Useful & practical living tips from a MN ND Mom Blogger & Web Designer
April is Autism Awareness Month. Below is a graphic I found on Pinterest giving us ideas on things we can do every day to increase awareness of Autism as well as some fun we can actually do to help the cause. Most of these tasks look like they'd take just a few minutes which means most people can fit it into their busy schedules.Source: … [Read more...]
A new investigative report about children diagnosed with Autism was released by ABC news today.The report revealed that 1 in 88 children now has Autism Spectrum Disorder. The number in 2006 was 1 in 110 but it seems the disease is still more prevalent in boys than girls.video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerNo … [Read more...]
Happy Memorial Day weekend! I'm hoping everyone is safe and sound after a scary week of tornadoes ripping through the country. There's a lot of organizations trying to help people displaced by the devastation so feel free to post any donation/volunteer information about your area on FFP's Facebook wall to help us help you and your loved ones during … [Read more...]
Many monuments, high rise buildings, national treasures, homes, cars and blogs will be blue tonight and tomorrow to help raiser awareness for Autism. The month of April celebrates and raises awareness for Autism while April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day. Autism affects 1 in 110 children while it affects 1 in 70 boys. No one knows why boys … [Read more...]
Today is my oldest son's 10 year birthday! He's overcome quite a bit in short 10 years and yet there's much more work he must do. His ASD and short term memory deficit makes it VERY difficult to remember simple things how all those pesky letters come together to make specific words. As you can imagine, it is equally difficult for him to learn … [Read more...]
During the conversion process, we're told NEVER to delete our Blogger blog when converting to Wordpress but no one really goes into "WHY?". There are two primary reasons to … [Read More...]
FYI, Tory Johson's Good Morning America Steals and Deals are ONLY VALID TODAY!This week’s “GMA” Deals and Steals segment feature these cool “Shark Tank” … [Read More...]
I needed to use some left overs but didn't have enough of any … [Read More...]
The other day we had dessert for dinner...I know, I'm an awesome … [Read More...]
This is a great last minute party food! I know this from experience! I … [Read More...]
Is mom a movie buff? Then perhaps one of these coupons will help fill up a movie night basket with a mason jar of popcorn, some flavor mixtures, jumbo candy from Walmart’s $1 bin, a bottle of soda, and a “coupon” for a sitter for one night. Source: jacolynmurphy.blogspot.com via Jennifer on Pinterest $3.00 off [...]
Not your average deal seeking mom blogger.
Jenn is a trucker's wife raising two boys in small town Minnesota. While Trucker Hubby is on the road, she gets to watch what she wants on TV, sleep in the middle of the bed and shaves her legs IF she feels like it (which is rare!) She hates house work, exercise and those stupid "buy 2 items to get 55¢ off" coupons!
Jenn is honest & real about the things she loves (her family & chocolate) & the things she hates (getting up early, "55¢ off 2" coupons, & the laundry pile). Sometimes it works in her favor...other times, not so much so!
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