September 2011

5 Tips to Packing a Wardrobe for Travel

September 30, 2011

I’m leaving on a jet plane to head to Chicago for the Financial Bloggers’ Conference. I’ll be speaking on Sunday about taking your brand Beyond Blogging (will share some of my presentation next week), as well as a panel on working with traditional media.The prep for the kids tips for making the transition smooth for [...]

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Extreme Couponing- It’s back!

September 29, 2011

Extreme Couponing is back! I started using coupons because of this show! So I am excited to watch the show and learn some new techniques. These items were free with coupons and sales!   I have gotten some tips from the show, but most of what I have learned about how to coupon has came from [...]

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Creating Digital Citizens with Safely

September 28, 2011

As a parent of four, and a social media consultant I’m concerned about my kids learning to be good digital citizens. Facebook wasn’t around when I was a teen, and for that I’m somewhat grateful, but as my kids get older they will become more active online. They will have Facebook accounts, twitter accounts and [...]

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Great Wolf: Wordless Wednesday

September 27, 2011

Over the past weekend we surprised the kids with a trip to Great Wolf Lodge. We were invited to check out a new interactive feature, Story Explorers, and while I’ll be sharing more of our trip soon I thought these photos were perfect for Wordless Wednesday. For more inspiring photos, check out:  The Bonafide Life, Better in [...]

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Free labels today only + lots of freebies!

September 27, 2011

Free Labels from Vistaprint This offer ends at Midnight tonight! Free labels, you pay shipping. Use them for address labels, backpacks, lunchbags, and fall/winter coats. This is also a great time to order them for holiday cards!     Free Photo Products from Vistaprint Vistaprint is also offering a ton of freebies through the end of September. [...]

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Glass is Life Giveaway #GlassisLife

September 27, 2011

My glass storage containers are one of my favorite kitchen items. They are so versatile for storage, baking, and keeping bulk foods fresh. I’ve had the same glass containers for about 10 years and they are still in perfect shape. I also reuse a lot of the glass containers our food comes in because they [...]

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Menu Monday with Taco Beef Recipe

September 26, 2011

This weekend we were away (more on that to come) so Emma and I didn’t have our usual Sunday morning routine. Instead we shopped on Sunday afternoon, and it proved to me that our Sunday routine is key to saving money. I spent about $80 more than I usually do at the store, about half [...]

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Child Passenger Safety Week

September 24, 2011

Today marks the end of Child Passenger Safety Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness about child seat safety. Today you can find community events nationwide will have Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians available to provide hands-on car seat inspections and advice — for free! You can use the locator to find nearby car seat inspection stations on National Seat Check Saturday, [...]

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10 Essential Fall Wardrobe Builders for Less

September 23, 2011

Today is the first official day of Fall. That means it’s time for pumpkin spice lattes, leaves falling from the trees, and weather that changes daily here in the Northeast. It seems every day is different and we get varying temperatures every hour it seems! So how are you supposed to dress when the weather [...]

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7 Ways to Entertain your kids when you’re sick

September 23, 2011

There’s nothing worse than feeling under the weather, except when you are also caring for small people. As a work at home mom ( and former stay at home mom) this scenario is all to familiar to me. It always seems as a cold passes through the house everyone else gets better, and then I [...]

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