Why You Should Vacation with Your Kids Family vacations are an excellent way to bring the family together and have a lot of fun at the same time. If you have small children, the benefits they may derive from the trips you take will be worth the trouble of having to worry about small kids while holidaying. You might want to wait until your kids are a bit older - just so they can experience the vacation and actually remember it. ...
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Avoiding Burnout During the School Year
Thank you Council For Responsible Nutrition for sponsoring this post. I am proud to be one of the 170 million Americans who take dietary supplements each year! As a teacher and a mom to three kids, I am very familiar with the mid-year burnout that often happens with students and teachers. There comes a point, usually sometime in March, where it feels like the day-to-day routine of school, homework, after school activities (and repeat the next ...
Adding a Dog to Our Family’s Budget
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #DogChowDifference The kids wore me down. They wanted a dog. The husband wanted a dog. I was outnumbered, and despite the big fight I put up, Cocoa made his way into our home and our hearts. I was specific about what I was looking for in a dog (thinking my standards were well beyond what was possible and we wouldn't ...
Raising Funds with a Silent Auction for Breast Cancer Research
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post on behalf of The Breast Cancer Alliance. All opinions and experiences are my own, and the information in this post is not meant to treat or diagnose illnesses. Three years ago my world nearly came crashing down. While I had just had my son and this should have been a happy time, we found out my grandmother, a 20 year breast cancer survivor, broke her hip for the second time and was diagnosed with late ...
Maxi the Taxi Dog is in Our Living Room! Find out How You Can Win a Trip to NYC!
Dislosure: This post was brought to you by . All opnions are my own. Fostering a love for reading has always been an important "mom goal" of mine. My husband is an avid reader, and while I used to love getting lost in a book as a child, I somehow lost my love for reading during High School and college years. Within the past five years, I've finally found the drive to read books again. All it took was one book to remind me how much I loved ...
Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze Is Here for the Nintendo Switch!
Disclosure: Review Copy provided for Inclusion My love for all things Nintendo is deep-rooted in all the fun memories I made growing up playing Nintendo. I still get giddy over every new game that's released that has a nostalgic tie to my childhood, like Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Nintendo Switch. You see, when I was younger, my brother and I wanted a Super Nintendo system SO BAD. Our parents couldn't afford one, ...
The Difference Between Earbuds and Noise Canceling Headphones
Disclosure: The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free. I always thought all headphones were made the same, but I finally learned the difference this summer. I'm used to the flimsy earbuds that fit into my bag and are easy to take on the go with me, but I still hear everything going on around me. I find it hard to focus on what I'm listening to, ...
3 Month Post-Op, My Microdiscectomy Experience
It's been 3 months since I've had my microdiscectomy. I had initially planned to document my entire journey post spine surgery, but I've been busy doing everything I couldn't do for nearly a year! Just for reference, exactly a year ago I took my family to Disney World and had to be on steroids and pain meds just to get through the trip. I remember crying to my husband as we exited Magic Kingdom for the last time on our trip. I felt it would be ...