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    My Avon Lady: Sales Jobs Are Rarely So Rewarding

    July 28, 2012 - By 

    This is a sponsored post. Avon is a company I have loved from the time I was a child. As a little girl, I browsed those brochures with passion and dogeared all the pages with cute girly necklaces or bath soaps. Once in awhile someone would buy me something tiny from the brochure and I was in heaven. Avon has always been a female focused, woman friendly company and in these last ten years I have come to love it even more. When we moved to our current home I searched for an Avon lady and luckily I found one.…

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    Go Green With Cheerios and Oatmeal Crisp

    July 27, 2012 - By 

    Remarkably the other day this was the conversation in my home. Husband: I did not like the new cereal. Me: It was on sale. I thought we might try it. Husband: You can’t beat Cheerio’s. Me: (thinking um, next time I stick you with the grocery shopping detail)  Fine, I’ll try to find you some later. Then out of the clear blue a package of Cheerios, Honey Nut Cheerio’s and Oatmeal Crisp arrived. Not even two hours after this conversation. For a brief moment I truly thought my home was bugged.  Husband is a fitness junkie these days and refuses…

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    Cooking With Children: Jello fun at the beach

    July 26, 2012 - By 

    This summer my youngest daughter has had endless amounts of dentistry. Well, not endless I guess, because it is finally done. Thank goodness for that. But it seemed to take a long time, especially since she is not a patient child and, although not a huge eater, needs to eat what she wants when she wants it. So an impulsive eater and one that is tiny in size. I am always worried with her about whether she gets enough food. Anyways, for a week of this summer, at separate intervals, she has been only able to eat soft food. So…

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    Wordless Wednesday: Summer Shadows

    July 24, 2012 - By 

    I was shooting quick pictures of my daughter having fun at a trailer park where friends were staying recently when I spied her shadow. For some reason the image caught me as symbolic.  Wordless Wednesday is a regular photography hop. I like to link up at http://www.tarasviewoftheworld.com/

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    I Am A Sandwich Generation Superhero #sandgen

    July 24, 2012 - By 

    What a difference a year makes. Readers of thriftymommastips.com know all about this journey we have been on with my mom. It started one year ago and led us down a really rough path for a long period of time. It was tragic, drastic, devastating emotionally and financially, and it has left us all changed. Last summer, my Mom spent the greater part of two months in London hospitals as we tried to figure out what was going on. She was hallucinating and she was confused. Meanwhile her symptoms escalated. It was a sad and exhausting time _ one I…

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    American Express Prepaid Card $10 Free

    July 24, 2012 - By 

    The American Express Prepaid Card. Get exclusive American Express benefits- with no credit check. Get your card now! Information about the offer: ORDER AN AMERICAN EXPRESS® PREPAID CARD, LOAD $50 OR MORE AT THE TIME OF ORDER, AND RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY $10 GIFT CARD1. Offer Ends July 31, 2012. Limit one (1) offer per Card. After qualifying for this offer, please allow 6 weeks for the $10 Gift Card to be mailed to the Card purchaser. I have not done this offer yet, but it comes to me from Escalate Affiliate network and they are reputable.

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    Thrifty Mommas tips Needs Your Help #Windowstyle Blogher’12 Contest

    July 23, 2012 - By 

    Some time ago I spied this contest hosted by the Microsoft Windows Team and @kristinalibby, a Windows team gal I follow. The details are send in a blog or vlog that tells us why you need a style Makeover for Blogher ’12. I like to vlog and I like to Pin on Pinterest. So I was torn, pin or vlog? Anyways, I combined a bit of both. Basically I live in my Lulu’s and that’s okay. A lot of Moms do. Plus, I write from home, so seriously most days who cares what I wear? Occasionally though, I step out…

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    Weekend Finds

    July 22, 2012 - By 

    Well, here it is Saturday night, so I apologize, but my Friday finds are now my weekend finds. Anyways this weekend in London there is no reason to leave the city. Home County Folk Festival is on. And on Sunday starting at 9 a.m. the John Labatt Centre is hosting a huge Yoga Shack charity event for Heart and Stroke Foundation. Superstore has Tax Free event now. Shoppers Drug Mart has cash your points in. Yes, that’s how I spent my afternoon. $100 in points can vanish fast there. Too fast. No Frills has my T-Discs on for Tassimo. Time…

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    The Odd Life of Timothy Green: #giveaway

    July 20, 2012 - By 

    I am so incredibly excited about the new movie The Odd Life of Timothy Green. The themes apparent within the movie, make me so happy to be a consumer. Special needs, adoption, the environment, family, infertility. How amazing! I can’t wait to see the screening at Blogher 12. You can see a screening too. I am giving away 1 family pass. So one winner will get a pass for four members of their family. Jennifer Garner stars in this story about a couple told they cannot have kids and the magical child that joins their family. (Can you see why…