TV Free Friday: National Recycling Day Activities

November 16, 2012

This week marked National Recycling Day on Thursday, November 15th. While it may not seem to be an obvious screen-free activity to do with your toddler, recycling has become part of our daily routine in the mornings. As toast is toasting or water is on the stove for oatmeal, we head out to our recycling […]

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Let’s Talk Turkey ebook Review

November 15, 2012

Thanks giving is quickly approaching, and if you like food the way that I do, you’ve been banking recipes on Pinterest, organizing recipes in your recipe binder and reflecting back on what you have made in years past. So, when I was recently sent a copy of Let’s Talk Turkey in an ebook format, I […]

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Winterizing Your Asparagus

November 13, 2012

We had some beautiful weather here this weekend and it allotted me some time to winterize some more of the garden. I needed to get the asparagus prepped and weed the last of the garden beds while the earth was still soft. If you are keeping asparagus in your garden, it’s important to take some […]

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Discover the Forest – Birding

November 12, 2012

In the last year, we have been finding ourselves becoming more of a birding family. It’s not something that I had a tremendous amount of interest in before we had Tomato. But, watching the world through her eyes and seeing her joy in learning about birds has certainly turned us around. Birding is something that […]

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TV Free Friday: How Kids Can Use Holiday Catalogs

November 9, 2012

As the holidays approach, I notice that our mailbox is filled each day with more and more holiday catalogs. No matter how many you are getting, you may be wondering what I am wondering. What am I to do with all of these? Do I take the time to flip through them? Do I just […]

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#Mommixer Philadelphia Event

November 8, 2012

This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending the #MomMixer event in Philadelphia. Hosted by Whitney Wingerd of Mommies with Style and Colleen Padilla of Classy Mommy, the event previewed a number of new toys, jewelry and clothing for the holiday season. I carpooled with Sarah, from Finnegan and the Hughes, and Trish, from […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Green Mountain Coffee and the National Gardening Association

November 7, 2012

I follow the National Gardening Association on Twitter and was pleasantly surprised to find out that as a follower, I was chosen to win a year’s supply of Green Mountain Coffee. I’ll be doing some more posts about the NGA and what Green Mountain Coffee does with its Fair Trade program, but I just wanted […]

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Getting Garden Ready to Winter

November 6, 2012

We are a week out from Hurricane Sandy, and many folks on the East Coast are trying to recover. We were ok here in South Jersey, but we hosted my in laws who are still waiting for power to return at their home. I had meant to winterize the garden this past week, but clearly, […]

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Baby Mantra Review

November 1, 2012

One of the great companies with which I spoke at Natural Products Expo East was Baby Mantra. Started by sisters, Nupoor and Vinnie, Baby Mantra uses all natural and organic ingredients in their line of Made in the USA body products. At the Expo, I had the opportunity to visit with many companies, but Baby […]

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You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap) Book Review

October 17, 2012

One of the things that we are continuing to work towards in our house is simplicity. We are often decluttering, becoming paperless and trying to live a simpler and lower impact life. So, when I was offered a copy of a book about simplifying and discovering happiness, I leapt at the chance to read about […]

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