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Redakai: Conquer the Kairu Card Game Giveaway

REDAKAI was named #1 toy to watch in 2011.  This trading card game by Spin Master, the maker of Bakugan, features 3-D graphics and animation effects on the cards.  And you thought you knew what a trading card was! 

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Posted in Collective Bias

Our Adventure is Over – Our Luggage Survived! – #BRXtravelgear

I find it hard to believe that I’ve been home for a week from our adventure travels to Alaska. Remember last month I wrote a post about the BRX Travel Gear that I purchased for our trip?

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Posted in Mom Central

Whirlpool Refrigerator Water Filter

When we got married and had our first home, the kitchen didn’t have a way to put a water filter line into it.  We used a table top pitcher to filter our drinking water, and the one thing my husband always said that was if we ever moved into a new home, he’d make sure it was built so that we could get a refrigerator with a built in water filter.  Five years later, he got that wish!

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Bausch + Lomb “Daily Talk Program”

There are so many days when as a mom I feel challenged when trying to discuss things with my teenage daughter.  You know how it is. 

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Posted in books

I Love Meatballs

Meatballs!  I ’em.

I made the most delicious meatballs for dinner courtesy of a recipe from the new book by Rick Rodgers that is being published and released on October 4, 2011, by Andrews McMeel called incidentally “I Love Meatballs“.  Tasty!  I’m not one for following recipes but this one I did for the Cheese Meatballs.

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Posted in Recipes

Iced Caramel Coffee Recipe

While I was in Alaska – I got the news about the Folgers “What’s Brewing?” event that is happening on Facebook.  I could have used a couple of those new products while I was away…

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8 Ways to be Studded With Style!

Like a little embellishment on your fashion accessories?  Studs are so pretty and they can make an ordinary piece, extraordinary.  Here are 8 items studded with style!

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Riverside Pediatric Dentist Advice: Floss First, Brush Later

If you’re preparing to teach your children the ways of dental hygiene, you might want to reconsider the playbook you use. According to information provided by a Riverside dentist office recently, it seems like we’ve been looking at the whole brushing and flossing thing the wrong way. Specifically, we’ve been looking at it backwards.

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Sea- Bands Review

Just before we went on our Alaskan cruise last month, I was contacted to review a pair of Sea-Bands.  Since we always take Bonine when we go on cruises, I thought this might be a nice change to not have to take pills each day in order to control the ‘sea-sick’ effect.  The company was kind enough to send a pair for each family member, which was a neat way to test the effectiveness of them on different levels of nausea susceptibility.  So let me tell you how they did!

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40 Love: Book Giveaway

It is that time of year again when Tennis is heating up the TV screens and hearts around the US Open.  So the new book 40 Love by New York Times bestselling novelist Madeleine Wickham, is right on time.

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