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It’s been a long time since I’ve been caught up enough in both my blogging life and my real life that I have a chance to share some things that aren’t sponsored or haven’t been sent to me by a brand to try out! I’m hoping (and I say that with just a bit of facetiousness), that I’ll be able to do this more in the future, but every time I say I will…well you know life happens!

That being said, I chronicle just about everything I make and we eat in our home.

Well here it is, not even Valentine’s Day yet, and I’m talking about Easter! Crazy right?! But check out your local retailers and I’m guessing you’re seeing some Easter goods ‘springing’ up in your stores too. Easter’s pretty early on the calendar this year, March 31st.

When our daughter was younger we used to do those Easter Egg hunts with her in our basement. She loved those. Putting her eggs in a basket and then checking out what was in them when she had found them all. Speaking of baskets – a great place to order some Personalized Easter Baskets for kids is at www.PersonalCreations.com.

In the community I grew up in, Lent was not a thing to take part in. When we moved, I genuinely had questions about all the ‘fish’ deals popping up before Easter. A few questions here and there and I finally understood. We don’t practice Lent in our home (although I probably should, there are a number of things I could sacrifice for 40 days and it would likely make my life a lot better because of it), but fish once a week is something I do.

I wanted to my readers know that YoCrunch is introducing a new authentic Greek Yogurt brand…Yopa!

YoCrunch is so sure you will LOVE Yopa! Greek yogurt, they guarantee it! If for any reason you are not satisfied, you can fill out the form on their site, and mail it to them, along with the original UPC/barcode from the packaging and your original register receipt. They will send you a coupon for a free Yopa! or a refund voucher of your purchase price, whichever you prefer. (See full details at this link.) Offer ends and the requests must be postmarked by 3.31.2013.

February is the month of love with Valentine’s Day, Celebration of Love Week and Love Your Pet Day (February 20), and Pajanimals want to help you celebrate by offering new FREE PAJANIMALS themed Valentine’s printable cards.

One of the best things about having a smart phone is also having a camera with you at all times. I bit the bullet and got an iPhone 4S around Thanksgiving last year, and I’ve taken so many more impromptu pictures then I ever had, just because I can. You never know what kind of moment you can capture in time, and now I can because I always have a camera on me. The thing is, all these pictures I’ve taken…they just sort of ‘stay’ in my phone. I mean sure I upload them to Instagram or Facebook, but it’s not like I sit and bring up those sites to just look through my photos. So unless I take the time to cord my phone to my computer and then use a photo service to print them, they just ‘sit’ there.

Living in a cold weather climate for at least 1/3 of the year means that some of us rely on hot beverages to keep our core temperature up during the day 😉 I admit to preferring hot coffee over other choices, but even I can only drink so much of it and often switch to herbal and decaffeinated teas during the afternoon and evening hours. While I generally drink my coffee straight up (unless I’m playing barista), I need my tea sweetened or it won’t be going down.

I recently received samples of NECTRESSE, the new natural no calorie sweetener from the makers of Splenda.

My husband isn’t much into ‘chick flicks’, as he calls them (usually while rolling his eyes). Sometimes though I can twist his arm to accompany me to one (if I promise him popcorn…). He did go see The Last Song with me a few years ago (although come to think of it, we were in the middle of the ocean on a cruise ship at the time…). This year though, I have my ace in the hole, and that’s because SAFE HAVEN from Relativity Media, well it opens in theaters February 14th; Valentine’s Day. He can’t say no to that, now can he?!

I really find it difficult to believe that Peter Pan was first released 60 years ago! It attests to the ongoing appeal it has to both children and adults. My daughter’s first experience with Peter Pan was at the Disney Parks, where she had to ride Peter Pan’s Flight over and over and over again. I don’t think she had even seen the movie at that point!

Get ready to celebrate 50 years of big fun with everyone’s favorite big read dog, with the DVD release of Celebrate With Clifford.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, everyone can join the fun with Clifford and his pals while at home when the Celebrate With Clifford DVD arrives (suggested retail price $14.98).