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    Christmas Stories: Tin Soldier app and game by Big Fish Games

      Christmas Stories: Tin Soldier app and game made for PC, Mac, iPad and iPhone is a perfect seasonal diversion for almost any age. Christmas Stories: Tin Soldier app and game is a hidden object adventure game that starts with your return from battle. You are a soldier, finding on coming home that the Rat King has turned several people into toys since you left the palace. You must hunt throughout the palace and the city to find puzzle pieces that unlock treasures.   At the outset of this fun game you receive a letter from your friend Albert asking…

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    Limeapple Love and Girls Clothing – Bubble Jackets #TMMGG2014

    We are in love with the cute and warm girls clothing fashions from Limeapple. Limeapple makesĀ great, and age appropriate, girls clothing. That’s important to me. I don’t like to see little girls wearing grownup clothing. Limeapple seems to understand that. They make clothing that moves and works hard with active girls. Payton received this bubble jacket last week and she’s worn it several times. See the feature on the hands that makes it look a little but like a really expensive Lulu jacket? My kids are all over that. This bubble jacket cost half the price of comparable other active…

  • Printables

    Vintage Christmas Gift Tags Free Printable

    Vintage Christmas Gift Tags make super cute embellishments for the gifts under your Christmas tree. There’s still time to print these out and use them this season. Merry Christmas! Are you wrapping presents yet? I confess to being not even close to ready for Christmas, but that said I have so many amazing printables I have found on line that I know where I will be going when I need Christmas tags and crafts and colouring pages. My Gift to You This is my gift to you this year. These Vintage Christmas Gift Tags were made by my friend Kristen…

  • Technology

    The Newest Mystery Case Files App and Computer Game – Dire Grove, Sacred Grove

    Dire Grove has been plunged into a deadly cold spell and wild animals threaten you at every turn. How will you find the mystery objects, place clues together to solve puzzles and reveal the mystery of why Dire Grove is coming unglued? That’s the idea at the heart of Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove, Sacred Grove. Mystery Case Files is Big Fish Games most successful hidden object adventure game. Mystery Case Files App and Computer Game brings the mystery and the fun back to hidden object adventure games with:Ā Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove, Sacred Grove, the tenthĀ instalment in this fan…

  • Food - Giveaways

    Breakfast Mini Coffee Cakes #GayleaMom #Giveaways

    So you are the happy hostess again this year for Christmas! You’ve got the turkey and the trimmings and the big dinner meal all mapped out. You’ve got dessert ingredients ready to go and lunches are in the bag because everyone will want turkey sandwiches after the big day itself. But what about breakfast? And the breaks in between, like the one you want to take when you get home from Boxing Day shopping. What’s a busy host or hostess to do? Well, I have an idea you can prep right now and have ready to go –Ā Mini Coffee Cakes…

  • beauty products - family - Health

    DIY Mint Body Scrub for Gifting

    Mint body scrub is a great refresher for any time you need it. It is particularly energizing in the morning when you need a natural boost. This mint body scrub makes a great gift for someone special and is so easy to make. There are just three simple ingredients and it meets the thrifty criteria for sure. Make it and package it up with some pretty adornments. Perfect for gifting! Mint is a great way to perk up both your mood and skin, so this easy to make body scrubs proves to be rejuvenating for mind and body. When skin…

  • Technology

    Dark Parables Computer Games: The Little Mermaid and The Purple Tide

    I spent a large part of last weekend trapped on an island in Crete investigating the mysterious appearance of an underwater castle. Well, at least it seemed that way since I was completely absorbed in Big Fish games latest computer game Dark Parables: The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide. Anyone familiar with the Dark Parables computer games series will look forward to playing this one as well. This game starts with the premise of The Little Mermaid fairy tale and uses that as a jumping off point for a journey beneath the Mediterranean sea to solve several puzzles and…

  • Food

    15 Scrumptious Christmas Cookies

    Cookies, cookies cookies! Do you have a little cookie monster in your house? Maybe you are one yourself! True story – I was a total cookie monster in university. I fuelled up withĀ cookies, rice krispie squares and coffee. Now I try to eat healthier and sometimes I win that battle but I still have a weakness for cookies. This yearĀ I will purposefully take a pass on anything high in sodium,Ā but my new low sodium diet and health eating process doesn’t mean I skip all the treats. I think there’s something about cookies that brings out the kid in all of…

  • Giveaways

    Hoover Air Upright Cordless Vacuum #Giveaway #TMMGG2014

    Meet my new dance partner. I am actually not the world’s biggest cleaning fan. Happily my husband doesn’t seem to mind and often takes over the dishes, laundry and vacuuming.But this beautiful cordless vacuum has me changing my tune. The Hoover Air Cordless Upright provides fifty minutes of cleaning and good suction power.Ā It’s aĀ full-size cordless, cyclonic vacuum that can clean your whole home using lithium-ion battery technology. The vacuum comes with two LithiumLife batteries and when combined; provides an average of 50 minutes of fade-free power to clean both carpets and floors. I have a mixture of floors and carpets…

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    Limeapple Girls Clothing: Twelve Days of Christmas Sale

    Limeapple makes the cutest athletic clothing and girl’s fashions Today my daughter’s school held a cabaret concert. My youngest joined the choir this year which is a big deal because she’s never been interested in singing or music. She’s the girl who runs and swims, rides horses and dives, and kicks and does martial arts. She’s my sporty girl, always on the move, so forgive me if we were shocked, but pleasantly so when we she signed up for choir. Choir? Yes, choir. And when she managed to stick with it, we were quietly supportive. Last year music was a…