February 2012

Wordless Wednesday: Not obvious?

March 31, 2010

  “Here hubby, in this bowl place your keys, watch and wallet everyday.” I guess the bowl wasn’t obvious enough!

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Blogroll – Smarty Pants Mama’s List

March 31, 2010

 Where does a Smart Mama like to go each day?  There are so many sites filled with news, humor, advice and more bookmarked on my [...]

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Recall Wednesday: Ventus Ltd™ /Ventus Team™ Bicycle Aerobars, DuraTech Anchor Plate w/Damper & DuraChimney II Anchor Plate w/Damper, Evenflo Top-of-Stair™ Plus Wood Gates, sweatshirts & more

March 31, 2010

Below are the CPSC recalls that I have received since Wednesday, March 24, 2010.  Guess what? Yet MORE sweatshirts with drawstrings being recalled.  {rolling my [...]

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Whole Foods, the one with the shopping cart!

March 30, 2010

          I’m thinking most kids love toy stores, right?  Not in this house.  I can’t say that she doesn’t love them.  We honestly haven’t really [...]

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Friday Follow – #4

March 26, 2010

Add your blog link to the McLinky below ~ remember to leave your blog name under “Your Name” Follow SmartyPantsMama via Twitter and/or RSS Feed [...]

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Great place to park … NOT!

March 26, 2010

Are you kidding me?  At noon, on a Friday, let’s park the tractor trailer in the NO LOADING/FIRE LANE of a ridiculously congested parking lot!  [...]

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Snoozing in the Booster – stiff neck?

March 26, 2010

I remember how ecstatic we were when we could ditch the “pain the butt to buckle” car seat and start using the booster instead.  What [...]

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Smart Product: Scent of a Name

March 25, 2010

                     I was given the opportunity to try out Scent of a Name, a unique personalized perfume.  Recently my munchkin Isabella was my product tester.  [...]

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Recall Wednesday: Remote Control Kit for Fireplace, Mobile Power Packs, Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts, Graco Harmony™ High Chairs, Konrad and Loft Office Chairs, DayNa Decker Botanika Candles, & Bicycle Bells

March 24, 2010

Below are the CPSC recalls that I have received since Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Another hooded sweatshirt recall and a number of children related recalls. [...]

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Fishies, fishies, I want fishies!

March 23, 2010

GPXTGRWP52VT Heading back to the hotel from Magic Kingdom, I sat with Isa passed out on my lap, next to a mommy and her 2 year [...]

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Weekend in Disney – an easy getaway!

March 22, 2010

What a weekend!  Spent three great nights with family in Disney World.  Yes, we travel to Disney A LOT! We actually went 6 times in [...]

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Infant deaths prompt CPSC warning about sling baby carrier!

March 17, 2010

Smart Mamas:  Please review this important safety warning about using sling baby carriers with babies. Three babies died just last year from being in a baby [...]

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Recall Wedesday: hooded sweatshirt, Therma Scarf scarves, Children’s Metal Charm Bracelets, Coil Nailers, Fluke VoltAlert® Voltage Detector & more!

March 17, 2010

Below are the CPSC recalls that I have received since Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Please promise me that if you ever design sweatshirts for children, [...]

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Kids with scissors, not a good combo!

March 15, 2010

“But Mommy, I was just cutting them to make them look pretty,” Isa explained when I found her getting ready for Project Runway last week! [...]

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Minnie Mouse Pez – Meds for the knee?

March 12, 2010

Yes, the imagination is full force in this house, and it better be in yours too! As I whined to my 3 year old that [...]

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Grilled Eggplant

March 12, 2010

Yummy! I love eggplant.  One of my favorite dishes is eggplant parmesan.  That’s a recipe for another day.  Here is a simple way to make [...]

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Smart Product: Cyber Clean w/giveaway

March 11, 2010

Watch my review! Where can I buy it?  Retail stores in North America such as, Office Depot, Best Buy, Ace Hardware, Hastings, Zellers, Wal-mart Canada, Canadian [...]

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Recall Wednesday: Boys’ Hooded Jackets & Sweatshirts, Children’s Bangels, Outdoor Lighting Fixtures, & Roman Shades

March 10, 2010

        Below are the CPSC recalls that I have received since Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Once again I’m seeing recalls for hooded [...]

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Hide & Seek – in the car!

March 9, 2010

  On the way to school Isa wanted to play hide and seek. What?  How do you play hide and seek in a car when everyone is [...]

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What is Recall Wednesday?

March 8, 2010

Each Wednesday I provide readers with a detailed list, including photo and sold at locations, of the most recent CPSC product recalls.  All information comes directly [...]

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Color Wonder, I bow to you.

March 8, 2010

Oh, why do I love Color Wonder???  Let’s just say that the dining room table and chair would look much different than they did tonight [...]

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Blast off…a child’s imaginaion sends her to outerspace!

March 6, 2010

    Oh, the imagination of a 3 year old.  How I wish I still had it!  Actually, it has been sneaking out lately!  Thank [...]

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Recall Wednesday: Scotsman® Commercial Modular Cube Ice Machines, Scooby Doo, Tweety and Batman Fork and Spoon Sets,Lutron and Meijer Roman Shades

March 3, 2010

Below are the CPSC recalls that I have received since Wednesday, February 24, 2010. There are 2 recalls for roman shades. Roman shades pose a [...]

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Smart Food – The organics have arrived!

March 2, 2010

The loot has arrived! Monday afternoon little Isa and I picked up our 2 large bags of organic, and much local, produce! Oh yummy! This [...]

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