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    Strawberry Shortcake Live in #LDNONT

    My daughter, even still at the age of eight, enjoys Strawberry Shortcake. And she loves live children’s shows and theatre. So when I spied this event coming to London soon I thought my readers might be interested. Strawberry Shortcake is touring North America with Paquin Entertainment. The show will be at Centennial Hall in London on February 20th. For a list of tour dates see below link. http://www.strawberryshortcakeontour.com/tour-dates/

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    Valentine’s Day Cupid’s Cash #Giveaway

    Welcome to the 2nd annual Cupid’s Cash Giveaway hosted by MamaNYC! I have teamed up with a great group of bloggers to bring you a HUGE cash prize to help celebrate Valentine’s Day! This event is going to run from February 1-14, 2013 and open to residents WORLDWIDE. Keep reading below to find out how to enter this giveaway! Imagine winning this to spend on your special night out with your loved one. Thriftymommastips.com likes to share these events on occasion with my readers. I only cohost or take part in reputable giveaways that I think my readers might be interested in. So good luck…

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    It’s Raining Money $1,000 Cash Event For Bloggers

    It’s Raining Money Event Hosted by: Mom Powered Media Prize: $1,000 Cash {paypal or visa} Event dates: 4/1 – 5/1 Free Blogger Event: Now closed. Don’t forget to include the links you want for your blog or twitter handle and please mention that  Thriftymommastips.com sent you. Have fun and hope you win!

  • infertility - Parenting

    A Fertility Pop Quiz For Ontario #OHIP4IVF #onpoli

    Shutterstock Image I purchased. This is a throw down. That’s right. This post is a challenge to all my readers. I want to know what you know, or understand, about fertility and infertility. So pop quiz. I will put the correct answers at the end of this post. I totally trust you my loyal readers to be honest and grade yourselves. For those of you who live in Ontario, I am extremely interested to know your answers, so please leave me a comment stating whether or not you live in Ontario. Thanks! By way of background – In 2009, the…

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    Join us For Saving Strategies with Linked Moms Chat

    Linked Moms Chat tomorrow night is all about money and simple strategies for saving money. Join us at 8 p.m. EST. Wednesday Jan. 23rd. Are you a penny pincher? Skilled negotiator? Coupon clipper? Price matcher? Moms are some of the best savers around. We know that, so we want to talk to you about your strategies for saving money. And we have a few little tips of our own. Pop by to learn how we save big money on major purchases like mortgages, cars, banking and daily budgets.  This is a chat you can’t afford to miss. Join Margarita http://www.twitter.com/downshiftingPRO…

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    Cousins – #WordlessWednesday #linky

    This is my daughter holding her cousin four years ago. Taiga is four now. We are anticipating a new cousin within the next two weeks. My brother and his wife are expecting their third baby. This is a Wordless Wednesday post. Wordless Wednesday is a linky and a photo meme. Leave a link and we will visit you too.

  • Health - Parenting - parenting

    This is Who She Will Be #tweens

    I am always proud of my kids. Every day from the second they joined our home, their tiny hearts beating in sync with mine. I love them beyond measure, like many Moms the world over, and yet, sometimes parenting is dull. It is magical – ephemeral – a little unbelievable – and then it is exhausting. Draining. Bone weary hard work. The older they get, the further and faster they speed away from you. Daily. You can see it when they wake up and walk down to make their own cereal. And it is good and welcome and even a…

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    Tria Beauty Series Post 1 – Home Hair Removal Laser

    This multi-part series was sponsored by Tria Home Hair Removal Laser.     Everyone has one or two problem areas on their face or body that need the occasional wax, pluck or shave. Luckily, I am not someone who needs excessive electrolysis to control unwanted hair growth. But, still there are problem areas I am unhappy with at times.  Home Hair Removal I never really thought of myself as excessively hairy. And yet, this one time I was asked to be in a commercial for a Miss Oktoberfest promotion … there were numerous closeups on my ears and neck because…