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Your Invited To A HUGE Twitter Party For A Great Cause! #ClickIt4BC

October is Breast Cancer month and we are gearing up for a great campaign. We have 12 bloggers who have teamed up to take time out of their busy schedule to help create awareness and raise funds for Breast Cancer. Fast Fixin’ is our main sponsor and they have agreed to put pink ribbon stickers on their Chicken Nugget and Chicken Strip bags at participating retailers nationwide. Fast Fixin’ will donate a portion of the proceeds from each bag to help fund Breast Cancer awareness. We are...

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Lose Weight & Help Fight World Hunger With Lose-A-Palooza #LoseForGood

Right now getting healthy and losing weight means fighting two global epidemics – hunger and obesity. This is thanks to Weight Watchers’ third annual Lose for Good campaign, a program that partners members, online subscribers and charitable organizations to help fight world hunger. Between September 5th and October 23rd as members lose weight, Weight Watchers will donate up to $1 million to two leading hunger fighting organizations – Share Our Strength and Action Against Hunger. The...

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I Met The Jimmy Dean Sun!

When I was at Blogher this past month, I was so excited to meet the “Sun” from Jimmy Dean. He was a very nice sun! It definitely brightened up my day!!! This was truly one of the highlights of my trip. The new Jimmy D’s breakfast sandwiches are so great and I love the sausage rolled up in a pancake and on a stick, who wouldn’t love that. And talk about appealing to have the kids eat this before they run out the door to catch the bus in the mornings, PERFECT! Thank you...

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Who Are Jizo & Chibi ?

There was a Buddhist monk 2500 years ago named Jizo. Upon his enlightenment, he promised to stay on Earth until every soul was finished suffering. Revered as the Protector of children, he can help us feel connected to our inner child, or to a child of our own. Jizo also is the protector of Travellers. He is like the St. Christopher of Buddhism. Chibi means “Little One” in Japanese. Chibi is the primary character in the books written by Valerie Johns, a psychotherapist,writer, and...

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Back-to-School Sanity Saver Tips from Annie Pleshette Murphy

With summer winding down, it’s important for the entire family to transition from a summer playhouse to a more structured environment BEFORE school starts. To do this without loosing your sanity, Annie Pleshette Murphy a psychologist, author, parenting expert for Good Morning America, and former editor-in-chief of Parents magazine recently teamed up with OfficeMax to host the “Back to School Sanity Savers Blogcast” where she provided tips and tricks for getting your family prepared and...

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“How To Choose The Best Preschool For Your Child” Book Review & WIN

I was recently sent a copy of the book, ” How To Choose The Best Preschool For Your Child” by Jenifer Wana. It is a guide that helps parents learn how to get info., find, and prepare themselves and their children for preschool/nursery school. I have a long history of working in child care myself, so this is a topic I consider myself very knowledgeable on and Jenifer hits the nail on the head with this book. This is a wonderful resource for parents to help them start on this...

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Celebrate Christmas In July With Misha’s Nutcracker & WIN

Misha’s Nutcracker by Roman Yakub in collaberation with Elaine Ulman is a book for people 8 and up. It is the story of a homeless Russian boy, who is cold and hungry and exhausted from just trying to survive. He finds his way into the beautiful opera house in St Petersburg, where he finds warmth for his body and soul in the attic. When he, at last feels safe, he sleeps. That is where, Oksana, the chief seamstress wakes him up and feeling sorry for him, she feeds him,...

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Winner of “Dark Fairies” Book

Congrats to : LUCY , You are the winner of the “Dark Fairies” book!!! Please email me at plussizemommy@gmail.com with your name & address to claim your prize. You must contact me within 48 hours or another winner will be chosen. Thank you to those who entered! Congrats to the winner, ENJOY!! The Plus Size...

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Preconceived Notions of Fairies – “Dark Fairies” & WIN A Copy!

When you think of fairies or tales of fairies many times the image that comes to mind is of Tinkerbelle like creatures – beings of small stature with glorious wings that bring us luck and fortune. In ancient times, the concept of fairies was rather different. “Fairytales” resembled horror stories, with fairies drinking human blood to survive and snatching children, whisking them off to a demon land. Fairies were seen as often-dangerous creatures of the land that’d steal...

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Avatar; The Movie On DVD & A Themed Birthday Party!

AVATAR Since its global theatrical release last December, AVATAR has continued to make motion picture history. Written by James Cameron and produced with his long-time collaborator Jon Landau, AVATAR stars Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi and Laz Alonso. The Oscar and Golden Globe winning epic is the highest grossing film of all time, taking in over $2.6 billion in worldwide box...

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