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Must Know for Moms

How to Open a Stubborn Jar

by k8w8fred on March 23, 2010

How to Open a Stubborn Jar

When you are trying to open a jar but it won’t budge, and your husband or other strong man or woman, is not around, here is what you do.   Put a rubberband (not the type you wear in your hair) around the edge of the lid and then try again, it will pop right open! 
This trick changed my life! I don’t remember where [...]

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Refreshing Beverage

by k8w8fred on February 19, 2010

Refreshing Beverage

Having a refreshing beverage is really a special treat; Starbucks, fountain drink, red bull, pick your poison.  The thing with being a mom is that most of don’t have the time and often not the money to get these tasty treats.
Lately, I have been keeping a jug of ice tea in my fridge.  In the [...]

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Love my Freecycled Vacuum!

by k8w8fred on February 19, 2010

Many of you know that I am in love with freecycle.  If you don’t know and have never heard of freecycle.org then you must read about it here, http://freethemoms.com/homepage/freecycle-makes-me-smile/
Last week I picked up a vacuum.  I had posted a “Wanted” email for one and got it!  My old vacuum was spitting things out instead of [...]

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binkies are for babies

by mommabea on February 16, 2010

I was suppossed to pass this on a month or so ago…hope it’s not too late!  This is how we got rid of the binkies!
Recommended by our doctor to have binkie (pacifier) gone by age two!  My dentist agreed!  As two was coming close and Brooke was getting more and more attached to it…I decided [...]

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Local Library, the Forgotten Free Treasure

by k8w8fred on February 9, 2010

I have been taking Tucker to a storytime at our local library on Monday mornings.  The first time I went there, I discovered they have this amazing room just for toddlers with toys, books, and stuffed animals.  It is a great, and free, place to go any day of the week.  This was enough of [...]

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ON SALE NOW

by Ashley on February 1, 2010

I just wanted to let all of the yogurt and Goldfish buying mommies know that Ralphs as a 6 pack of Dannon light and fit on sale for $1.88, and Goldfish on sale for $1.49!! YEAH, stock up before sale ends!

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Rainy Day Activity? Build a Fort!

by k8w8fred on January 22, 2010

Rainy Day Activity? Build a Fort!

If you live in Cali this week, you have probably been stuck inside with unrelenting rain.  It’s a drag when you have a baby, toddler, or any age kid dying to play outside. 
Yesterday I built a fort for Tuck and Pixie (Tuck’s 4 year old BFF) and they had a blast!  And Tuck has been [...]

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Pacific Marine Mammal Center- Free Family Activity in the OC!

We LOVE FREE activities for our kids right?  Well, my friend told me about this place she takes her 17 month old little guy to, in the OC, where you can see seals and sea lions.  And….its FREE!
So I checked into it, almost believeing it was too good to be true, and found that it [...]

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Chalkboard Paint

by k8w8fred on January 18, 2010

Chalkboard Paint

I have been wanting a chalkboard for our kitchen.  Our stainless steel fridge isn’t magnetic so we can’t magnet a piece of paper to the fridge to write down items we need from the grocery store as we run out of them.  I wanted a little chalkboard for our wall.  Turns out, chalkboards are hard to [...]

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Freecycle Makes Me Smile

by k8w8fred on January 10, 2010

I have talked about http://www.freecycle.org before and how much it rocks and I feel the need to do it again.  It is awesome.  Here is a list of everything I have gotten from it….for FREE!   I am going to make a magnet board for a wall in Tucker’s playroom next week and someone posted an [...]

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