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HEXBUG Spider Review and Nano Give-Away

Some of you may be familiar with the HEXBUG products; the Nano, Crab, Inchworm orAnt. Well, move over little guys the huge HEXBUG Spider is coming to a town near you! It stands three inches tall – that’s tarantula size. The HEXBUG Spider Micro Robotic Creature is fun to operate and watch (and scare people [...]

Published by Kathy on October 16, 2011 7:37 am

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Review

I’ll admit it. I have Tablet Envy. I’m seeing more and more of these at blogging conferences and coffee shops. Heck, I’ve seen them in the grocery store. I love my iPhone and I love my MacBook Pro, but I will admit that my eyes have strayed. But, I’ve never touched. Until now. I was [...]

Published by Christina on October 13, 2011 8:00 am

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2012 Chevy Traverse Review & Giveaway

I have a confession. Although I’ve lived in the Motor City for a little over 7 years now, I’ve rarely given much thought to cars. Strange, I know. After attending a series of events as a guest of GM and driving the Chevy Volt, you can probably guess that I’ve been paying a lot more [...]

Published by Christina on October 10, 2011 12:31 pm

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KRE-O Transformers by Hasbro

These are fun constructions sets that give you the choice of building either a robot or a vehicle. The set that my son received was the KRE-O Optimus Prime 2-in-1 set. It had 90 pieces and kept him occupied for quite a while. First he built the robot and then tore it apart and made [...]

Published by Kathy on October 10, 2011 7:40 am

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Nominate Your Teacher to Win $50 to OfficeMax for National Cause

On behalf of the “A Day Made Better” cause for teachers, you can nominate your favorite teacher to win a gift card to OfficeMax for school supplies! Teachers are really incredible! They touch so many lives every day and open the doors to opportunity in every way, shape and form. With school budgets [...]

Published by Kathy on October 7, 2011 1:06 pm

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We’re Giving Away 100 Tickets to See Footloose!

Remember the movie, Footloose, that became the anthem of our lives in 1984? Well, it’s back and remade for a completely new generation of teens and tweens to enjoy. My family & I had the privilege of attending a special screening this past weekend. While I can’t publish the complete review just yet, I can [...]

Published by Christina on October 4, 2011 10:55 am

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Making Nutrition a Little Easier #NutritionPossible

Most people try to live a healthy lifestyle but it’s not always easy to do. Sometimes things get a little crazy and you can’t squeeze your exercise routine in or you grab take-out instead of a nice healthy home cooked meal. I know it happens at my house more than I want it to. That’s [...]

Published by Kathy on September 26, 2011 7:27 am

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Real Life Application Test: Moby App

As a mom of a new teen driver, I’ve been experiencing my own, special kind, of anxiety lately. Any parent that’s been through this will tell you it’s both a blessing and a curse. It’s such a relief that she can drive herself from place to place and asking her to pick up a gallon [...]

Published by Christina on September 23, 2011 9:24 am

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4 Tips for Great Family Photos + Giveaway!

Family portraits have come such a long way since we were children. It used to be that everyone gussied up in their Sunday best and headed over to their local department store photography studio. Everyone was posed and forced to hold a smile until the photographer finally got a shot without anyone blinking and [...]

Published by Christina on September 22, 2011 8:12 am

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Sm;)egram paper – Makes Writing More Fun for Your Child

I don’t know about your kids, but my son really doesn’t like to practice his writing. He is a master at finding the shortest way to write a sentence. Well Sm;)egram paper might just change that. I was recently given the opportunity to try one of the products from their great line-up of products. In [...]

Published by Kathy on September 21, 2011 7:19 am