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While reading BooMama’s blog I find a link to a site named skribit.  I was intridged by the name so I hoped on over to check it out.  Skribit is a tool for bloggers to use that allows your readers to make suggestions for post topics.
Signing up for Skribit was super easy.  Just enter [...]

Are you looking for ways to go green?  It is a completely new concept to me since growing up my family never recycled or reused items.  However I am slowly making changes.  We are using hand cloths instead of napkins and I am trying to reuse items instead of throwing them out.
One way I [...]

Moms United in Busness is having a contest with prizes worth over $2,000.00.  The prize package includes:
1 year Moms United in Business Advertising Package ($1872.00 value)
1 Lifetime Listing in the MUIB Business Directory ($15.00 value)
1 Custom Blogger Template provided by Angie Vinez, of www.angelavinez.com ($75.00 value)
Send Out Cards Gift Account provided by Holly Burba ($14.20 [...]

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Have you ever wondered what would happen to the earth if people disappeared?  What would happen to our pets, all of our more prized possessions, bridges, buildings?  The History Channel has thought about this and has a DVD that explains just what [...]

You have approximately 3 months to find the perfect Halloween costumes for you and your kids.  Where do you go to find that great costume?  One place is BuyCostumes.com.
This Halloween will be our first year dressing up and trick-or-treating.  My son, who will be 4 by Halloween, has already told me he wants to be [...]

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This week the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Try Darkness by James Scott Bell.
I love reading legal thrillers so I was really excited to get to read and review this book.  I loved it!  It has a great plot, exciting twists, and [...]

Do you have fish for a pet?  I did as a kid but I don’t really remember them.  I have pictures to prove it but the fish were small and just your basic yellow gold fish.  I always thought it would be really cool to have a large aquarium full of all different types of [...]

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This week the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Promises, Promises by Amber Miller.
At under 200 pages I read this book very quickly and loved every moment of it.  I loved the time setting, the 1790’s, and how courting was common and [...]

I lost my camera!  My digital camera!  The camera I carry around everywhere with me.  The camera I capture all of our life’s moments with.  I can’t find it anywhere and I don’t know what to do.
The last time I remember having it was in the house.  My husband and I are both known for [...]

I lost my camera!  My digital camera!  The camera I carry around everywhere with me.  The camera I capture all of our life’s moments with.  I can’t find it anywhere and I don’t know what to do.
The last time I remember having it was in the house.  My husband and I are both known for [...]