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    Dempster’s Farmhouse Country White Bread #Giveaway

    November 12, 2012 - By 

    What’s your favorite sandwich? I like mine toasted first on a great bread, something substantial, not flimsy or too grainy. The bread, for me, is like the canvas for a work of art. I need it to be well constructed so I can build it high with all the fixings. First I like a good Swiss cheese, then liverwurst, mayonnaise, mustard and salami, maybe a slice of ham too, if we have it. Then I warm the whole thing up for about 20 seconds. Perfection. Writing about it makes me hungry. You can see, with that amount of yummy stuff…

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    Social Media Superstars Award – Chevrolet Canada #chevybliss

    November 10, 2012 - By 

    It’s time once again to hand out my Social Media Superstars Award. This time I am rewarding a car company for a job well done. This is us, my group of social media friends, ironically many of whom, are from London, Ontario, at the excursions part of BlissdomCA in October. For day two of our conference experience we test drove Chevrolet Canada cars, raced through the slalom course which is soaked with water for maximum effect, tasted some delicious gourmet food from a food truck catered by Gourmet Bitches and learned a whole lot about innovation and ways in which technology…

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    Five Easy Steps to Personalize Your Twitter Header #DIY

    November 9, 2012 - By 

    It’s been a few weeks now since twitter changed up its design and some people are still asking how to change their twitter header design, so I thought I would give you a quick lesson. In the interest of prettying up my Twitter stream, here you go: 1. Call up your Twitter home screen. 2. Click on your name – above where it says – view on profile page. (Your name in the left corner of the screen. When you hover over it, the link should be highlighted.) Click on that. Up pops your screen. For some of you there…

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    Santa Story DVD–Best Morning Ever Just Got Better #Giveaway

    November 7, 2012 - By 

    Your Santa Story arrived today and I ripped it open like a kid on Christmas morning. Your Santa Story personalized Christmas DVD will make you child’s Christmas morning 2012 even sweeter than ever before. A few weeks ago I replied to the email from the creator of Your Santa Story, a person I recalled meeting at Blogher in New York City in August. I volunteered to build My Santa Story to tell my readers about it and offer a giveaway. Your Santa Story isn’t just a cut and paste digitally created computer sleight of hand; it’s a well crafted, acted…

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    Double Stroller #Giveaway

    November 7, 2012 - By 

    Welcome to the Canadian Double Stroller Giveaway!  An extra special giveaway just for our Canadian fans, shared by Canadian bloggers and sponsored by the ultimate online Canadian baby store! Hosted by Baby Giveaways Galore and sponsored by Canada’s Baby Store. {Canada’s Baby Store} Sells a huge selection of baby products: car seats, strollers, travel systems, playpens & yards, highchairs, swings & jumpers, nursery items, home safety, health products and toys. FREE shipping on ALL Canadian orders over $50.00  Only ships within Canada Online store is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Customer Care Experts available by toll-free…

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    BlissdomCA and Friends #WordlessWednesday

    November 6, 2012 - By 

    Wordless Wednesday is a photography meme I often take part in here at thriftymommastips.com. Sometimes we link up various photos and connect with various other sites and hop around leaving comments on each other’s sites. Today I want to say a word or two about friends. This picture is us – Margarita Ibbott and Paula Schuck at Blissdom Canada recently. Together, we are linked moms. Separately, we have our own blogs and handles and know a thing or two about social media. Margarita has a fabulous new design on her blog Downshifting: Your Home, Your Family, Your Life. You can…

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    Oliver’s Labels Room-eez #Giveaway

    November 6, 2012 - By 

    Remember this review back here. This Room-eez removable personalized decorative wall decal made my daughter’s day when we reviewed it on thriftymommastips.com one month ago. She has a unique name and she is a karate ninja girl so let’s just say it’s unusual to find anything personalized that makes sense for Ainsley. Oliver’s Labels Room-eez fit the bill perfectly. They have the cutest personalized growth charts and wall decals and they are super simple to create.  When you log in to their site, you get this little popup window that shows you the colors available and the little animated figure…

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    Celebrating Baby Milestones with #NatrelBaboo

    November 5, 2012 - By 

    Guest post by my baby blogger – Brooke Looking back, the first year with my first child was a breeze. I thought that was normal. At the time I thought it was hard, and being sleep deprived wasn’t easy, but in terms of what to expect? Easy. We called him our text book baby. If the books said they were fussy at 6 weeks, guess what? He was fussy at 6 weeks. He sat up, crawled, walked, talked exactly as expected. I could prepare myself for what was coming next and look forward to him learning these new skills. When…

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    Cooking With Kids–Delicious Lemon Thyme Pork Tenderloin

    November 1, 2012 - By 

    Pork Tenderloin is always a huge hit here. So it doesn’t take much work to dress it up for my kids and make it a great family meal. This is my Cooking With Kids recipe for this week and yes, the kids helped a bit, but this is a recipe you need to be careful with, because raw meat can be dangerous if not handled correctly. I wish I could convey how amazingly delicious this is. Start with Pork tenderloin. Plain. Vegetable oil or olive oil and Clubhouse Flavourful Recipe Mix Lemon Thyme Pork. Take the pork tenderloin and roll…