August 28, 2008
- Win The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
As a mother, it’s a treat to be able to show my children the Disney movies that captivated me as a child. The Little Mermaid has always been one of my favorites, so I was excited to introduce it to my daughter, when it was re-released a couple of years ago to DVD.
On August 26th, [...] - Are you jumping yet?
Do you have your back to school shopping list handy? Take it out right now and add this to the top: jump rope.
It’s not for your kids though, it is for you!
Here are five reasons why you should be jumping rope for fitness.
1.It’s cheap! You can get a quality jump rope for [...]
August 27, 2008
- Would you like to Join Our Team and Help Us With Our Newsletter?
We are looking for the perfect person to help us write and manage our newsletter.
If you are a stay-at-home or work-at-home mom with experience managing e-mail newsletters and could start helping us right away, you may be just the person we need.
Please contact us at info(at)5minutesformom(dot)com, with “NEWSLETTER” in the subject field.
In the body [...] - Wordless Wednesday - Did I mention I can crawl?
Olivia loves to crawl! Here she is heading towards the TV in her favorite pajamas from www.mybabypajamas.com. (Okay - they are are my favorite. But really, I am the one dressing her!) We will be doing a giveaway for My Baby Pajamas next week.
Thanks to Uisce for creating Wordless Wednesday.
Technorati Tag: Wordless Wednesday
August 26, 2008
- It was a perfect evening… if only I can forget the rats
Usually by the end of the summer, I can count a half a dozen evenings when Phil, Jackson and I have treated ourselves to fish and chips at the beach.
But this summer has been so packed with trips, camps and work, I haven’t been even once - until this past weekend.
Phil was away with [...] - Still time to win $1000…
August 25, 2008
- Win A Year’s Supply of Scott Towels and A $50.00 Visa Gift Card
Scott Common Sense is a clever online destination where sensible consumers can read articles, get tips, and share solutions for life’s everyday challenges.
Join thousands of members across the country and exchange real-life Common Sense wisdom for saving time and money, cleaning and organizing your home, staying healthy and handling everything your busy life throws [...]
August 22, 2008
- Saving - The Super Smart Shop n’ Save Way
In this three part series, JB Owen-Sacallis, teaches us her tricks of the trade and applies it to back to school shopping. In her final post, JB Scallis shares some tips on how to save - The Super Smart Shop n’ Save way.
Saving is the most fun part of shopping for me. I love getting [...]
August 21, 2008
- Searching for Overwhelmed Moms
The baby won’t sleep. The kids won’t listen. The house is a mess. Your husband wants to know what is for dinner. And the clock just won’t stop.
You can’t take this pace much longer. But what can you do?
This is your life…
Motherhood is hard – brutally hard. And sometimes it all is just too [...] - Getting the camera turned on us!
Just moments after our production crew packed up at the end of filming our BlogHer interviews, Amber Scott from Capessa grabbed Susan and me and turned her camera on us!
Outside in the San Francisco streets, with blaring buses and raucous street performers, we had a fabulous time chatting with Amber about 5 Minutes for Mom, [...] - Which Came First. . . ?
. . . the book or the movie?
When a blockbuster movie comes out based on a bestselling book, do you read the book first? Does the movie make you want to read the book? Or does seeing the movie satisfy your curiosity about the story?
5 Minutes for Books contributing editor Lauren tackles this [...]
August 20, 2008
- Smart Shopping - The Super Smart Shop n’ Save Way
In this three part series, JB Owen-Sacallis, teaches us her tricks of the trade and applies it to back to school shopping. It’s day two, and today we will focus on the second part of the Super Smart Shop and Save formula - Smart Shopping.
Smart Shopping is about picking multi-purpose items so they can [...] - If a girl has got to work…
…then this is a great way to do it.
My days may be crazy and way too long, (this week, I am yet to get more than a consecutive few hours of sleep,) but at least in the middle of the madness, I still get hugs from my sweet Olivia.
- Wordless Wednesday - Trying to get a shot of all of us…
There is a reason we don’t have more shots of Susan and me with all four of our kids.
Now, I have so much more empathy for my parents when they were trying to get family photos of us growing up. There were four of us kids in our family and we all dreaded the [...]
August 19, 2008
- Super Smart Shop n’ Save
In this three part series, JB Owen-Sacallis, teaches us her tricks of the trade and applies it to back to school shopping. Join us today for Super Shopping, tomorrow for Smart Shopping and Thursday for Saving. In no time, you will be hitting the malls the Super Smart Shop n’ Save way.
Once again the stores [...] - I’m going to Atlanta, Georgia…
So tomorrow I’m bringing my baby entourage to an SEO conference in Atlanta Georgia!
Yikes, it’s going to be a long plane ride. Well, nothing compared to going to Italy… this is just practice for that trip. Ugh. I’m not a fan of airplanes, especially when toting tots. But I can’t leave my nursing baby [...] - It is lambing season over at 5 Minutes for Parenting…
It usually happens in spring, when flowers decorate green fields and warm air welcomes little ones, fresh, squirming and ready for life.
But this lambing season for the parents at 5 Minutes for Parenting is just beginning…
Megan, one of the contributing writers at 5 Minutes for Parenting, had her second child - a little boy - [...]
August 18, 2008
- Learning to do the right thing - the Veggie Tales way…
“Sometimes not helping someone can be just as bad as actually hurting them.”
Trying to teach compassion, empathy and integrity to a six year old boy isn’t always easy.
While Jackson can show surprising emotion in some situations, such as a branch he accidentally severed from a lilac bush, (I currently am nursing a huge branch [...]
August 16, 2008
- AT&T Phone Winner
Ring . . . Ring.
It’s for you, #609! (Yes over 900 of you entered to win).
Nancy Ness is the winner of the AT&T Wireless Phone.
You should have received an email from me requesting your shipping info.
August 15, 2008
- Save Money at the Supermarket
Recently I attended a luncheon sponsored by Stop and Shop/Giant Foods. They wanted to tap into the Mommy Blogger network. I’ve attended a few corporately sponsored events and conference calls, and I would like to go on the record and say that Stop and Shop impressed me.
They fed us–not only were [...]
