Happy Chinese New Year!

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Happy Chinese New Year everyone! How did you celebrate the event on January 23rd? Since that was the date of my wisdom teeth removal, it was definitely not a day for celebration so we had to postpone our event for a few more days.  The good thing is that the kids have no idea when [...]

M&M’S® Ms. Brown Is Stepping Into the Spotlight

M&M'S Ms Brown

Have you heard? There’s some real excitement happening in the M&M’S® world! Very soon, we will all be meeting Ms. Brown, the sixth M&M’S® character and someone who has been behind the scenes for far too long! She’s watched her friends Blue, Orange, Yellow, Red and Ms. Green be in the spotlight and tour around Canada [...]

Wordless Wednesday ~ Where I Want to Be!

Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  One of our port adventures on our Disney Wonder Cruise in December!

Disney Treasure Buddies Giveaway

Treasure Buddies Prize Pack Giveaway

On January 31, 2012, The Walt Disney Studios proudly unleashes Treasure Buddies, an all-new live action feature for the whole family on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital. The 6th film in the Buddies franchise stars everyone’s favorite talking canine superstars Rosebud, B-Dawg, Budderball, Buddha and Mudbud, as the pup pack journeys to mysterious Egypt in search [...]

Paying Off Debt in 2012

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A few days before Christmas, I was doing some online banking and looking at our credit card statement, which threatened to Grinch-out my holidays.  So I closed my laptop and promised myself that in the New Year, I would look at ways to pay off credit card debt. There’s no secret way to accomplish this… [...]

My My My Gopher Face, My My Gopher Face

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On Monday, after putting it off for oh…almost 20 years, I’m getting my wisdom teeth removed.  Yes, you read that right.  I was in my late teens when I was first told that my wisdom teeth should come out and I somehow managed to put it off until now.  Excuses abound (no coverage for awhile, [...]

Lazy Cabbage Rolls Casserole

Lazy Cabbage Rolls

My friend, at 9 months pregnant, is busy in her kitchen making casseroles and items to freeze for after the baby arrives.  She mentioned making lazy cabbage rolls the other night and I couldn’t stop thinking about it.  So much so that I went to the grocery store that day and made it the following [...]

La Creme Cow $100 Prize Pack Giveaway

La Creme

Are you feeling the winter cooking blahs yet?  I sure am, which is why I’m always eager to try out new recipes on the blog and share them when I find something delicious. The same goes for snacking.  My kids are tired of the same old snacks in the pantry and truth be told, so [...]

How to Keep Indoors Interesting

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Here we are, in the depths of a January cold snap and it’s times like these that a mommy could easily snap when trapped (I mean staying warm and cozy) indoors with the kids.  Let’s be honest, I’m not an outdoorsy mom to begin with so once the snow hits the ground, we hightail it [...]