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Burke Dove Off the Divingboard!!
Posted on July 22, 2011 by Nancy
He swam across the entire length of the pool – which meant he could go in the deep end without a life jacket 🙂
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Bear Haven
Posted on July 20, 2011 by Nancy
There’s a special corner in my Mom’s house…with a giant teddy bear and a few other stuffed animals. The kids were quite taken with it!
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Makes My Monday: Horse Play
Posted on July 18, 2011 by Nancy
Maggie’s Song
Posted on July 17, 2011 by Nancy
Maggie had a grand ol’ time singing away for everyone today. (I’m not sure how I forgot to turn my phone while recording…sorry ’bout that.)
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Saturday Snapshot: Cathy is Married!!
Posted on July 16, 2011 by Nancy
New Bedroom Furniture
Posted on July 14, 2011 by Nancy
Both kid rooms have all matching furniture, so Mike and I decided it was time for us to have a grown-up bedroom 😉
I LOVE it!!
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Let’s Try This Again
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Nancy
Higgins tore apart his last bed (his 2nd one), so I’m trying out a new kind. Hope this one sticks around for a while!
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Tappin’ Away
Posted on July 12, 2011 by Nancy
I joined a site a few months back (hm, just about a year ago now!) that I’m *loving* – I’m not sure why I haven’t written about it before. The site is called Crowdtap, and it’s such a neat concept.You give your opinion to various brands – including Crowdtap itself – and just by giving your opinion, you have the chance to earn a little cash (via Amazon gift cards) and cash for your favorite charity! As of today, I’ve earned $323.75 for myself and $38.78 for my charity. (Pretty significant if you ask me!!)
My very favorite part of Crowdtap are the discussions. You are invited to discuss various things from “What did you do for Independence Day?” to “MSN Business on Main Street website design and user experience” to my favorite discussions: Fishful Thinking (which I’ve routinely written about here). I’ve loved the sense of community that the Fishful Thinking discussions have had and all of the ideas from other moms. Some of my favorite moments with the kids have come from ideas from those discussions.
I think the most significant experience I had was the Fight Back to Bounce Back discussion through Fishful Thinking. I even wrote about it. The discussion was about being your own biggest critic. Sometimes it takes someone mentioning a topic, and then you writing your own views out to realize what you’re actually DOING…and that was a huge “ah ha!” moment for me. I love most of the Fishful Thinking discussions because of these “ahha!” moments, but that one was by far the biggest. The other cool thing about the Fishful Thinking discussions is that there are articles and activities that go along with them – these are SO.HELPFUL when trying to figure out what the heck to do in such situations!
What else can you do with Crowdtap? Well, there are quick hits to rack up the points and there are sample shares that people get (based on demographics), like Old Navy and Adidas. There are also web shares (for more points). The site is just over a year old, so they’re still in their infancy … I can’t wait to see how far they go!
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Completely un-PC
Posted on July 11, 2011 by Nancy
It’s hot out today. I don’t do well with hot…if I get overheated I get an instant headache that will most likely end up as a migraine.
The one line that I always want to say when it’s this bad is: “The white people are melting!” (from the movie Fools Rush In)…but I rarely say it out loud…at least not without looking at who’s around me *blush*
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The Zimmer Zoo 