summer

Smart Home: Elevate The Everyday™ Summer Dining Sweepstakes, Hormel Foods

July 10, 2011
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Hitting the grill this summer?  We love to grill!  Burger, dogs, chicken, pork…you name it! Now through August 5th you can enter The Elevate The [...]

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Smart Home: 5 Habits to Support Summer Learning

June 22, 2011
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It’s summer.  No excuses now.  It’s time to kick back and relax.  True as that may be, it is also time to keep up the [...]

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Smart Product: Sunbow Dora the Explorer Sun Stick, SPF 45

June 3, 2011
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We’re Floridians.  We carry sunscreen in our bags like others may carry chap stick.  Gooey, greasy lotion is a thing of the past.  Thankfully sun [...]

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Smart Home: Summer Organizing

June 2, 2011
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So the unofficial start of summer 2011 was this past weekend.  It’s time to get the summer to-do list organized!  What projects do you need [...]

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Smart Deal: FREE Photo Book! Great Way to Wrap Up the Summer!

August 25, 2010
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Make a 20 page photo book of a summer vacation for FREE! Picaboo will ask you for your email address and then provide you with [...]

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Smart Home: School Time

July 19, 2010
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A Notebook and a Pencil Dedicate time (it can even be just 5 minutes) to review academic skills with your child every day.  This “school [...]

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Smart Food: Salmon with Vanilla Balsamic Marinade using Vanilla Bean Paste

July 12, 2010
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I have a new secret ingredient!  It’s what Thomas Jefferson is credited with introducing to the United States in the late 1700s.  Vanilla! I was [...]

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Smart Home: The Fitness Plan for Kids to Stay Safe & Injury Free!

June 28, 2010
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Constant running around, up and down the monkey bars, swimming in the pool and more, the days of summer are here.  We need to remember [...]

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Smart Food: Sliced Summer Fruits with Mango Puree

June 25, 2010
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Sliced Summer Fruits with Mango Puree – For 4 1 mango 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice Pinch of cayenne pepper ½ small papaya, slice [...]

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Smart Health: Summer Shape Up Tips

June 7, 2010
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So Memorial Day has come and gone. Summer is here.  There’s no hiding now.  Get out your teeny weeny, yellow polka-dot bikini. Ok, we don’t [...]

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Smart Travel: Finding Non-Theme Park Destinations

June 1, 2010
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Did you know that a 2010 Family Vacation Survey found that 97 percent of parents who go on family vacations want a trip that both [...]

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