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One of the reasons I love cruising for vacations is because of the formal dinners to get dressed up for.  In the regular routine of my life, there just is not any reason to wear fancy dresses or get dressed up for a special occasion.  We don’t get invited to any formal parties and weddings in our family and friends are few and far between.

Although for over 60 years David’s Bridal has outfitted brides on their special day, with nearly 50% of all brides in the US choosing to shop at one of their 300 stores, this was only the second time I’ve walked into our local store.  The first time was six years ago when my sister got married and I needed my bridesmaid dress altered.  That is a common occurrence for me, shopping for formal dresses is challenging when you’re only 4’9”. 

Winter is coming, and with it Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s and (gasp) perhaps the five extra pounds the average person gains over the holiday season!  Add that on top of the calories we downed from the Halloween candy we pilfered our children shared with us.

Do you make New Year’s resolutions?  Is getting fit on your ‘to do’s’ for 2012?

If it is here is a gift you can get for yourself – Zumba Fitness 2 for the Wii.

A colorful adaptation of the fifteenth best-selling children’s book of all time, The Littlest Angel takes us on a rousing adventure with a young, and sometimes mischievous, Angel, who must return to earth and earn his wings, a task that doesn’t prove to be easy.  Children have loved this book since 1946, and I’m sure the movie will delight this next generation of children just as much.  This lively CGI animated version of the book is filled with both humor and heart.

I hope you have all enjoyed the posts I’ve shared about my time at the Kraft Innovations Kitchen and BlogEats Conference.

Rounding up this series of posts, I have a terrific giveaway featuring some of the products I featured on my blog and many, many more!

Trapped in a forgotten city, bound by secrets, Ellie and Bealomondore must enlist the dragons of the watch to find freedom.

Ellie knows exactly where she is going. She just wants to experience the pomp and circumstance of a royal wedding, then settle into a simple life with a country husband.

I love DK Publishing as they produce all kinds of neat books for kids and grown ups that are just kids at heart.  In our home LEGO’s are prized possessions and my daughter and husband have quite the collection of assorted bricks and Star Wars LEGO kits.  So it was with great enthusiasm that I was able to participate in this blog campaign for two of DK Publishings LEGO books.

Join Lewis, a brilliant young inventor who sets off on a time-traveling quest to save the future and find the family he never knew.  With the help of the wonderfully wacky Robinson family, Lewis learns to keep moving forward and never stop believing in himself.

Disney’s 2007 animated feature film “Meet the Robinsons” is now available on 3D Blu-ray.

“Simply defined, the ‘grace effect’ is an observable phenomenon—that life is demonstrably better where authentic Christianity flourishes.”

What does Christianity give us beyond televangelists, potlucks, and bad basketball leagues?  Not much, according to the secular Left.  The world, they say, would be a better place without it.  

Ten years ago I would have scoffed at the idea that a ‘premium’ air filter would make a difference in ones furnace.  I was more about being cheap than about being smart and cost-effective.

For the past couple of years I have chosen to go with photo greeting cards to send to family and friends at Christmas.

This year I had the privilege of ordering some from MyPublisher.com.  MyPublisher offers a nice variety of paper and printing choices.