
Not only are families spending less money during vacations, they are spending more time at home as well. Hey, I’m enjoying our staycation. I’ve never appreciated home as much as I do now, but staying home equals bigger messes and more chores. According to a recent Clorox survey, over 60 percent of the Moms surveyed…
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With the economy in the condition that it is, families are starting to spend less money on summer vacations. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Practitioner Julie Casserly of ChicagoHealers.com says, “Position yourself to be lucky to spend the amount of money you actually have for vacation, instead of going into debt and…
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Before we go out to do our grocery shopping, we try to make a habit of finding coupons for anything we plan on purchasing. Using coupons has saved us a lot of money and has also enabled us to “splurge” on products we otherwise wouldn’t have purchased because of the cost. Back in the day…
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This post is part of our Three Gs For The Holidays event. Visit the announcement post to get involved in fun giveaways, get shopping ideas from our Gift Guide, and learn how you can help children in need this holiday season! Just because you may not see a toy on the shelf in a store,…
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I just wanted to write a quick post on how to link directly to a Twitter status update (a.k.a. a tweet) since I’m getting quite a few people wondering how to do so when entering our giveaways. So here’s how: First, make sure you’re logged in and on the “Home” page of Twitter. On the…
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How many people forgot about Grandparent’s Day? Apparently so did the retail stores. We tried our luck trying to find gifts for Boogie’s Grandmommies and Great Grandmommy, but we couldn’t find any t-shirts or inspirational plaques or trinkets. We found some cute cards that played back a recorded message along with a song, but the…
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With so many people to buy for, shopping for the holidays can become financially stressful. The kids all want a Wii, plus they need clothes. The tots are fine with clothes from Target but the tweens are into expensive name brands. In addition, you have friends and family to buy for and you don’t want…
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Once you become a new parent you’ll notice that your to-do list seems to grow from 5 to 500, with more and more tasks piling up and less and less tasks getting done. Today I came across an old to-do list I had from before Boogie arrived and I couldn’t believe how much I was…
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I hope you all have been enjoying the numerous posts by Mommy and the guest posts by all the wonderful moms over the past couple of weeks, but now it’s time to inject some testosterone back into Mommy Daddy Blog! Yup, I’m back, and still exhausted from our recent move. Yes, call us crazy, but…
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