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The Five Ws of Twitter Chats and Parties #LinkedMoms
Well, what do you know, we are back again with a vengeance here at #LinkedMoms. This week’s chat is going to be a great one. We have several prizes lined up. Thanks to our sponsor Ascenta Health, we will be keeping you healthy while we chat it up Wednesday at 8 p.m. EST – the Topic Twitter Chats! Anyone who knows us, knows that we love a good twitter chat or a twitter party. Twitter parties and chats are some of the hottest tools around connecting brands with Moms and Dads on line fast and spreading the message about your new product, service or event. This is your official invitation: …
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What Happens When Tornado Girls Meet Hurricanes #WordlessWednesday
My oldest daughter’s birthday was this summer and we took a few kids to see Brave, which was a perfect summer birthday movie. Afterwards they all hopped in to the Hurricane Simulator in the lobby of Rainbow Cinemas at Galleria London. Or Citiplaza as it is now called. If you look closely you can almost make out Ainsley’s eye under all that hair. The wind speed is located over her head. Sometimes I have been known to call her my tornado girl. I once wrote a piece about it for the Globe and Mail and it was dubbed Look Out For My Tornado Girl. I just realized now that…
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Monday Mingle: September 10, 2012: Cars, Critters and Computers
Hello and Happy Monday! Here’s to a great week. Good luck with all your projects and events and relationships this coming week of summer. Yes, it is still summer until I say it is not. Well, actually two more weeks, I think. So this is my Monday mingle vlog meme again. For more information link up over at Jennifer Regan’s site http://www.eightymphmom.com/
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Soda Stream #Giveaway Free Blogger Group Opp
Jenn’s Blah Blah Blog, Simply Shawn & Jenn, and Pink Ninja Media have another fabulous FREE Blogger Opportunity! Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! When I was at Blogher 12 in New York this summer, one of the sponsors was Soda Stream. As I walked through the exhibit hall I couldn’t help, but stop and visit their booth. Soda made at home? How fun and yummy. I sampled the flavours and quite enjoyed them. So when I spied this group blogger giveaway opp – the giveaway part is only open to my US readers _ I had to get in on it. Soda Stream is a great prize. This…
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My Favourite Shot This Week #WordlessWednesday
Wordless Wednesday is a hop hosted by many. I link up over here at http://www.tarasviewoftheworld.com/
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How to Keep Your Passion for Journaling: Review and Giveaway
I am journaling again. Oh I know you are thinking- isn’t that what you do every day on your blog thriftymommastips.com? Yes, in some ways. But 10 years ago when my kids first joined our family, and before they joined us, when we waited to adopt, journaling was one thing that kept me sane. As I waited in between the period of time when we applied to adopt and were matched with a child, I wrote in a journal, a bit like this one, about all of the challenges and feelings that brought. A few years ago I gave that journal to my oldest girl. It is, after all, part…
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Win A Unique Handmade Children`s Hat #Giveaway
My friend Dana is a bit of a dynamo. She created all of these great handmade designs and she raises four kids. She is a fellow adoptive parent and she has at least one or two with diagnosed special needs. I wrote about her here before once, when her little girl Sophie, a sweet dolly with some challenges including autism and FASD (fetal alcohol spectrum disorder) was still working on fundraising for her autism service dog. It was a costly proposition and yet it got her Crosby and he is an amazing helper for her. Dana is resourceful. I have no idea really where Dana finds time, with such kids,…
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Monday Mingle: August 27th, Back to School Soon edition
Well since I couldn`t recall the pickup line at the start of this vlog, here it is: (But I am only sharing it if you guys promise to get more creative than this and never ever use it.)Okay? Is this heaven? What? No, why? Well, I must be in heaven to be standing near an angel like you. (GROAN! I know, I know. I heard it and I didn`t make the line up you guys. Don`t shoot the messenger.)
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Kettle Brand Potato Chips: Birthday Flavors
Dirty little secret. I like my potato chips. Tiny fitness faux pas, but you know if I workout hard the rest of my week then I can have a small treat one or two nights, right? Kettle Brand potato chips have been around now for 30 years and in honor of their birthday, they have released a mess of incredible creative flavor combinations. Limited edition. To be quite honest, I rarely stray from my lovely standby of sea salt and vinegar. So when I saw Jalapeno flavor and Cheddar and Beer, and even Salsa Mesquite, well I was a bit scared. I saved Jalapeno for last and we had Cheddar…
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Friendship Friday – Pets
This is a little something new I thought I might try here tonight, because it is topical here at our house. Friendship Friday is a Bloghop. This week’s theme is Pets.These are ours. These are our fur babies. They are ready to move on now. This summer my girls learned that the pet store is sometimes wrong when they tell you that your guinea pigs are both girls. We ended up with a surprise litter of the sweetest babies ever. I am a wee bit worried about the girl’s concept of the birth process though. The guinea pig barely made a hint of noise and simply started showing three days…