Awareness
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Musings :: The Importance of Doing
The Mom It Forward crew asked their mom blogger community a few weeks ago to participate in the United Nations Federation and 92Y #GivingTuesday event that happens once a year on December 3rd. The premise is to give back to your community in whatever capacity you can. This falls in-line with the concept behind our dandelion moms Project Kindness so we were happy to participate. I wasn’t able to organize our event on December 3rd but we scheduled it for the following Tuesday, December 10th. I figured any time is a good time to give back. And hey, there are five Tuesdays in December so there is till time to be involved…
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Krusteaz Baking Event this Saturday the 14th
I am excited to be one of the mom bloggers invited by Krusteaz to host a baking event this Friday in support of the Krusteaz and Weelicious blogger Catherine McCord baking event happening on Saturday, December 14th. They will be serving up some delectable baking and gifting ideas for the Krusteaz Virtual Holiday Baking Party so if you like to bake (bring on the cookies!) then you will love hanging out and talking about baking. My event will be taking place at a friends house tomorrow afternoon and we have loads of kids coming over to do some serious baking. If you want to tune in for the free webcast from across the country on Saturday, December 14…
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What’s Hot in Southern California :: LEGOLAND Holiday Snow Days
A few months back we visited LEGOLAND California and had a chance to stay in the LEGOLAND Resort Hotel. This was part of the promotion I was doing with my children’s book, Penelope the Purple Pirate, and Talk Like a Pirate Day which is September 19th. Let me just say that my daughter is still talking about our trip and experience and wants to know when we are going back! We requested a pirate room that was filled with LEGO’s made into pirate-themed displays. Loved this guy who was your official greeter getting off the elevators that – by the way – had a disco ball in it. When you push…
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Orange County Ronald McDonald House Hosts 2nd Toy Drive
TOY DRIVE LIFTS SPIRITS AND BRINGS HOLIDAY CHEER TO FAMILIES AT THE ORANGE COUNTY RONALD McDONALD HOUSE® Recently, I was contacted by someone who works with the Orange County Ronald McDonald House about their 2nd annual toy drive. All the toys donated are given to the children who are staying at a Ronald McDonald House. The OC Ronald McDonald House provides a home-away-from home this holiday for families whose children are receiving medical treatments at Orange County hospitals. The toy drive is this coming Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th and they are asking for people in the community to stop by the event, enjoy some food and beverages and bring an…
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Gorgeous Holiday Table Setting Ideas
Part of making the holidays extra special is setting the mood and creating a beautiful table for your holiday meal that shows that you took some extra care for your loved ones. I know it made me so happy to see our Thanksgiving table set up with the help of my daughter with some simple decorations that she helped me make. We made some birch tree covered candle holders that literally took us five minutes to make and cost no money! Minus the tea candle we put in the glass artichoke jar I saved from Trader Joes! We also covered two Ikea glass jars with birch wood that was filled with roses from our…
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Tech :: Safety with Style!
Recently, I was looking for some clever stocking stuffers for some family members and friends. What I ran across gave me pause. It was innovative and I read about it and looked at it (online) and after looking at all their products I decided to contact this company. What happened was my mind stopped thinking about stocking stuffers and started thinking about some of the things I do as a woman, a mother – while out and about (shopping not just this time of the year or going places with the kids or alone) and the type of things I do at home.This is about security. Personal security. Safety. As…
