I recently overheard my husband explaining what a "cloud" is (in reference to internet and stored data). How did I miss this one? I'm the techie in the family and I never thought about storing my data in this magical cloud that he referred to. What happens when your computer crashes, or worse - your basement floods taking down important documents you had stored in filing cubbies? This happened to us and it was a mess. We lost medical files, ...
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Starbucks Bistro Review
My hubby and I have a weekend ritual which started with a holiday gift from a student when I was teaching. Almost 2 years ago, I received a Starbucks gift card. I usually make my coffee at home, and my hubby prefers a Greek Frappe (or rather, French) as opposed to "American Coffee" so we rarely purchase coffee. One morning, we were in a rush to leave the house and didn't get a chance to make coffee or grab breakfast - so we decided to use the ...
TRACFONE
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of TracFone for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. We are living in a world where to get good cell phone service, you need to enter a contract with a company. There are very few comapnies that offer no-contract service, but they aren't often used. I never really thought about it until my friend decided to trade in her old company for a TRACFONE. I initially thought she was crazy, until I ...
Happy Baby Foods
Finding the perfect baby food among the sea of jarred foods is difficult, especially when you take into account the pesticides and chemicals that go into your baby's meals, plus the packaging hazard of glass jarred foods. Despite working as a teacher full time, taking grad classes, and exclusively breastfeeding my infant, I decided to make her homemade baby food. I know - you must be thinking - with all she had to do, and with all the options ...
Burt’s Bees travel kit Review
Summer time means unexpected trips to various places with the family. I have been known to be spontaneous and having a child may have slowed that down a little. Now that she is older and tolerating car trips a little easier, we have been more adventurous. Traveling with a baby, as you can imagine, is a lot of work! There is always something you are missing and you cannot start your travels without an appropriate to do list. Thankfully ...
Cookie’s Kids Department Store Review and Giveaway
Let's face it, babies grow VERY fast and they really only wear some adorable outfits only once or twice before they are in the next size. I cannot justify spending a ton of money on something that my daughter will only wear a few times, so I try to keep her clothing budget low - which does NOT mean that she can't get some really cute outfits! Cookies Kids gave me $25 to spend on their site, and I was able to score 3 VERY cute pieces for my ...
Kiddie Academy Success Story: Wendy
When I read the story about Wendy Barry I felt instantly connected to her. Just like me, she was a teacher who was looking for a way to juggle her growing family with her career. Knowing she didn't want to leave the education field, she began looking into child care franchises after her daughter, Taylor, was born. At the time Wendy was looking into franchises, The Millers placed an ad in their local paper looking for people to help them expand ...
Team Umizoomi: Journey to Numberland
Team Umizoomi is one of the best children's shows out there today. My mom is a math teacher and I'm sure she would love to see her granddaughter learning about mathematics at such a young age. Team Umizoomu reinforces math skills that preschoolers already know, such as simple counting, but they also offer patterns (or as my moms would say, tessellations) and so much more! Each episode is a math-filled adventure that teaches children how math is ...