the Giveaway Chuggington Traintastic Adventures DVD ends 9/29 2,545 entries 742 Kerry Gibbs Hickman Follow @chuggington on Twitter Seasonal Assortment of COOKIES ends 9/28 5,560 entries 2511 Ellen Levickis Leave a Blog Post Comment FIVE boxes Honey Bunches of Oats ends 9/28 4,020 entries 3926 Brittany Davis Poole Tweet About the … [Read more...]
Halloween Express Costume Review
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Halloween Express Costume Review It’s that time of year and your kids are asking for some of the strangest or hardest to find costumes around. Fortunately for you, Halloween Express exists. They are known to offer the largest selection of Halloween merchandise.... anywhere. Browsing the site I found everything from the standard princess, super heroes, fairies and clowns to food & beverage costumes, maternity, tv & movies and zombies. … [Read more...]
Guest Review | The Sweet Maple Cafe
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The Sweet Maple Cafe There are times when you want to go out for an elegant meal, but occasionally, you want comfort food served in a laid-back atmosphere, reminiscent of your mom's kitchen. That is what you can find at Sweet Maple Cafe. Everything at the Sweet Maple Cafe attests to its homey origins. The restaurant was opened in 1999 by a mother of two, Laurene Hynson, who wanted to be able to have afternoons to devote to her children, so … [Read more...]
Join Me! Little Chefs Cook-Along Class | Feel Like A Kid Again | Thursday October 11 | #LittleChefs
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Little Chefs Cook-Along | Feel Like A Kid Again What is the Little Chefs Cook-Along? It’s A virtual Cook-Along called Feel Like a Kid Again, part of The Little Chefs Project series on The Motherhood. The Little Chefs Project series consists of six Cook-Alongs, taking place every Thursday at 2 p.m. ET between October 11 and November 15, and each Cook-Along covers a different topic around cooking with kids. Feel Like a Kid Again addresses … [Read more...]
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial on Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Copy TODAY 10/9/2012
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial on Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Copy In Celebration of Universal Studios’ 100th Anniversary, One of the Most Beloved Films of All Time Comes to Blu-ray™ for the First Time Ever. When an imaginative boy meets a lost alien, it is the beginning of one of cinema’s most endearing friendships, as Elliot (Henry Thomas) helps the marvelous creature he calls E.T. find his way back home before government agents can capture … [Read more...]
WINNERS! Fifteen New Winners… Are YOU One?!
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Baby Cargo 300 Stroller ends 9/14 31,933 entries Entry #25648Deedra W. Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer ends 9/17 3,726 entries 2477 Rita Spratlen Leave a relevant comment on a non-giveaway post FREE pair of Naturalizer Shoes or Boots ends 9/17 7,133 entries 4236 Kathy Newsom Davis Enter Another Giveaway Smithfield Bacon Prize Pack ends 9/18 3,704 entries 1603 Ryan Minton Tweet About the Giveaway … [Read more...]
Buy A Bundle & Send A Kleenex Care Pack Free | Softness Worth Sharing | #KleenexCares
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It has been one of my goals with all four of my children to teach them the importance of sharing and thinking beyond yourself by putting others first. We have given food to the local food mission, purchased toys for needy children during the holidays and donated some of our household items (and toys in the case of the children) to a local charity. Kleenex brand, America’s softest tissue, knows that moments of unexpected thoughtfulness make … [Read more...]
