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With LINCOLN having opened in theatres everywhere November 16th, you can now go behind-the-scenes of the movie with this exclusive interactive book “Lincoln: Discover the Story.” See how a crucial time in America’s history was recreated and brought to the screen with beautiful photos, art, interviews, music and more!

Available for now for FREE download for the iPad: http://bit.ly/QbEVRP

Well Thanksgiving is over, and now we can focus on Christmas. The turkey or the ham is generally the focal piece, but side dishes can make or break a meal I think. I mean what good is all that juicy meat if you have soggy vegetables or over salted potatoes to go along with it?

My family isn’t that adventurous when it comes to vegetables. We have a few standbys in our home. Potatoes, cauliflower and broccoli are approved. Green beans and carrots are tolerated. That’s about the extent of the palates around here. Oh but what about corn?! Those sweet delicious nuggets? (shh…corn is actually a

Thank you to Ubisoft for sponsoring this post. Please click here to learn more about Ubisoft. I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective. #UbiChamps

My 16 year old daughter Amber, is the one who reviewed ‘Rayman Origins’ a game from Ubisoft for the 3DS.  Amber is enthralled with video games, so much so that she is planning to go to college to become a video game designer.

I wanted to give you a heads up that Big Idea has a 40% off storewide event going on at their online “veggie store.” This includes everything in the store AND NO COUPON IS NEEDED!

This is the biggest sale of the year for their store so I wanted to make sure and share it with you if you are looking for deals for VeggieTales gifts for the holidays.

Cleaning your home when you have guests arriving for the holidays can seem like a daunting task, especially if you have natural stone surfaces. This holiday season there is no need to worry about stains and etching, or even germs, Granite Gold is here to help. Their product line includes everything you need to keep the natural stone surfaces in your home clean and protected, in the kitchen, the bathroom, and for you lucky people that live far enough south that you can still be spending time outside (!), even your outdoor living spaces.

A channel just for your kids is now available on Hulu Plus. While Hulu Plus already had kid-friendly content, within ‘Hulu Kids‘ the streaming videos are completely geared to children and it’s all available commercial-free.

With 43 shows right now, Hulu Kids spans the 2-10 year old age range. What you’ll find there is a selection of shows from providers like PBS and Nickelodeon, and you’ll be able to see what’s available by age appropriate guidelines as well.

With holiday entertaining upon us, NSF International has developed the following tips to help make sure that food poisoning doesn’t join your party as an unwelcome guest:

At the store…

· Shop inside to outside. Most grocery stores have their nonperishable products in the center of the store and their perishable products around the outside perimeter.

There are days I’m so thankful that I no longer work a 9 to 5 job, with just two fifteen minute coffee breaks. I get to have coffee break whenever I want to by blogging….and believe me, it’s a whole lot more than just two!

I have a ‘Coffee Bar’ set up in my dining room with coffee machines, a proliferation of hot and cold beverage flavors, sugars, creamers and syrups. And the other day I added to them a couple of Torani Syrups for some more fun to stir into my caffeine choices.

A number of months ago I shared with you about the Filtrete Odor Reduction Filter. It was something I was really wanting to try out myself because we are currently trying to sell our home and I know that the less unwanted odors we have lingering around the better.

I have a super sensitive nose, if people really had super powers, mine would be ‘super sniffer’! I prefer the good odors (obviously!), but actually having a keen sense of smell has saved us on more than one occasion, from very burnt food to a potential dryer fire hazard.

With Giving Tuesday (Nov. 27) fast approaching, people are concentrating on what they can do to give back to their favorite cause this holiday season. Well, they don’t have to look far. Through goodsearch, more than 15 million people are turning their everyday actions into ways to “simply do good.” Here’s how:

Goodsearch.com: Each time someone searches the internet with goodsearch.com (powered by Yahoo!), about a penny is raised for the charity or school of their choice! You use it exactly as you would any other search engine.