Tully’s Coffee Giveaway and Giving Back to Community

Tully's Community Spaces Blend

Tully’s Coffee is known for its slow roasting and delicious coffee taste. Tully’s should also be known for giving back to the community in the Seattle area. Working with the Pomegranate Center, Tully’s has helped revitalize public gathering spaces. And their Taste of Community contest, (with information on Tully’s Facebook page) seeks to find one [...]

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Florida’s Largest Home Show in Tampa Labor Day Weekend

Florida's-Largest-Home-Show

Florida’s Largest Home Show will be held this Labor Day weekend at the Tampa Convention Center. My family and I will be attending as guests of the show to see the exhibits about home repair, remodeling, landscaping and unique furnishings. There are more than 1,000 displays and exhibits, including a tasting pavilion for the latest [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – See You Soon with Linky #WW

See You Soon

My Wordless Wednesday is a photo from the airport when we said, See You Soon to my daughter Alicia. She was on her way home to Kansas after a visit to see us in Florida. We can’t wait to see her again. For more inspiring photographs, head over to The Bona Fide Life, Better in Bulk, Shanamama, [...]

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Game Time: Tackling the Past TV Movie Review

Family Movie Night

Game Time: Tackling The Past premiers Saturday, September 3 on NBC at 8pm ET/7pm CT. Another one of the highly popular Family Movie Night movies presented by P&G and Walmart, this show is based on football. You’ll also learn about the importance of family relationships and  caring for others more than yourself. I had the [...]

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General Mills Cereal Treat Bars Prize Pack Giveaway

General Mills Cereal Treat prize pack

Learn about General Mills Cereal Treat Bars and enter for a chance to win a prize pack! Packing lunches and giving your children snacks can be a hard task this Back To School season. My daughter gets bored with having the same foods all the time now that she’s older. Since snacks may be eaten [...]

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On Being A Strong Mother

Heart

That phone call is the one that will stick with me forever, the one when I became a strong mother. The one where you move so fast that you can feel the adrenaline pump through your body as your mind races along with it.  Your body acts on auto pilot. Your thoughts are a mess. [...]

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Clue Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Edition

Harry Potter Clue

With a large area of the country getting through or preparing for Hurricane Irene, the new family game, Clue – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Edition – can come in handy. Keep your mind off the weather and get the family involved in a board game especially if you don’t have electricity. This edition [...]

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Being Geeky With The Big Bang Theory

BigBangTheory

Have you ever considered yourself a geek after watching the Big Bang Theory? To me, geeky meant knowing a lot about science and math and being a Star Wars and Star Trek fan. Now after getting to know the characters of the show, I realize that geeky can mean being socially awkward. It even says [...]

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Winners – Publix Gift Card and Math Blaster

Congratulations

Two winners to announce today! Comment #30 Tina M is the winner of the $25 Publix Gift Card from the Publix Great Deals on Great Meals giveaway.   The winner of the Math Blaster membership is Comment #3 Steph Winners will be emailed and have 2 days to reply to claim their prizes. Thank you [...]

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Love Is Not Abuse Teen Dating Education

Love Is Not Abuse

Love Is Not Abuse is a new app that educates parents about teen dating abuse. It’s also a coalition requesting education about teen dating abuse in schools. As parents, we may be more aware of the signs of teen drinking, drug abuse and of bullying than we are of dating abuse. I’m one of those [...]

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Wordless Wednesday Wilderness Lodge Disney with Linky #WW

Wilderness Lodge Disney World

My Wordless Wednesday is the rustic Wilderness Lodge at Disney World: For more inspiring photographs, head over to The Bona Fide Life, Better in Bulk, Shanamama, From Dates to Diapers, Not Your Momblog, The Divine Miss Mommy , High Impact Mom, BrainFoggles and Zensible Mama and link your own photo stories!

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Back To School So Bravely

Walking Girl

And so bravely, she got out of the car and went back to school on Monday after being taught from home for part of last school year and most of the summer. She had to stand among the crowd of students and wait for the bell to ring, just after saying she felt sick to [...]

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