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Pinterest Weekly Roundup Spring and Easter Edition

March 25, 2013 Food

I am a tad behind, usually I do the Pinterest Weekly Roundup on Sunday, oops. Yesterday I was busy watching the snow I guess – we had 13.3” of snow here in St. Louis! WOW! Good thing I love snow! This week, as promised, the focus is on spring and Easter pins that I have [...]

Tagged as: arts/crafts, easter, gift ideas, holidays, humor, pinterest, Pinterest Roundup, recipe, teens

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Musical Toy Gifts for Toddlers

December 16, 2012 Reviews & Giveaways

Since my nephew Colby still can’t read, I think I am okay sharing these toys I have for him for Christmas. One of his little friends has this B. Woofer Hound Dog Guitar and Colby loves it. I told his mom I would get this for him then so he would have his own. It [...]

Tagged as: 2012 Gift Guide, gift ideas, kids, music, toys

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Holiday Wish Lists and the Virtual Piggy Twitter Party

December 12, 2012 Tech

As a child we scoured those big thick catalogs and circled all the items we wished for to share with friends and family. We did this every year in November at our monthly family get together and I just loved it. Our family patterns changed over the years though and of course I don’t even [...]

Tagged as: gift ideas, kids, prize, shopping, twitter party

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$107,300 Holiday Gift plus a cheaper alternative

December 8, 2012 Living

Who knew some birds and a few characters could cost so much! If you were to buy your true love all of the items you sing about in the 12 Days of Christmas it would cost you about $107,300 in today’s world. YIKES! This infographic breaks down the numbers for you…. Via: DegreeSearch.orgBut if you [...]

Tagged as: christmas, gift ideas, holidays, infographic

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Stop Buying and Giving Overpriced Low Quality Food Gifts

December 4, 2012 Food

I have slowly come to have a different view on a lot of the good gifts that are everywhere this time of year. In the past I have actually done positive posts about some of them even. Just like all of us though, we change and learn and grow throughout our lives. This year I [...]

Tagged as: christmas, food, gift ideas, holidays

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eBay Holiday Gift Guide and Sweepstakes

November 28, 2012 Reviews & Giveaways

Along with finding unique items on eBay, you can also find all of this holiday’s hottest gift ideas for everyone on your list with the help of the eBay Holiday Gift Guide. To make shopping even more fun they have added the eBay Holiday Gift Shop sweepstakes with daily winners! I have not started actual [...]

Tagged as: apps, gift ideas, giveaway, shopping

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Fabulous Indoor Sleeping Bags (plus giveaway and coupon code)

November 1, 2012 Reviews & Giveaways

When I was young I loved sleepovers! I stayed at friends or family members homes often. While a few places I stayed had an extra bed that I could use, most of them time all of us just used sleeping bags on the floor. We all loved having our own “space” on the floor and [...]

Tagged as: 2012 Gift Guide, coupon, gift ideas, giveaway, kids, review

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Chicago Cutlery DesignPro Knives

October 22, 2012 Food

Last week I won two knives from one of my favorite food bloggers, Vanessa Druckman of French Foodie Mom. I love winning kitchen items and I think you can never have too many knives in the kitchen. Too many cooks yes, but not too many knives. I already have some Chicago Cutlery pieces that I [...]

Tagged as: 2012 Gift Guide, cooking, gift ideas, kitchen tools

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This little piggy….

August 24, 2012 Reviews & Giveaways

Last night I finally took some time to build my nanoblock pig kit that I received from the nice folks at Ohio Art during the Sweet Suite event. I just love teeny tiny things like this – apparently I inherited this from my mom because she has the same reaction to very small items as [...]

Tagged as: gift ideas, toys

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Sony SmartWatch Review

July 23, 2012 Tech

As part of the Verizon Insider team (#VZWBuzz) I get a few goodies from time to time. Recently they sent me a Sony SmartWatch. This is an accessory sold at Verizon Wireless stores (online and in person). You use this along with an android smartphone. It allows you to view updates such text messages, Facebook, [...]

Tagged as: #VZWBuzz, android, gadgets, gift ideas, review, smartphone, social networks, technology, Verizon

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