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2012 Holiday Gift Guide {Giveaway}

Welcome to Home Maid Simple’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide Giveaway.   Throughout the year I’ve been blessed to try out many different products, and read some amazing books. At this time of year, I want to give back to you, my readers. You can follow links to reviews and Features from my 2012 Holiday Gift Guide, […]

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Our Top 15 Family Favorite Games #ATVIFamGames

*I was compensated with an activision gift package to help promote this event. All opinions are my own, and not influenced in any way.  I received this opportunity as a member of Business 2 Blogger. This post contains affiliate links. Before sitting back to relax and watch the Live Activision Family Game Summit, I thought I’d take […]

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Renew Family Game Night with Activision #ATVIFamGames

This Tuesday join in on Activision’s Family Game Summit.  If you live in or around New York City, you can attend the LIVE event!!  (and they even have childcare provided!) If like me, you live on the other side of the country, you can attend the event online.  How cool is that? In case you […]

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Holiday Cards with Modern Greetings {Review + Free Photo Book}

Is it too early to send out Christmas Cards?  Not if I call them Holiday Cards!!! In the past Mark and I are usually late getting our Christmas cards/letter out, or we just all together skip it. There is so much that seems to go on between Thanksgiving and Christmas, that the cards usually get […]

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Chase Danger Super Spy: Pirates of Pineapple Island {Book Review}

Chase Danger Super Spy Pirates of Pineapple Island By Chad and Lisa Olivera   About the Book: Join 7-year-old super-spies Chase Danger and Princess Ali Bali in their 2nd adventure. This time, the two heroes have to rescue magical pineapples and Ali’s brother, Aiden, from the dreaded pirate Captain Looney.  2nd in a series of […]

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5 Things I’m Grateful for – Think About It

  Welcome to our Think About It Thursday Meme. Every week we talk about something new, different, and mostly thought provoking. Sometimes it’s serious, sometimes it’s funny, and sometimes it’s just rambling. For more Think About It Thursdays visit my cohorts co-hosts Mumfection and Tim and Angi’s Blog   This weeks Topic What 5 Things […]

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Wreck-It Ralph the bad guy that’s tired of being bad!

  Ever feel bad for the bad guy? I do a lot. Maybe I have a thing for bad guys…no, no that’s not it. I just want them to make better choices! I was so excited to see a preview for Wreck it Ralph the last time we went to the movies. I turned to […]

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Twelve Months by Steven Manchester {Book Review}

Twelve Months by Steven Manchester   About the Book: What would you do if you only had 12 months left to live? For Don DiMarco this was the case. Diagnosed with colon cancer, Don wasn’t ready to go. There was so much life to live still, that he realized he hadn’t really lived life yet. […]

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My wee lil’ Pirates {Wordless Wednesday}

It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I’ve never seen my kids so excited as when I started saying Ahoy, Avast and Land Lubber this morning. I’ve got 3 Princesses, but don’t let them fool you. They be Pirates at heart. Ye may start callin’ me Cap’n Mom now. Princess C has already taken […]

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At the end of a long trip…

Give your kids some Glow Sticks.

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