City Deals is coming to San Francisco

Don't you just love the deals you get from deal sites nowadays? The only bummer is that most of the deals are limited time offers, so if you don't get around to clicking on the deal of the day, you're out of luck. CityDeals also features daily deals like these, but unlike average deal sites they even offer deals that aren't limited to the one-deal-a-day...

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Managing Family Finances

Thank you to TurboTax for sponsoring my writing about household finances.Learn more about how TurboTax can help you find every tax deduction you deserve. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.I am one of the most absentminded people I know. I can never find my keys or my phone....

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Gnomeo and Juliet Giveaway

When I first heard Disney was coming out with a movie called "Gnomeo and Juliet", I knew we'd be watching it. I think garden gnomes are hideous and tacky, and the thought of using them as the main characters of Shakespeare's classic love story is absolutely brilliant. Disney always does the cleverest animated movies, with bits of humor for grownups...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- List your Giveaways Here

Welcome to Bonggamom's Friday Finds, your one-stop shop (okay, post) for finding the bestest giveaways around the blogosphere. Thank you to everyone for leaving your giveaway links and comments, I really appreciate the support!As always, feel free to leave links to your giveaways, everyone. And don't forget to get cracking and enter everyone else's,...

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Love according to Kids

A couple of years ago I did a Valentine's Day post on Finding Bonggamom featuring The Pea's and Jammy's thoughts on love. Unfortunately 3Po refused to cooperate, so I never got to know what 5-year 3Po thought about love. Valentine's Day is coming up again, and to celebrate the occasion Tiny Prints recently invited me to post about what my kids think...

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Celebrate National Oatmeal Month with a Better Oats Giveaway

Did you know that January is National Oatmeal Month? Apparently more oatmeal is consumed in January than any other month. Maybe it has something to do with the weather, or maybe it's because January is the time when people resolve to eat better. Personally, I don't care what month it is; we eat oatmeal year-round! It's delicious and filling, and...

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Join SoyJoy's Facebook discussion today about new Dietary Guidelines

SoyJoy is holding a live broadcast today, featuring David Grotto, registered dietitian and author of "101 Foods That Will Save Your Life”, who will be talking about the new 2010 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The U.S. government updates them every 5 years, and they are due out next week, so David will be giving everyone a sneak peek at the...

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Announcing Fruitables' School Music Mash-Up Search (and a giveaway for you!)

Glee is one of my favorite TV shows. I've watched all the episodes (My favorite: Furt. It's still on our DVR, and woe betide anyone who erases it), I have the cast music on my iPod, and I consider myself a total Gleek. Alfie is mystified as to how anyone can enjoy a campy dramedy where people spontaneously burst into song, but I've always loved...

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What makes a Great Family Getaway?

I love my family, and I love to travel, and nothing makes me happier than combining the two. Every year we enjoy some sort of family getaway, whether it's an overnight camping trip or a week at Disneyland. The trips we've enjoyed over the years have been very different, but there have always been some things in common. Here are five things that define our Ideal Family Getaways:LocalAs big a fan as I am of global travel, when I think of the term "Family Getaway", an international destination is...

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Valentine's Day coupon codes

I was given some Valentine's Day coupon codes from Currentcodes.com, and I thought I'd share them with you because I know how expensive Feb. 14 can be. After all, V-Day is just one night, and you still need cash for the rest of the year!· 1-800-FLOWERS- Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts of $58.99 & up with code VDAYTEN expires 2/14/2011·...

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Five Fab Bloggers who Inspire Me

Thanks to Trop 50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 fabulous wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to help grant a friend's wish!One of the best things about being a blogger is getting to meet the men and women who make up the blogosphere. Thanks to blogging, I've made a ton of new...

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Wow! Wow! Wubzy Valentine Giveaway

Do you have any plans for Valentine's Day? Alfie and I are going to a school auction party the weekend before Feb. 14th, but like most years, we have no plans for a romantic evening on V-Day itself. We usually do something fun with the kids, which is fine by us, because we're not into the overpriced roses and overcrowded restaurants that always accompany...

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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue; This Valentine's Day, Use ScotchBlue

We've lived in our home for over a decade, but I don't we're ever going to stop doing little things to improve it and make it the way we want it to be. It's always a work in progress; one year we'll put a new fence, another year we'll repaint the walls, another year we'll put up some shelves.One indispensable tool we rely on when we do any project...

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Win a trip to Greece from Voskos Yogurt

I love Greek yogurt, and I love Voskos Greek yogurt. It's amazingly thick and creamy and tastes oh-so-indulgent (even though it isn't -- Greek yogurt is an excellent source of calcium and is low in fat!). The only thing more authentic than eating Voskos Greek yogurt would be eating Voskos Greek yogurt in Greece. Guess what? Voskos is giving you...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- List your Giveaways Here

Welcome back to Bonggamom's Friday Finds! I apologize for skipping last Friday's edition -- I spent most of last week sick with a cold and didn't blog much -- but I'm back, and so is this weekly linky post.As always, feel free to leave links to your giveaways, everyone. And don't forget to get cracking and enter everyone else's, t...

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Using SWAGG Online

Last month I was selected to be a SWAGG Brand Ambassador by the Clever Girls, and as a Brand Ambassador our mission is to spread the word about this fabulous new app -- SWAGG -- that lets you load all your gift cards into one place and use them to shop at your favorite stores, all from your iPhone or Android phone! You can send mobile SWAGG gift...

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Simple changes in 2011

January is almost over, and I'll bet a lot of people have started slipping up on their New Years Resolutions! I'm proud to say that I'm not one of them, because this year I really tried to come up with some goals that are simple, measurable and maintanable. They're not revolutionary changes, but hey, sometimes the simplest of changes can make the biggest impact. Here are some of the simple changes I would like to make in my life this year, and how I've planned to make sure the changes actually...

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Help someone you know enter the Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame (and a giveaway)

When I participated in the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure event last October as the Energizer Keep Going Blogger, I met many wonderful people who exemplified the Energizer Bunny's Keep Going® spirit. From crew members who woke up at 4AM every day to walkers who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to breast cancer survivors who fought a horrible...

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Dinosaur Train pajama giveaway

Get ready, Dinosaur Train fans! PBS Kids is airing a new Dinosaur Train episode on January 17. My kids love watching Buddy the T-Rex and his adopted Pteranodon family go on adventures and learn about natural history and natural science, and they love the paleontologist who appears at the end of every episode and compares the dinosaurs they saw in the...

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YoCrunch 100 Calorie Packs & Fruit Parfaits Review and Giveaway

In my perfect world, I'd be able to eat whatever I want and control my weight with exercise alone, but the sad truth is that unless I'm prepared to run a marathon every week, I need to make smarter choices about the food that goes into my body. That's one of the things I need to work on this year, so this year I'm ditching the ice cream and eating more yogurt. And with yummy, healthier products like Breyers YoCrunch 100 Calorie Packs and Fruit Parfaits, I can still indulge in an occasional sweet...

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New Year, New Home Decor with CSN Stores

I love our hardwood floors. Our bathrooms and laundry room have tile floors and the kids' room is carpeted, but all the other rooms in our home are hardwood because we love the look and feel of them. The only problem with hardwood floors is the echo they carry and the way they retain the cold in the wintertime, so we temper that by laying area rugs...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- List Your Giveaways Here

Bonggamom's Friday Finds is back for 2011! It's such a wonderful feeling to have 52 whole weeks of giveaways stretched out in front of us. I'm sure many of you have already hit the New Year running, with some awesome giveaways for your readers -- so please feel free to leave your links here in the hopes that even more people will find your giveaways...

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Arctic Ease Twitter Review, Giveaway and Twitter Party

A couple of days ago I blogged about my determination to get back into running this year. It's one of my New Year's Resolutions for 2011. Note, I've tried to fashion a resolution more specific than just "Lose Weight" or "Get Fit", because I know those never last. But running, I can do (and if a bit of weight comes off, then hurray for me). I have...

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