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Given the love my have for building blocks, when I was asked to check out the new Mega Bloks Barbie Build ‘n Style Luxury Mansion Play Set, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. We have loved the Spider Man sets from Mega Bloks, especially given my son’s obsession with all super heroes. The kids were all excited to try something…
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Don’t have those basket fillers just yet? There’s still time (and if your local stores are like mine, still plenty of product on shelves) to grab some fun goodies! My favorite find this year? The WONKA Hard2Find Egg Hunt. Egg hunting is serious business around here. My kids have a history of practice hunts in the weeks leading UP to…
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This is a recipe of my mom’s that my family has come to love. We call it Marinated Flank Steak and it’s just delicious. It’s a pretty simple meal to prepare and has a ‘fancy’ feel to it. To make this flank steak recipe, you simply need: 1.5 lbs flank steak (marinated for at least 4 hours – we start…
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Do you know, we’ve never really done a chocolate bunny in the kids’ baskets for Easter before? Crazy, I know. I was pretty excited when Hershey’s wanted to send us some Easter goodies- how can the mom of a girl who loves princesses pass up a Solid Milk Chocolate Princess Bunny? I know, right? They have a cute Solid Milk…
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Dear Government, I think I want to fire you. We voted for you- Democrat, Republican, Independent- we VOTED for you, and that means we hired you to do a job. You aren’t doing that job. I’m not sure how it happened, when or why, but at some point, we voters missed the day when you all voted in to allow…
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This post is part of a series of posts I’m sharing on behalf of Genworth Financial, a comprehensive financial resource site. Today I’m going to talk about Caregivers and Caregiving. I maybe have a different perspective than others- my mom had home care providers, because she did not wish to be in a hospital for any reason…and eventually, hospice was…
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