Family | - Part 10

Thai Kitchen

Thai Kitchen is a leader in producing authentic Asian ingredients like Fish Sauce, Curry Paste and Jasmine Rice. Don’t worry if you’ve never made Thai food before, we have some very simple recipes to get you started. Or, you can experiment with an an assortment of ingredients and you can create your own recipe! FROM ME : In my home, we have been recently discovering and trying new foods and recipe’s. Thai Kitchen is one of the many foods we have been experimenting with. I...

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Fun Experimenting With Elmer’s MythBusters Science Kits

Most of you have heard about the Discovery Channel’s series MythBusters, well now your children can explore urband legends on their own, with Elmer’s MythBuster Science kits. Right in your own home your kids will have a fun time exploring hands on through trial and error if the myths are true or a bust. The kits have kids learning about science from aviation to air pressure. My kids have been exploring MythBusters Weird World of Water. Does it freeze, boil ? Can it suck a ship...

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Unique Teacher Gifts – Glass Atlas

Well, School is most likely back in session for your children and the holidays are right around the corner. I like to try and get some gifts bought and taken care of before the huge holiday rush. This year I have a great idea for a teacher gift that I would love to share. Actually, this is a great gift for anyone for any occasion! Glass Atlas – This is an innovative Glass Atlas that shows a 360 degree view of NASA imagery of many geographic regions around the world! It is a satellite...

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Pittsburgher’s Here Is The iCarly Event Announcement You Won’t Want To Miss!

Yesterday evening you may have caught my post over on Facebook letting all Pittsburgher’s know that I was having a BIG Announcement to share today. And well, the time has come…. Nickelodeon’s iCarly’s and creator of kewlbites.com REED ALEXANDER AKA Nevel Papperman Will be in Da’Burgh on THIS SATURDAY (9/18) and I have 3 sets of 2 VIP passes to give away!!!!!!! (SQUEE) The passes include Breakfast at Giant Eagle’s Market District location in Robinson. Also...

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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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“Barbie A Fashion Fairytale” On DVD TODAY

The doll every girl loves and wants to grow up to be like has a new DVD out today. “Barbie A Fashion Fairytale” is a hit at my home. With 4 and 2 yr. old daughters, all the glitter and glam of this fashionista DVD just put even more magical sparkle into my daughters little lives. We watched this DVD over the week-end and I had an all-girl evening with them (and gramma). I painted their nails, and we ate popcorn and relaxed and watched this magical DVD. Their favorite part was...

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The Family Dish iAd Has Launched (Spon)

What is an iAd? An iAd is an innovative advertisement that combines video, audio and interactive web content in a format available on iPhone and iPod Touch. The Family Dish iAd is located within applications that moms frequent under several different genres. It appears as a banner ad that the consumer can click on and view / interact with, without ever leaving the application. What’s so special about The Family Dish iAd? The Family Dish iAd is the first iAd created and targeted...

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Taking You Back To Where I Was 9/11/2001

9/11/2001 – Me sitting at work at a child care center. My co-worker is across the hall listening to her radio, yells over, Beth go turn on the TV in the break room, something bad is going on. My children were upstairs in the daycare, my husband at work. I went to the break room and turned on the VERY old TV. And there it was…The horrific, most sad and scary show I have ever watched in my life. The “Breaking News”. I immediately went to check on my kids, then started...

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News From The California Strawberry Commission & WIN!

Another one of the awesome agencies I met at the Blogher Conference in New York is The California Strawberry Commission. I was able to learn a lot about them and get some awesome strawberry recipes from their website. I learned about their interest in and how active they are in social media, and I was very impressed. For example, they recently launched a free iPhone app called “strawberries” that includes 50 strawberry recipes from 50 bloggers. The next version will...

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Surprise The Kids With A Friday Afterschool Treat ~ Chunky Brownie Cookies

Ahhh, The kids (and you) have made it through the first week or so of school. Why not treat yourselves with a delish snack? Duncan Hines has sent me this awesome recipe to share with you all. Please try and Enjoy! Chunky Brownie Cookies The name says it all! Bake these cookies with our Duncan Hines Dark Fudge and Chocolate Chunks Brownie Mix. Ingredients • 1 pkg Duncan Hines® Dark Fudge and Chocolate Chunks Brownie Mix • 1 large egg • 2 tbsp water • 1/3 cup vegetable oil Baking...

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