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    What’s Your Parkbridge Summer Vacation Style? #ParkbridgeLife – Twitter Party April 13

    March 31, 2016 - By 

    It’s officially almost April. April showers bring May Flowers as the saying goes, and May then brings the first long weekend of the summer vacation season. Before you know it summer will be here and the living can be easy if you do a little planning first.   Lucky for you I am here to help with news of a Linked Moms Twitter Party event that will help you get the planning under way. This April 13th we are back with a Parkbridge Life Twitter Party. This is your official Save The Date Post. So go ahead and save the date…

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    Free Monologue Sites for Child Actors

    March 31, 2016 - By 

     a Free Monologue Sites for Child Actors If you have a budding child actor in your home, I’ve put together a list of monologue sites focused on child actors. These sites can help your child build their acting chops and gain the confidence they need to try out for the school play or even answer a casting call! Build Your Child Actor’s Chops If you have a child with enough self confidence and drive to attempt being a child actor, you want to encourage that kind of creativity and initiative. Dreams are what make life happen. In that spirit, I’ve…

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    Menopause Series – Part 3 – The Bright Side of Menopause

    March 30, 2016 - By 

    Perimenopause and menopause might still fill you with anxiety and concern over bizarre symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings, memory, bladder and libido changes. And while you’ll probably experience some or all of these to one degree or another, there is also a bright side to menopause. I don’t want anyone to finish this series dreading the thought of menopause or worrying over ever talking about this naturally occurring phenomenon in women’s lives. In fact the more we talk about menopause the better it is in my opinion. We have talked about Perimenopause in Part 1 of this series. And we have also…

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    Myths of Menopause

    March 29, 2016 - By 

    Myths surround menopause on pretty much every level. From what age it begins, to what a horrible life event it is, there are no shortage of myths surrounding the physical, emotional, hormonal, and mental changes women go through in our middle years as menopause starts to happen. [tweetthis]Menopause myths abound. Here’s the truth about menopause. Part 2 of series. [/tweetthis] The Myths and the Facts of Menopause It seems that every woman you talk to has a story about what to expect when menopause hits. You’ll feel horrible. You won’t feel bad at all. It starts in your 50s. It starts sooner.…

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    Menopause Series – Part 1 – Perimenopause – Your Changing Body #Health

    March 28, 2016 - By 

    I went through some of this early because I had a hysterectomy early on in my 30s, actually right before I had my daughters. I like to sometimes share that and see people’s brains trying to put that factual information together. (We adopted our girls. LOL) Anyways, I know a lot of my readers are in my same age bracket and going through this experience right now. I also believe talking about women’s health and fertility/infertility, changes and health care concerns and issues makes it much simpler to handle and find support as needed. With all of that in mind…

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    How Did Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor Help Me Tackle High Blood Pressure

    March 28, 2016 - By 

    In September of 2014 I had my first high blood pressure reading ever. It was frightening and frustrating too. So I set about fixing it. I worked out more, I went gluten free. I added more exercise. I banished salt, ate differently, walked more..and I did all that consistently for two years and still nothing much changed. My blood pressure went up and down. But sometimes it was as high as 150 over 92. About two months ago a Withings wireless blood pressure monitor arrived. And that’s when things finally turned around for the better. Before Withings Wireless Blood Pressure…

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    It’s Time for the March Edition of That’s So Random Funny Comments

    March 27, 2016 - By 

    OH MY GOODNESS where did March go? No idea. Anyways, here we go again. As you may know if you frequent this blog often I like to occasionally take stock and filter through my spam comments to see if any legitimate comments from you lovely readers got trapped in there. I do that once a month at least. Today I found three legitimate blog comments that are not spam so I approved them. YIPEE! See that’s like a little bit of gold hidden in the bottom of your old purse…the one with the lint and old gum. And the others,…

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    A Bubble Soccer Birthday

    March 24, 2016 - By 

    Birthdays come once a year, whether you are ready for them or not. But by the time your child is a tween, let’s face it, the ideas are starting to run thin. You’ve likely already done the children’s museum birthday, the McDonald’s birthday, the YMCA, the Boys and Girls Club, the movie theatre. Maybe there was a princess or pirate birthday party thrown in there a time or two and a climbing gym too. Well, move over overdone theme parties, Bubble Soccer is the perfect idea for your teen or tween birthday. My youngest daughter likes to plan her birthday parties months in advance of…

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    6 Easter Facts You Might Not Know

    March 24, 2016 - By 

    Easter facts you might not have heard of is the name of the game today. I love trivia, and holidays have no shortage of it. Easter is no different. There are all kinds of interesting Easter facts that many of us probably don’t know. Read on and see if you knew any of these interesting Easter factoids. 6 Easter Facts From Obscure to Amazing It’s Easter trivia time. Yay! Whether it’s the world’s largest chocolate egg or the most expensive Easter egg ever, there are some unique facts out there that most of us  have probably never heard of. I…

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    Spring Bird’s Nest Cheerios Treats

    March 23, 2016 - By 

    It’s the month for Easter baking around here and my sweet tooth has not been disappointed. So today I want to share another great, super simple Easter recipe we made recently. These Easter Cheerios Bird Nests are really chewy and sticky and oh so good. I call them Chewy Cheerios treats. You can also call them Marshmallow Easter Bird’s Nests if you want. Again these are simple to make so the kids can easily get involved baking them and sharing with friends. All you need is a few bulk food store ingredients and you can pull this together in 15 minutes.…