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3 Cute and Easy Homemade Gifts for Teachers (great to start the year)

August 17, 2013 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

3 Cute and Easy Homemade Gifts for Teachers (great to start the year)

School is Starting!! My girls went back this week. You might want to put together some homemade gifts for you child’s teacher and I found three cute ones for you to try out.  They are all super easy and inexpensive. Let me know if you try them out! Homemade Natural Lavender Chamomile Bath Salt Soak Homemade Natural Lemon Sugar Scrub DIY Homemade Hot Cocoa in a Jar

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Filed Under: Back to School, DIY

Let RetailMeNot Buy Your Shopping Cart (1 in 10 Chance!!) #Ad

August 15, 2013 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

Wow!! This is an awesome deal!! Until August 31st any purchase by a registered member of RetailMeNot has a 1 in 10 chance at getting you purchase for FREE! And it’s Easy: 1. Become a RetailMeNot member for free or log in to RetailMeNot 2. Then use a coupon from RetailMeNot to make your online purchase 3. If you win, they will email you a VISA Virtual Rewards Card for the amount you spend (and you have a 1 in {Read More}

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Donating Healthy Snacks For Kids with Dole Fruit Cups and Squish’ems #shop #cbias #Dole4Kids

August 6, 2013 by jlpenner 3 Comments

Donating Healthy Snacks For Kids with Dole Fruit Cups and Squish’ems #shop #cbias #Dole4Kids

I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and Dole. I’ve let you all know that my girls, who are 7 and 8 and are adopted from foster care. They came to live with us 4 ½ years ago. It has been a super long road for us and while I wholeheartedly support adoption and foster care, it is not for {Read More}

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Use Amazing on a Budget to Save a Ton on Back to School #Ad

August 2, 2013 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Amazing on a Budget by Walmart.com. All opinions here are my own. College was along time ago, but I do remember those days. One of the fun part of going to college is just preparing to go!! I was so excited to prepare. I remember coming up with a theme for my room, shopping for the bedding and accessories. And even at that age I was quite the bargain shopper, so everything had to {Read More}

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Chocolate and Candy Dipped Strawberry Pops

July 30, 2013 by jlpenner 4 Comments

Chocolate and Candy Dipped Strawberry Pops

I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and Nestle Snack Products. Summer is coming to a close and school will be starting soon.. some of us sooner than others.  We go back in less than 2 weeks and I know some folks in Arizona who are going back now. I’m in all our families sure there is both excitement and {Read More}

Filed Under: Dessert Recipes, Dessert Recipes with Chocolate, Dessert Recipes with Fruit, Gluten Free, Gluten Free Desserts, Gluten Free Snacks, Kid's Snacks, Recipes, Reviews and Shopping Trips, Snack Recipes

Pre Order Your LeapPad Ultra #ad #LeapPadPreOrder

July 26, 2013 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

Do you have a tablet or kindle and want the kids to stay away from it a little more?? Those things are expensive and not really kid proofed. You might want to think about pre-ordering the LeapPad Ultra. Basically they “Look like yours. Plays like theirs”. The LeapPad Ultra has great graphics kids love, a camera, 800+ fun apps, games, videos, eBooks, music and more but its a tablet build for kids. It has child friendly controls, a durable frame {Read More}

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Greek Salad With Quinoa

July 25, 2013 by jlpenner 3 Comments

Greek Salad With Quinoa

This was so good, even yummier that I thought it would be, to be honest. Recently we were headed to a summer potluck and I needed to bring a side. I headed to the store to grab something, but I did not know what I was going to make yet. So I racked my brain in the store and this is what I came up with, Greek Salad With Quinoa. It’s gluten free and really healthy.  Quinoa is a great {Read More}

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Gluten Free Side Dishes, Grain Side Dishes, Recipes, Side Dishes

20% off Music and Other Private Lessons with TakeLessons.com #Ad

July 24, 2013 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

Disclosure: This post has been compensated by TakeLessons. School is starting up soon again and you family might be thinking about an after school activity for your kids. One great option is Music Lessons. Did you know that my undergrad degree is actually in Music Ed? I thought I might want to be a music teacher. It ended up not being for me since I am much more of an entrepreneur but music is very important to me. I was {Read More}

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Back to School Savings with RetailMeNot (plus win a 3-minute Costco shopping spree) #Ad

July 22, 2013 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

“Disclosure: This post is sponsored by RetailMeNot but all opinions are my own”. Kids head back to school soon?  Only 3 weeks for mine! I’ll bet you are thinking about Back to School shopping and I love doing my shopping online if I can.  There are no lines, I don’t have to drive and I can save a lot of money when I shop thorugh places like RetailMeNot, the largest digital coupon website in the US.  It’s a great place {Read More}

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Chocolate Chip Cookie, Strawberry Trifle

July 20, 2013 by jlpenner 13 Comments

Chocolate Chip Cookie, Strawberry Trifle

Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and Smart and Final. We love summer potluck parties and BBQ’s when getting together with friends. It’s such a fun way to have a “family event” without spending a ton of money! Everyone in the group brings a dish and that makes sure that no body is stuck with a ton of {Read More}

Filed Under: Dessert Recipes, Dessert Recipes with Chocolate, Dessert Recipes with Fruit, Gluten Free, Gluten Free Snacks, Recipes, Reviews and Shopping Trips

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