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Yoplait Light – Do The Swap – Giveaway

Small changes can make a big difference over time.

That’s why Yoplait Light has created the “Yoplait Light Swap” to remind people that by making simple substitutions, like swapping one item from your diet per day for a 100 or 110 calorie Yoplait Light, you can cut unwanted calories and help yourself feel great about daily diet choices.

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Posted in Infographic

The post 9/11 effect on travel

We travel quite a bit here on Three Different Directions and just with our last vacation to Alaska in August we were commenting on how things have changed from leisurely to stressful.  In 2001 we traveled to Disneyworld less than a month after 9/11, and the heightened security everywhere we went was just the beginning.  I found this infographic very interesting about Osama vs Travel – The post 9/11 effect on travel.

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Posted in Homeschool

Five Free Resources Perfect for Amping Up Your Home Schooling Strategy

With the way the education system is headed in this country, it’s probably in the best interest of most children that parents choose to home school them. Yet this task is far easier said than done. Even with the best intentions, providing a home-spun education for your child that prepares them for the real can be an enormous

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Yoplait at Sam’s Club – $40 Gift Card Giveaway

Whether you start your day with a yogurt or enjoy it as an afternoon snack, Sam´s Club can help you stock up on your family´s favorite Yoplait yogurts at great, everyday low prices. With their extended yogurt selections, featuring new Yoplait Light with Granola and Trix yogurt, finding the flavors, and prices, you love just became even easier.

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Posted in Gift Guide

Things Remembered Birthday Review & Giveaway

For people who want to purchase a one-of-a kind birthday gift for those on their gift lists, one online store to check out is Things Remembered.

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Posted in Uncategorized

Resveratrol Antioxidant Giveaway

About a week ago I received a bottle of Resveratrol Antioxidant pills in the mail.  Resveratrol was something new to me I had not heard of it before Neocell contacted me to share my thoughts, with you the readers, on my site (apparently I live under a rock, because it is supposedly a big thing in the ‘supplement’ world).  I don’t drink alcohol, but those of you that do may recognize that resveratrol is found in red wine.

For those unaware (as I was) exactly what resveratrol

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Posted in Mom Central

Contact Lenses. What My Teen Thinks of Them.

I got my first pair of glasses when I was in 6th grade.  Back then there wasn’t much choice, glasses were less than fashionable, and no one in jr. high wore contact lenses.  When I graduated high school and considered myself an adult, one of the first things I did was visit my optometrist and get myself some contacts.  A lot has changed over the years.

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Posted in books

Darth Paper Strikes Back – Review

“Not such a long time ago, in a middle school not so far, far away…”

This is how the back cover of Darth Paper Strikes Back begins, and leads into the exciting tale that sequels The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter #Toast2TV Twitter Party & Giveaway

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! wants to make the viewing of TV’s Biggest Night an evening to remember, so they will be Tweeting LIVE on TV’s biggest night—Sunday, September 18th!

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Posted in Cruises Disney Disney Travel

An Amazing Pile of Ice

So I know I have some online readers who have been waiting to hear about my trip to Alaska, and some real life friends, who apparently would rather see them on my blog than come to my home and see the pictures I took (you know who you are…).

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