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5 Most Common Cleaning Blunders You Don’t Want to Commit!

5 Most Common Cleaning Blunders

Cleaning a home is a hefty job and by making the right decisions a home owner may lessen the stress involved in keeping everything in good shape. There are a lot of easy decisions that can be made to ensure a home owner has the cleanest house, and spends the least amount of time performing those necessary household jobs. The following tips should make cleaning much less of a hassle and safer for any home owner who has a dirty {Read More}

Interview with John C. Reilly for Wreck-It Ralph

Walt Disney Animation Studios and Emmy®-winning director Rich Moore take audiences on a hilarious, arcade-game-hopping journey in Wreck-It Ralph. Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) is tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix, Jr. (voice of Jack McBrayer), the ‘good guy’ star of their game who always gets to save the day. But after decades spent doing the same thing and seeing all the glory go to Felix, Ralph decides he’s tired of playing the role of a bad guy. He {Read More}

Backyard Fun and Games: Five Easy Weekend Projects Your Kids Will Love

The days are beginning to get warmer and longer, and now is the perfect time to begin planning ahead for a backyard weekend landscaping project. According to a Cincinnati landscaping company, if you’re like most homeowners, you tend to clean up the yard every spring, add a few new flowerbeds, maybe plant some grass and call it a day. Have you ever thought about doing something a little more fun? By starting a fun, creative backyard landscaping project you can create {Read More}

Tophatter Going Once, Going Twice, Sold! $200 Cash Giveaway

We’ve just discovered an addictive new auction site called Tophatter, where buyers bid for sellers’ unique goods in fast-paced virtual auction rooms. From crafts and DIY projects, to antiques, jewelry, home décor and much more, there’s no limit to what you can discover on Tophatter. With live auctions every day, sellers get to showcase their wares from around the world to a community of thousands of buyers, and answer questions via chat as the clock ticks down. Each lot sells {Read More}

DYI ~ Glass and mosaic tiles

If you are ready to give your kitchen, bathroom, garden or other architectural project a brand new look, glass and mosaic tiles are a great way to freshen up any area you have in mind. With a wide selection, you can choose various designs for multiple projects. Whether you are interested in using glass tiles or stone tiles, there should be plenty of materials and design configurations to pique your interest and fit the idea for the theme of any {Read More}

How to Make Seasonal Patio Lights from Plastic Bottles

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Plastic bottles can take anywhere from 400 to 1,000 years to break down in a landfill. This is a very disturbing fact when you consider that only about seven percent of all the plastic consumed in the United States gets recycled. The best way to stop the cycle of waste is to reuse and recycle any plastic bottles that you use. Luckily, there are many fun, creative ways to make your bottles into usable art. The holiday season is the {Read More}

Kids DIY Craft Ideas

Egg Carton Jewelry Box

Parents don’t throw away your empty egg cartons or glass jars. You can upcycle these items to be used for creating fun DIY craft projects that your kids will love to make. Upcycling items into craft projects will teach kids how to be both earth-friendly and creative with little cost involved. These upcycled DIY craft projects are also fun activities for a sleepover or birthday party. Cereal Box Notebook Kids can use these fun cereal box notebooks to draw pictures {Read More}

Having Fun with Mars Halloween Candy! Snickers Brownie Recipe

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Mars candy. All opinions are 100% mine. Halloween is by far one of my most fav’ed holidays. Oddly I have always been interested in the history behind the day of the dead. Now that I am a mom, my excitement also rolls over into decorating my home and preparing goodies for the trick or treaters that will visit Halloween night! Here is a peek at the Graveyard I created {Read More}

Keeping Kids Creative ~ Step2 Creative Projects Table Giveaway

Step2 Creative Projects Table

The last week of September has been Nationally designated as “Keep Kids Creative Week”. While this week is often celebrated in schools with many fun activities to help stimulate kid’s creativeness, parents can also take advantage of this week to do some really fun things at home. Many parents struggle with finding time to fit creativity in but there are lots of products out there to help us with getting those creative juices flowing. Mama-Nibbles and Life With Two Boys {Read More}

Pillow Pets Dream Lites Giveaway

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Pillow Pet Dream Lites are the amazing nightlight that turns your room into a starry sky instantly. Simply press the button it projects a starry sky on your ceiling and walls! Creates a magical and tranquil environment that helps kids ease into a restful sleep. They are even great for playtime. Built in timer shuts off after 20 minutes. Folds up into a pet or opens to lay flat. All the DreamLites come with 4 light options steady blue, amber, {Read More}

Fall Gardening ~ Distressed Sofa Planter filled with Colorful Mums

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Scotts Miracle-Gro. All opinions are 100% mine. It has been a long time passion of mine to locate and try to recreate outdoor products with aged materials. With the new Pinterest craze in full swing, I am able to Find beauty in the Fall projects easier than ever. Take this colorful mum garden by Heather Bullard, I am giddy to bring to life. Materials needed: Antique sofa {requirements: wooden frame, undamaged} {Read More}

Compaq Presario Laptop Giveaway

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Mom Blog Society wants to send you back to school with a Compaq Black 15.6″ Presario Laptop!     Mom Blog Society: A Bloggers Network- bringing Brands and Bloggers together from around the world Event Co-hosted by: Powered by Mom Mom to Bed by 8 Mom Does Reviews SavingandMore Couponing4you Sister’s Savings Cents By The Way Girlfriend The Prize: Compaq Black 15.6″ Presario Laptop PC The simple style and essential features you expect from Compaq are more affordable than ever! {Read More}

Bitten Shame Book Excerpt

When Langston poured the entire substance into a large bowl a light bulb went on inside her brain and Jill laughed out loud, “Is that what I think it is?” The huge man smiled as he drew back his head in feigned surprise, “What do you think that this is?” Her laugh became a guffaw and she slapped her hand on her knee, “I thought you were like a connoisseur of fine food, Andre! Shit on shingles is not what {Read More}

Ghost Blogging

Ghost blogging services are a specialty of mine though you would never know if you read a piece of my work as the pieces are listed from unknown author source or premission of credit is provide by me to the company of hire. Depending on the project, length and continued relationship, I offer the following service rates. Hourly (works best for long term relationships) – $35 an hour with a minimum of 3 hours monthly for a 3 to 6 month contacted period. Single projects: {Read More}

Nick Daze and his incredible Kickstarter campaign!

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First time children’s book author Nick Dazé, is in the final days (63 hours to be exact) of his campaign to raise funding to independently publish his children’s book Roger Nix President at Age Six. The story is about kindergartener Roger Nix, an ordinary boy: Roger loves kindergarten, playing make-believe, and hanging out with his imaginary friends (a baby donkey named Jack and a baby elephant named Abe). But when he learns about the plans of Old Man Plee, a perennial {Read More}