The Book:
Raven Stole the Moon, by New York Times Bestselling Author Garth Stein
Synopsis:
When Jenna Rosen abandons her comfortable Seattle life to visit Wrangell, Alaska, it’s a wrenching return to her past. The hometown of her Native American grandmother, Wrangell is located near the Thunder Bay Resort, where Jenna’s young son, Bobby, disappeared two years before. [...]

The Product:

Lysol’s Healthy Touch No-Touch Hand Soap System. 
Works with 4 AA batteries and automatically senses when your hand is held under the pump, then dispenses just enough soap to apply to your hands. 
Kills 99.9% of bacteria. 
Recommended for use in kitchen or bathroom. 
Soap comes in 3 moisturizing scents:  Soothing Cucumber Splash, Refreshing Grapefruit Essence, and [...]

I know at the beginning of the year I said I wanted 2010 to be more about people and less about products on my blog.  And while that remains largely true, I really do like working with companies, and I get a certain thrill out of offering products for giveaway. {<–Little known bloggy secret right [...]

Cheerios has been a staple in our house for many years.  Breakfast, lunch, dinner – doesn’t matter, it’s a cereal we love to eat any time of day.  We’ve often used Cheerios as one of the “first foods” for our babies, and our toddlers have usually had a bag closeby for snacktime.  It’s hard to [...]

Our family became fans of Celtic Woman the moment we saw one of their programs on PBS.  The immense talent of the vocalists – Lisa Kelly, Chloe Agnew, Lynn Hilary, and Alex Sharpe, along with violinist Máiréad Nesbitt – and the entire crew of virtuoso musicians involved with the production took our breath away. 

Celtic Woman is known for [...]

My apologies for this late post; I had meant to do a follow-up to my Managing Our Family Calendar with Cozi.com post by last Friday, but as often happens with busy families, we got very….busy! I did want to make sure and mention a few other things about the Cozi.com site, though – some tools [...]

If you know me or have been reading my blog for a while, you may know that my family and I can get pretty silly.  We love to spend time together making jokes, goofing off, and creating fun memories together.

When I heard that Primrose Schools was sponsoring a Family Dance-Off Video Competition, I immediately thought [...]

In September I was able to attend the Type A Mom blogging conference, where I met Robbie Cape, CEO and President of Seattle-based website Cozi.com, and their Social Media Director, Carol Schiller.  I had already heard a little about Cozi.com through buzz around the blogosphere; the company generously supported many bloggers’ trips to the mega-conference BlogHer. 
Partnering [...]

Though I have scaled waaaaay back in my online work with companies and review panels, there have been a few opportunities I felt were just too great to not offer to my readers.  This is definitely one of them!
Now through February 9th at the Safeway family of stores (which includes Dominick´s, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Vons, and Genuardi´s) [...]

Before MomSelect sent our family the Playmobil Advent – Princess & Unicorn Paradise set this month, I was oblivious to the extensive advent options available from Playmobil.  These advent sets come in a variety of themes – police, pirates, fairies, knights, Santa, and yes even the traditional nativity.  Each set comes with an elaborate backdrop [...]