I am participating in a super fun Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop. This fantastic holiday event runs December 1st to 5th and currently there are over 200 blogs participating so far! This will be so much fun for everyone involved! Yay!!!

The giveaway theme is cash and gift cards/gift certificates. I am currently looking for companies who wish to sponsor my blog giveaway for this event with a Gift Certificate from their business. It’s up to you the amount and who can enter (US, Canada or worldwide).

How will this help your business? We are expecting this to be a high traffic event and the buzz is already building online about it. Your company will gain exposure and I am offering a few Sponsorship Packages to give you more incentive to sponsor my blog giveaway!

The Sponsorship Packages are:

Gold Package- Donate a Gift Certificate of $100 and up. You will receive:
-Company or Product Feature [Read more…]

Hello, Bloggy Buddies!
I have a cross-post today from a nice blogger over at Lisa Benest MD
How cool are we? A Dr. cross post, LOL….well, we are the coolest bunch, are we not, bloggy buddies? 🙂
So read on, and enjoy!

We now know that despite the lure of golden summer skin, there is no such thing as a healthy tan. All tanning causes damage to skin. And despite our best efforts to protect it, our skin does get exposed to the sun, and can be damaged by UVR (UV rays). The sun’s rays can reach us even when we’re not aware of it. UVR can penetrate glass and clothes, travel through clouds and reflect off water and sand. All this means that we need to be more vigilant than we might think. UVR are responsible for sun tans, but also for sunburns and deeper tissue damage.
The best approach for preventing sun damage to skin is to avoid or minimize the damage in the first place. The steps for prevention are simple, but important. They include:

• Minimizing sun exposure when UV rays are at their peak (between 11 am and 4 pm).
• Applying sunscreen to your face every day, even if you’re just going about your usual business. A majority of sun exposure actually occurs on an everyday basis, such as while driving and when walking to and from your car. It is important that your sunscreen contains protection against UV-A rays as well as the UV-B rays, since the former is more damaging to our skin.
• Wearing long sleeves, long pants and a hat when you can’t avoid being over-exposed.

Not all clothes offer equal protection, so know the [Read more…]

Ah, back to school….
Which of course means back to school nights, picture days, parent teacher conferences, fund-raising,….all during the first month, lol.
I think it’s too much too fast.  I get a bit overwhelmed.  (And I’m a teacher!)  Maybe that’s why I get overwhelmed.  I get it on two fronts, haha.  What do you think?
Do you think it’s nuts?  Like, too many things, too fast?  My daughter only went back Sept 8, and we already have all those things listed above for Sept.  How about your kids?

Hello Bloggy Buddies!
Today I went to a baby shower with a friend of mine.  She did find out the sex of her baby.  I did, too.
I was wondering- did you?
If so, why or why not? 
I just couldn’t wait.  And also, I wanted to get the baby’s room ready.  
(I love getting to know you better!  Don’t feel like you have to answer if it’s too personal for you.  I don’t want to seem like I am prying, lol)

Hooray!
I can’t wait for the weekend!
This has been quite a week- and I CAN’T WAIT for the weekend!!!!!
HAPPY ALMOST FRIDAY!!!!!!

Here is my silly boy, [Read more…]

Here’s a Toys R Us $5 off $25 printable coupon (Excludes diapers, formula, Ameda, Aprica, Baby Jogger, BOBgear, Bugaboo, Cybex, Mamas & Papas, Peg Pérego, video game hardware, Apple iPods, RobotGalaxy, netbooks,
gift cards, [Read more…]

30% off all regular priced items, backpacks, lunchboxes, etc…PLUS free shipping!

Old Navy 30 Percent Off Coupon and More!