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Award-Winning Toy Company Skullduggery Giveaway
How often do we see the statement MADE IN THE USA on products these days? That is one of the things that really stood out to me about this next company we are featuring. Skullduggery is a family-owned business run by brothers Steve and Peter, and their father, Pete Koehl, have been manufacturing fossil replicas, craft kits, and toys in the United States since 1987. When I spoke to Steve, the President of the company last week, he explained that both is sister and mom have worked in the company in some capacity. So this really is a family-run business with quality products! This week I had a chance to…
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Dandelion Moms iPad Mini Holiday Giveaway Winner
It was so wonderful to be a part of this iPad Mini Giveaway and hear all the comments from people who talked about what made them a dandelion mom and how they would use the iPad Mini for their family or at work. Our eight sponsors helped to provide a lucky person with the iPad Mini in time for the holidays and we give a big shout out to our the sponsors listed above. Plus they are all providing codes to the lucky winner and domeo products is providng a iPad Mini case as well! We had over 15,000 entries and hundreds of shares on Facebook and Twitter. Thank you to…
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Does Raising Children Dead End Your Dreams?
Torn between doing what you love and being a good mom, let me share my experience of how I kept my dreams alive while raising my kids. Before becoming a mom, I thought I’d have to give up my personal desires but, to my surprise and delight, my children were a catalyst for my dreaming new dreams…even better dreams for my career and life goals. You see I liked what I was doing—working on marketing projects for a high tech company—but I didn’t like the structure of a 9 to 5 schedule. I worked hard to make myself a valuable employee who could work independently, make deadlines, and add…
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Dandelion Moms iPad Mini Giveaway
Chore Pad is located in Northern New England and is family owned and operated. Chore Pad is a powerful, fun tool for motivating your kids to complete chores. Each child completes their assigned chores to earn stars which are redeemable for rewards that you create! Give bonus stars for a job well done or penalty stars to let your child know they should strive to do better. Chore Pad is available on iOS for the iPad and iPhone along with a web (PC) version. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChorePad Twitter: @ChorePad Website: https://www.nannek.com/ MEET Studio is located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. MEET Studio creates both music and educational apps for iPad/iPhone/iPod along…
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The Importance of Staying Hydrated
This is the time of year that many people are stressed out trying to get everything ready in time for the holidays and it can take a toll on our health. One of the most important steps you can take to ensure you stay healthy through the holidays is to drink more water. This might be hard to believe but after reading “Your Body’s Many Cries for Water” by Dr. F. Batmanghelidj through my masters program in nutrition, I don’t quite look at water in the same light. It is such a fascinating book for many reasons, but the Dr. makes recommendations on how to naturally prevent and reverse such conditions…
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Delicious Nutty Ball Cookies
Holiday time wouldn’t be the same, at least in our household, without some holiday cookie baking. Each year, I always try some new recipes that I’ve torn from my cooking magazines or printed off from my favorite blogs. But I always open my tattered binder of family favorites…the ones that make a comeback appearance in the cookie tins I give as gifts each year. Nutty balls are just that – the type of recipe typed with a typewriter on a recipe card that reads “here’s what’s cookin'”. I don’t have the original card; that would be in my mom’s collection as I have been making them since I was…
