Inspiring My Son to Give Back During the Holidays #GivingTuesday

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This post is brought to you by Giving Tuesday. Save the date- 12/3/13- and celebrate by giving back to those in need. On Friday, the madness of the holiday season really begins. While Friday through Monday is all about shopping- with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday- Tuesday is about something a little different- giving. See, giving is really one of the most important parts of the holiday season. It’s the grand finale in A Christmas Carole, when Scrooge wakes up and realizes that being a tightwad miser leads to little more than misery and dying alone. It’s […] Read more »

Get Unique Gifts at Blurb for $40 or Less!

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Create Something One Of A Kind with Blurb People love getting really creative, one-of-a-kind books for Christmas. Books that elicit a “where did you find this?” response. As the leading indie- and self-publishing platform, Blurb has an entire online bookstore full of unique books by an incredible array of undiscovered, self-published authors, artists, and photographers. And while these books probably aren’t in your recipient’s bookshelf, many of them should be. So, if you’re thinking of giving unique gifts this year, consider these titles. Each costs around $40 USD or less: Cookie Cravings by Maria Lichty and Heidi Larsen We all […] Read more »

Take Your Touch Screen to New Levels with Snowflake Software #IntelAIO

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#spon: I am in a partnership with Intel. Through this partnership I gain access to content, product, or other forms of value. My super awesome HP Envy Rove Intel AIO computer has a fancy touchscreen, but the majority of the work I do doesn’t really give me the opportunity to take full advantage of this feature. Snowflake Software gives me a great chance to really try out the touchscreen! I received both the Snowflake Entertainment Suite and Snowflake ABC. Both are huge collections of games that are entirely touchscreen-based. You can check it out using a mouse, but it’s really […] Read more »

Book Review: Children To A Degree – Growing Up Under the Third Reich

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I am really excited to share my review of Children to a Degree- Growing Up Under the Third Reich by Horst Christian. I do have a material connection because I edited the book and my mom designed the cover (and formatted it), but my opinions on the story are entirely my own. Children to a Degree is a prequel to Horst Christian’s popular Loyal to a Degree and it’s follow-up novel, Trust to a Degree. It is the story of Karl Veth, a young boy living during the time of Hitler’s reign in Germany. The book covers 4 years of […] Read more »

Find the Perfect Gifts for Kids at Museum Tour + $30 Gift Card Giveaway

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With all the video games and gamer cards on Jacob's holiday shopping list, I wanted to make sure he also had some fun educational gifts under the tree too. He's been really into science and robots lately, so I was happy to have the chance to try out some cool robot kits from Museum Tour. The online store offers so many great educational and artistic gifts for kids, it was hard to choose which ones to try out for review! Read more »

Get “Wowed” by Holiday Shopping at BJs Wholesale Club #BJsHolidays

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I recently had the chance to check out all the amazing holiday shopping offerings at BJs Wholesale Club when they brought a group of bloggers down to their Philadelphia store. We had a fun morning of browsing the holiday items and sampling delicious treats. We were each sent home with a wonderful gift bag of goodies and a gift card. I was so impressed with the sheer amount of holiday goodies at BJs Wholesale Club. My local store is a lot smaller (although it still carries quite a bit of the popular holiday items), so it was exciting to see […] Read more »

PINCHme: Real Free Samples, Real Rewards

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This post is brought to you by PINCHme, the free sample program that is truly free all around. All opinions are my own. Want a way to get totally FREE samples that you want in one convenient box without scouring the internet for them? Want to get rewarded for giving companies your opinion on those free samples? Well, with PINCHme, you get both! This isn’t a subscription box that comes loaded with random goodies that you may or may not even want. You choose the samples YOU want and don’t pay a single dime. Even better, PINCHme rewards you for […] Read more »

Holiday HoHoHo Giveaway Hop

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Welcome to the Holiday HoHoHo Giveaway Hop! With Thanksgiving coming up in just a few days, it’s time to get into the holiday spirit! What better way to do that than with a fun holiday giveaway? After you’re done here, make sure you stop by The Review Wire to Enter the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a large Teach My Learning Kits of choice {RV $39.99} PLUS a Second Prize Winner will receive Teach My Kit of choice {RV $14.99}. My Giveaway: The Original Christmas Classics and the Dreamworks Holiday Collection on DVD One winner will receive […] Read more »

Celebrate the Holidays with Shrek, Po, Toothless and the Dreamworks Gang

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I received a Dreamworks Holiday Collection and The Original Christmas Classics Collection  in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. I am so excited that it’s almost Thanksgiving! Why? Because I have a  rule for myself: no holiday movies until after Santa comes down the street in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I work at the Santa photo set seasonally, so I’m inundated with the jolly old elf daily starting almost two weeks before turkey day. I work in the mall during that time, so I see holiday decorations and hear the music well before the official […] Read more »