Awareness
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Smart Home Essentials :: The Benefits of Going Solar
Recently we had an AC Repair company come out to see why our 25+ year old air conditioner wasn’t blowing cold air. His initial response was “let’s see if putting some more coolant will fix the problem.” This worked for about one week and after that it was just blowing warm air again. If you live in southern California you know this past summer was a hot one! In fact, we are still having 90 degree weather mid October. The AC repairman came out again and let us know that our hardworking dinosaur of an AC is kaputt. finished. all-washed up. Great – and how much is that going…
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Tech :: The National PTA and LifeLock #ShareAwesome Campaign
Image courtesy of Flickr Sometimes I think about how much the world has changed in just the past five years. My daughter was about two years old when the first iPhone came out and boy did that open up our world! I mean we now had at our fingertips a computer that allowed us to check our emails, Twitter and Facebook pages at any time of the day and Google just about anything we might want to know, Yelp where to eat, etc., etc.! Whereas before I had to wait to come home and check my laptop. I do sometimes think that life has sped up a bit because of this ability to…
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Wild Kratts Unleashes Debut Toy Collection at Toys”R”Us
It has been so fun watching The Kratt brothers, Martin and Chris, on such great shows like Zoboomafoo to the ever-popular Wild Kratts. Our family enjoys all of their shows and I really like that the brothers make learning about wildlife fun and interesting. They really have a gift for bringing the wild into our homes! Recently they released a collection of Wild Kratt toys that are available at Toys”R”Us nationwide and on toysrus.com. The extensive new range from Wicked Cool Toys – features collection action figures, talking plush, power suits and more – brings home all the action-packed fun of the hit animated Wild Kratts TV show on PBS Kids,…
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The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Helps Find Forever Homes
Image courtesy of The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Our family is a big supporter of adoption for we were looking to adopt prior to getting pregnant back in 2005. I was told that I would need some fertility “assistance” to get pregnant due to some female issues but I didn’t want to take that route and take a bunch of hormones since my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at an early age. We were going through the process of adoption when I did, in fact, get pregnant with my daughter. But adoption is such a wonderful way to add to your already existing family or help start…
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Enjoy Some Halloween Haunts at Disneyland
This is such a great time of year from visits to the pumpkin patch to the wonderful Halloween decorations that can be seen throughout your neighborhood and town. We absolutely love this time of year and look forward to that first bite of pumpkin pie for the season! One of our favorite places to visit during Halloween season is Disneyland. We love heading over to Disneyland to check out their Halloween Haunts! Their Halloween special events and décor start on September 12th and lasts through October 31st. Disneyland at Halloween is a Blast! To read all the fun events they have planned go here. There is a long…
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Moms With Apps Helps Parents Choose the Best Apps for their Children
What is Moms With Apps? Kids love apps. But parents know that not all apps are created equal. Nothing is worse than downloading an app only to find that it is not a quality story or game. With more than one million apps to choose from, it can be hard to find the right apps for their family – and even harder to know if the app their kid loves is one they can trust. Enter Moms With Apps, a first-of-its-kind destination that gives parents the power to choose the best apps for their kids. Founded by parents who love using technology with their own kids, Moms With Apps only features developers who…
