Pepsi Refresh Blog Tour

This year, Pepsi has decided to give away more than $20 million dollars to fund projects in communities around the country. You can submit your ideas every month in one of six categories to try to help make your community a better place. The categories are: health, arts and culture, food and shelter, the planet, [...]

Huggable Heroes – Press Release

Do you have a child who volunteers? Why not enter them to be recognized for their efforts by Build-A-Bear Workshop?
Build-A-Bear Workshop® has taken a leading role in recognizing efforts of young people to help those in need through its Huggable Heroes® program. Huggable Heroes are young leaders who Build-A-Bear Workshop recognizes, honors and cele-bear-ates [...]

Military Teens Coping with Depolyment

November is Military Family Appreciation Month. As such, I wanted to just share this press release with my readers. All too often the military kids are overlooked – especially those of our reserve components because they often live so far from a military installation. I’ve noticed more and more focus on the kids in the [...]

Today’s Post Brought to You by the Letters O, K, T, and E

In order to support the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (the letter O), Kelly Ripa (K) and Electrolux (E) are sponsoring a Text-a thon (T). You can donate $5 to the OCRF by texting “KELLY” to 85944 (standard text rates apply). No worries. You don’t have a texting plan on your phone? I don’t either. You [...]

Land’s End Feel Good Campaign

Summer is gone and the cold months are fast approaching. This leaves many homeless people and families in search of warm clothing. Land’s End is helping make their search easier. For every sweater purchased from their Fell Good collection, Land’s End is donating yarn to Warming Families, a charity that knits clothes for the homeless.
How [...]

Operation Hometown Hello

Turkey Hill Dairy not only provides awesome ice cream, but they also provide awesome support to our PA National Guard troops. It’s so great to see a company take an interest in their local community. Operation Hometown Hello has been going on the entire month of July. As we near the end of the month, [...]

Cinco De Mama – Favorite Margarita Recipe

Cinco De Mayo is just around the corner. It’s always festive and fun at your local Mexican restaurant if you’re into celebrating. I suggest making reservations if they take them as it’s always crowded. This year, Twitter Moms is participating with Cinco De Mama. RADD (formerly known as Recording Artists, Actors and Athletes Against [...]

Mother’s Day Gifts

Mother’s Day is fast approaching. I wanted to be ahead of the game this year as last year my husband and I were so busy the day was about 2 days away and we ended up saying “Oh crap! Mother’s Day is in 2 days!” I wasn’t so much worried about myself but what to [...]

What’s Your Edu-Parent Style?

I took this quiz over at DreamBox Learning to see what my edu-parenting style is. It seems I want to spare my kids a little of the trial and error and tell them what I’ve tried in my experience. It also says I may struggle with letting them try their own ideas and letting them [...]