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Gerber Lil’ Bits – For Babies Learning to Chew

Lifestyle

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Gerber. The opinions and text are all mine. Transitions are beautiful and essential part of life. The first time little squirt walks, the first time they go to school, the first day we have to ourselves…ahhh. 🙂 I digress. Transitions are awesome and they require work as well as…
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Big Best Buy Special Holiday Shopping Event – Nov 7!

The Home

Black Friday isn’t for another three weeks, but Best Buy is starting the shopping season out right with a a Black Friday presale, taking place tomorrow, November 7.  Tomorrow, ya’ll.  Get your shopping shoes laced up and your reusable shopping bags ready!  Best Buy is offering extensive discounts on Apple products, Sony, Microsoft, Xbox and many others.  Best Buy has…
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30 Days of Giving – Live With Less Challenge

The Home

For just about every year since I started blogging I’ve participated in or led a 30 days of giving each November.  I’ve been blogging since 2009 so that’s quite a long time! The old challenge went something like this: The challenge is to give something to someone everyday in November.  The gifts can be anything given to anyone…money, food, old clothes,…
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How to Childproof Your Home

Lifestyle

When I first found out I was pregnant I was consumed with childproofing our home.  That is, after I was consumed with picking a name and learning what I could and couldn’t eat.  There’s so much for new moms to think about!  To help make life a tiny bit easier for moms I’ve compiled a list of ways to childproof…
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Make Your Home Smart With Lennox

The Home

October 21, 2015 just rolled around and we aren’t as tech savvy as Doc and Marty McFly thought. We still need roadways and we don’t have hoverboards. We do have smarter homes though, and some homes are really decked out. What kind of technology do you have in your home that makes it “smarter?” I guess our home is pretty…
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