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Infant Meningitis Awareness; Sign The Protect Infants Now (PIN) Petition Today

Meningitis is a devastating disease that can be deadly to your newborn baby. It is one of the leading causes of preventable infant death in the United States. 50-60% of these cases are vaccine preventable! The CDC has recently revealed that the disease is 3-7 times higher in infants than any other age group.Approximately 1 in 16 infants will die from this disease. Please sign the petition for Protect Infants Now (PIN). This petition will let the CDC know that this life saving immunization...

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Just What IS THIS Plus Size Mommy All About?

Chiming in here just to say Hello and Hoping that everyone has had wonderful holidays and a Happy New Year to all. I don’t know about some of you but this past yr. and actually the last part of 2010 to me I was just like drifting by. Just basically getting by on my blog to keep it alive and not doing too much. I have had a lot of medical problems and so on. Anywho… I am now refreshed, feeling better (yay) and off to the drawing board with my blog. I am going to get it revamped...

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Want To Find A New Way To Quench Your Thirst ? #ClearAmerican #CBias #Ad

In this hot summer heat we have been having My family and I have been looking for a way to Jazz up plain old water to help us stay hydrated. Plain water is wonderful, but it is nice to have a zing to it once in a while, and kids especially want a drink that taste’s good. Soda prices have been soaring where I live to $7 for a 24 pack. Plus Soda doesn’t keep you from being thirsty. And even bottled water can get expensive, and then to make it taste better my kids always want those...

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Help Rachael Ray End Hunger For Older Americans @Drive2EndHunger

Entertainment Industry Foundation Ambassador, author and television personality Rachael Ray is lending her support to a new public service campaign aimed at ending hunger for the more than six million Americans over the age of 50 who struggle to put food on the table every day. The new campaign supports Drive to End Hunger, AARP and AARP Foundation’s nationwide effort to end hunger among older Americans by calling on people of all ages to donate time, money or food to local hunger...

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Spongeables – For A Squeaky Clean You & So Much More

When you take a shower or a bath you not only want to feel comfortable & relaxed, smell really good, and get really clean. Well, I have been sent a wonderful new product that I truly have fell in love with. It is called Spongeables, and they do and make me feel all of the above. They are sponges that are pre-filled with shower gel that has the most lathery and smelling awesome fragrances! They do have a usage life, since sponges can hold in icky stuff, but on the package they have a...

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Keeping Kids Active and Healthy in Hot Weather

It’s summertime and the sweating comes easy for children. Whether they are enjoying a pickup game of basketball or competing at a sports camp, how does a parent know the appropriate amount of liquid refreshment to offer? Part of the mystery lies in whether the child’s body produces a lot of salt while engaged in a difficult workout. Staying hydrated and avoiding heat illness are two areas Dr. Brendon McDermott at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga understands, and...

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Father’s Day Round -Up

The following are a grouping of gifts sure to please any Father on Father’s Day (June 19th). I am very excited to provide you with these idea’s for 2011. Enjoy! THE CHOP KEEPER The “first couple of inventions” husband and wife Robert and Ruth Goldman have taken the mess out of good-for-you cooking. Their flexible Chop Keeper tray features raised sides that keep all the mess contained with no juice wicks underneath or on the floor or counter. And when the chopping and dicing...

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“Featured Post” ~ Benefits of A Good Healthy Living

A good health can make all that difference in one’s life. When you’re fit and healthy you’ll enjoy most of your life. But how do we have a good healthy living? This has been a major concern to each and everyone of us. Basically, there are several approaches how a person can have a healthy living and one of this is an option for surgical procedures like smart lipo procedure, which is really not a good idea due to its possible risks and expensive liposuction costs. Healthy...

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Bausch + Lomb Biotrue

My 14 year old son is the contact wearer in our family. He was excited to try the new Bausch + Lomb Biotrue that was sent to me. He uses Bausch + Lomb already but this was his first experience with Biotrue. He said it works well and really made his contacts feel more comfortable to wear. He said there was less to no stinging and it really helped him see more clearer. So, he was very pleased with the new Bausch + Lomb Biotrue. Biotrue is inspired by the biology of your eyes™. It goes...

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Heat Up Your Valentine’s Day, Or Anyday With Pure Romance With Giveaway!

I recently joined in a campaign that was very unusual for me to join. I signed up to review Pure Romance Products from Global Influence. I received my box of samples at my door a couple days ago and even though this was the first package I got to review for my blog that I was ummm hesitant to open, I did. And I am so glad I did! Inside was a black box with a big bright pink ribbon tied around it, and a black gift bag on top. On the black box was a hot pink heart. It was so cute! So, I opened...

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