September 2010

Olly Coupon: 20% off Athletic Shoes 9/30 ONLY

September 30, 2010

Are you as obsessed with comfortable and quality footwear for your kids as I am? If you are, you will love OllyShoes.com, a new e-store from one of my favorite local retailers. They carry hard to find brands that really stand up to my kids wear and tear. I prefer to buy them one nice [...]

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Please Touch Museum Tickets Giveaway

September 30, 2010

Please Touch Museum is one of my family’s favorite local places to visit. The zoo is nice, and the aquarium is interesting, but Please Touch always wins us over with the hands on attitude and super friendly staff. I don’t know if they put something in the water, but every time we go to Please [...]

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Saving Money on Halloween

September 29, 2010

On Wednesday I hosted The Centsible Show (new day and time Wednesday at 1pm EST). The topic was saving money for the holidays. I know, it’s barely October, but by planning ahead you will be able to save a ton of money. Here are the tips I shared on saving for Halloween. How to Save [...]

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Centsible Show today at 1pm EST

September 29, 2010

The Centsible Show is back! On today at 1pm EST and every Wednesday at 1pm EST/10am PST I will be talk about living a more ¢entsible life. Today’s topic is getting ready for the holidays on the cheap. Starting with Halloween, we’ll talk about some ways you can save on costumes even if you can’t [...]

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Mom Monday: Turning off the Inbox

September 27, 2010

This weekend I took a much needed internet fast. No twitter, no email, no blogging, no Facebook. It wasn’t easy at first. I kept thinking of 140 character updates for things that were happening, and half wrote blog posts in my head on Friday afternoon, and into Saturday. But then something happened, my brain shut [...]

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While I’m gone…

September 24, 2010

Lately I’ve been feeling like I’ll never catch up, and my focus is all over the place. Add in a week that was crazy, and I feel like overcooked toast. I’m taking Friday-Monday off. No email, no twitter, no foursquare, no Facebook, and no blogging. I know! I’ll be ok, I promise. While I’m gone [...]

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Fill the Backpack: Healthy Lunches on a budget

September 22, 2010

As a part of the Fill the Backpack campaign I was sent a ton of yummy, delicious goodies to literally fill the kid’s backpacks. I was thrilled that I the companies we worked with all have products that are healthy, free of dyes, preservatives and chemicals, and make me feel good about including a little [...]

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Gluten Free Diet

September 21, 2010

About 4 weeks ago I made the leap to a gluten free diet. I don’t have Celiac (updated: Erica pointed out that Celiac is an autoimmune disorder, not an allergy as I originally said), but I seem to have a sensitivity to gluten, and when I am eating it I feel I rely too heavily [...]

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BlogHer Musings and Retail Me Not giveaway

September 17, 2010

You may know that about a month ago I spent a few exhausting, amazing days in New York City at BlogHer ’10. It was a crazy and awesome time. If you aren’t familiar BlogHer is a huge conference for women who blog. There were over 2400 people all in one place. I was extremely fortunate [...]

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In Stitches

September 15, 2010

This little boy keeps me in stitches all the time. He tells funny jokes, like no one’s business. Must be that he’s #4 and needs some kind of hook or something. Monday night after the kind of preparation only mothers do-weeks of figuring out who will watch the kids, planning ahead for meal, and bedtime, [...]

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