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Juicy June Giveaway!

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In honor of the upcoming Season Three premiere of HBO‘s True Blood, I will be giving away a copy of Charlaine Harris‘ new novel Dead In The Family to one lucky winner!Just tell me what you love best about either the Sookie Stackhouse novels or the show True Blood and I will pick . . . → Read More: Juicy June Giveaway!

Book Review: Vision in White or Vision in Boredom?

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Nora Robert’s newest series The Bride Quartet’s first book is Vision in White. The main character is Mac, or Mackensie, who is the bridal photographer with some serious mommy issues, as in no boundary mommy issues. While normally, I am not a big reader of Nora Roberts, I found this book to be . . . → Read More: Book Review: Vision in White or Vision in Boredom?

Making you pediatrician your friend, not the enemy during the internet age

Many times as moms, we feel like we might be at odds with our pediatricians. We as moms know our children best and feel that we are the best for them, especially in the internet age, where with a click of a button on sites like WebMD, we can self-diagnose with the best of them (or . . . → Read More: Making you pediatrician your friend, not the enemy during the internet age

Book Review: Now What? by Laura Berman Fortgang

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The book Now What?: 90 Days to a New Life Direction by Laura Berman Fortgang is the perfect book, especially in this economy and troubled times when people are literally asking themselves now what?

This book is a 90 Day tour of yourself, what you view are your limits (are they really your limits?) and . . . → Read More: Book Review: Now What? by Laura Berman Fortgang

A truly amazing quote about Capitialism

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I just read this amazing quote from Glen Beck’s book Arguing with Idiots. Beck (2009) stated, “The truth is that capitalism is neither good nor evil, is just is. Capitalism can’t get you a job, a bigger house, or a better retirement – you have to do all of those things for yourself. But . . . → Read More: A truly amazing quote about Capitialism

Twitter = Laughter, who knew?

I just finished one of the funnier books I have ever read! The World According to Twitter by David Pogue. David, a New York Times Personal Tech Columnist tapped into the minds of his 500,000 million Twitter followers for answers to some great and funny questions. Such as, change 1 letter of a familiar title: Star . . . → Read More: Twitter = Laughter, who knew?

Mommywood by Tori Spelling

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I recently got a copy of Tori Spelling’s new book, Mommywood by Tori Spelling. So far, I am loving it! I may be hard for some to do, but I feel for Tori. She struggles with what every mom struggles with, especially working moms: finding the balance between work and home. . . . → Read More: Mommywood by Tori Spelling

Where the Wild Things Are, coming to the big screen

The beloved book by Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, is coming to the big screen in October! I watched the trailer for it and it looks really good! I am excited to see it and take my daughter to see it too! Hope . . . → Read More: Where the Wild Things Are, coming to the big screen

Eat Clean Diet for Family & Kids

My family has changed out lifestyle! We started to eat better, by following some of the great recipes in Eat Clean Diet for Family and Kids by Tosca Reno. I just cleaned out our cabinets of all the processed and crappy foods that were in there. There was a lot!!! Sophia & I ventured up to . . . → Read More: Eat Clean Diet for Family & Kids

How Computer Games Help Kids Learn

Earlier I wrote a post about the book “How Computer Games Help Kids Learn“. After reading it, I was glad to return it to the library. Although this book is filled with information, I was disappointed that it read more like a doctoral dissertation. I didn’t realize when I checked it out the the books audience . . . → Read More: How Computer Games Help Kids Learn