• family

    Cooking With Kids: Festive Peppermint Bark

    November 30, 2012 - By 

    This week in my Cooking With Kids series on thriftymommastips.com we are tackling the most delicious and simple festive treat ever _ peppermint bark for Christmas!! WARNING: You will not be able to resist. Directions are easy. Ingredients: Cookie sheetCrushed candy cane bits.One package of white chocolate bitsOne package of dark or milk chocolate chips. (Your choice) Either one works.With a clean cookie sheet ready to go take the dark chocolate chips and melt them in the microwave. Eyes on the prize here because they turn fast so stir and melt one minute at most. Stir until smooth and lay…

  • Food - Giveaways

    Schneider’s Lunchmate Plus Fruit #Giveaway

    November 28, 2012 - By 

    Every Mom – or Dad – knows lunchbox letdown is a big deal when you are a kid. So how do you avoid the lunchbox coming back home from school completely full at end of day? Well, here, at the Schuck casa, we are huge fans of protein, fruit and vegetables in  lunches and snacks. We try to eat healthy and give our kids good options for meals. School lunches have always been a challenge. And I think that’s the case for pretty much every parent alive. So once a week our kids get hot lunch and that saves me…

  • family

    Kinder is a Joy to Share #Kindermom Special Offer

    November 27, 2012 - By 

    My kids are already falling asleep dreaming of sugarplums. It doesn’t take much, just the hint that December is around the corner. They are happily crafting their Santa lists, jumping around the house excitedly peeking through the window each morning to check for snow and joyously asking how many more days while ticking each number off on the kitchen calendar. Christmas is a great time for kids at our house, and it should be for children everywhere, but that’s not always the case.  Teaching children to share is a lifelong journey. When my guys were wee ones, well we would…

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    Cyber Monday Shutterfly Photo Christmas Cards #Giveaway

    November 26, 2012 - By 

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Time to pick your Christmas Cards and personalize with cute photos of what your family has been up to this year. I love this time of year. Last December, we designed some Tiny Prints collage cards and had many compliments. This year I am choosing Shutterfly for our special images that we send to family and friends. This year the hardest part of that job is choosing which gorgeous card design to personalize. What do you think of this photo for on my card? Shutterfly designs are fresh and adorable. There are…

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    Great Giveway – Win a Fireplace for #CozyChristmas

    November 24, 2012 - By 

    Here just in time for Christmas is a fabulous giveaway on thriftymommastips.com. I am so thrilled to bring you a chance to win a cozy fireplace. Welcome to the Have Yourself a Cozy Little Christmas Event, brought to you by Cheap Is The *New* Classy. This event will end on December 18th and one very lucky individual will win an awesome Classic Flame Phoenix Fireplace in Burnished Walnut to keep you cozy this Christmas. But you can’t win if you don’t enter! Be sure to come back daily for extra entries! Good luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway Disclaimer: Cheap Is The…

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    Kellogg’s New Breakfast Special K Morning Shakes

    November 24, 2012 - By 

    One of my favorite things about living in London is the great aroma coming off of the Kellogg’s plant some days. Last week I was reminded of that as I left a building on Dundas Street and was overwhelmed by incredible sweet and slightly smoky aroma hanging in the air. It took me a few minutes to realize it was cereal. One of my favorite things about being a member of the Kellogger’s Network for bloggers is the fact that I get first crack at some of the great new products shortly after they are developed. Last week we found…

  • Health - parenting

    Accu-Life True Easy Syringe _ #PTPAinsider

    November 20, 2012 - By 

    Accu-Life True Easy syringe makes dispensing medicines simple and precise for parents everywhere. Happily, I also want to note this one just earned the Parent Tested Parent Approved award for the Holidays 2012 season. Accu-Life is a useful tool so I can see why it gets the seal of approval. This syringe takes a tiny bit of getting used to at first, so it’s crucial that you remove from package and spend some time getting used to the mechanics of figuring out the right dose. Figure out what the correct dose of medicine (by checking with the prescription details or…

  • beauty products

    Movember – #DIY Alternatives to Help Your Man Ditch His Shaving Products for Good

    November 20, 2012 - By 

    Movember is the time of year many Canadian men ditch their shaving products to grow their mo’s. But most guys would probably ditch these products for good if they took a closer look at the ingredients on the labels. Toxins don’t discriminate when it comes to personal care products for men or women. A report recently released by the Environmental Defence Fund, called The Manscape: The Dirt on Toxic Ingredients in Men’s Body Care Products, found ingredients with links to cancer, birth defects, sperm damage, obesity, asthma and other chronic health problems in commonly used men’s body care products like shaving cream,…