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Woo Hoo – Who else is excited to head to the theaters and see Iron Man 3?  I know my daughter is (and maybe her dad and mom too!)

I’ll be heading home from out of town May 3rd, the Friday it opens, but I know it won’t be long after that (probably the very next week), we head to the theater to catch a showing of it.

Here’s a clip of Tony calling out Mandarin.

Did you know that for every pound of new goods produced, 71 pounds of waste are generated during manufacturing?  This Earth Week, NBCUniversal is partnering with the sharing site yerdle to help you minimize your impact on the planet by sharing your stuff.  One person’s stuff is another person’s story!

Here’s how it works.

Right now home is a little bit of a subjective thing for me.  Is it the walls that surround my living space?  Is it the décor inside those walls?  Is it what reminds me of my childhood?  Is it the people who live there?  Yes to it all.  But as we are in the process of selling this ‘home’ we live in currently, my home has actually become a bit of a love/hate relationship as it were.

Just before the year 2012 ended I shared about the eMeals Meal Planning site with you.  I’m going to be honest with you I pooh-poohed the idea of meal planning prior to this.  But seriously, it’s one of the BEST things I’ve instituted in my homemaking since I started.

My three month trial ran out and I liked the service so much I was going to renew my subscription at my own cost, and then it was so nice that at Blissdom I met a contact from eMeals and they invited me to be a part of their blogger program. 

Help kids prepare for Earth Day (4/22) with a special educational kit tied to Disneynature’s Wings of Life!

In celebration of the release of Disneynature’s Wings of Life, we are delighted to share an embedable 25-page educational guide, created by Disney’s Animal Kingdom Education Team, which introduces learners in grades 2–4 to the amazing and often unseen world of pollinators through science, math and art!

Sometimes it can feel overwhelming for a busy mom to get all her ducks in a row for dinner each day, so I wanted to share with you a neat new product that has recently been placed on the grocery store shelves.  French’s Flavor Infuser™ Marinades.  They come in four mouthwatering flavors: Sweet & Tangy Teriyaki, Classic Steakhouse, Zesty Italian, and Caribbean Jerk.  I haven’t had a chance to try out all the flavors yet, but I definitely wanted to share with you how easy (and time saving) it is to use them!

In celebration of Mother’s Day, Procter & Gamble® has teamed up with Dollar General to honor moms, Every Day Heroes who sacrifice for their families and still find time to make a difference in their communities.  Using the theme “Moms Rule,” the Dollar General “Every Day Heroes®” campaign will also honor moms by offering great savings for the heroes closest to our hearts. 

With my blog I’ve been fortunate to be able to try quite a lot of different food products, some even before they hit the store shelves.  But my family is still enticed by ads they see on TV or in magazines, and I admit to having boughten snacks before just because I have a coupon for it, even though I’ve never tried the product.

Of course generally when I do that, I buy a full sized product, and sometimes we’ve only taken a bite or two before it goes in the trash, because it’s not what we expected at all.  That turns me off for a while from buying anything new. 

It’s that time of the year again, spring heading into summer (although you’d never know it with the weather we’ve been having here!), which also means Mother’s Day, Graduation and Father’s Day not far behind those.

This year our “other daughter” will be graduating from high school.  It’s almost as emotional as it will be when our daughter herself graduates from high school next year.  See our ‘other daughter’ and ours have been best friends since they were seven years old – they are now 17.  So many of our fondest memories also include her in them.