Smart Home: Morning Routine, Searching for Tips to Establish School Day Mornings
A morning routine. I love it. I get very type-A at times and like to have things scheduled out to…
Category: Living
Smart Home: Dinner Gets Tough, Sharing tips with Ragú® Mom’s the Word
Dinnertime doesn’t always have to be disastrous. Finding ways to encourage a positive dining experience is pretty much every Smart Mama’s dream. …
Smart Home: The Mom-nook, by Guest Poster & Interior Decorator Joanne Palumbo
This week I’m honored to have Joanne, interior decorator extraordinare, as well as high school classmate, provide some great tips…
Smart Home: Table Manners, Do you or don’t you?
Elbows, elbows off the table; this is not a horses table! Ever hear that one? Ha. I can’t even count…
Smart Cause: Avon Walks for Breast Cancer
I’ll never forget the fall of 2009, it was the 1st time I witnessed the devastating effect breast cancer has…
Smart Product: CPSC Recall Roundup, YouTube Video Sharing Recent Recalls
There are many ways to stay on top of recent product recalls issued by the Consumer Protection Safety Commission (CPSC.)…
Smart Home: Stay Organized in 10 Minutes with #10MinuteTackle
What can you do in ten minutes? I’m not necessarily suggesting the amount of times you can hop on one…
Hormel Chili with Beans Dip
My opportunity as a Hormel Extended Family Blogger is inspiring a little Iron Chef for Smarty Pants Mamas this week!…
Smart Product: MamaMemoirs.com, w/giveaway
We thought we would always remember the special moments of pregnancy. We’ve seen beautiful hardcover journals and more to document the…
Smart Mama Diaper Deals, Best Prices this Week!
Diaper Deals of the Week Want to know the best price for diapers by size? I have analyzed the per…
Smart Home: Elevate The Everyday™ Summer Dining Sweepstakes, Hormel Foods
Hitting the grill this summer? We love to grill! Burger, dogs, chicken, pork…you name it! Now through August 5th you…
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Smart Home: Put Safety First this 4th of July!
As we all head to backyard barbecues and the beach this weekend we must remember to put safety 1st. Fireworks, including sparklers,…
Smart Home: Babies for Yum Caption Contest, My Photo is Worth 1000 Words!
Thanks to Plum Organics for sponsoring my post about fun kid photos and the stories behind them. Enter Plum’s “Babies…
Smart Homa: Cozi, Your Family Organizer!
[ad#Google in Content] I recently read a great article about Cozi.com, an online calendar and more. I had never heard…
Not-so Smart Product: 3 CPSC Product Recalls, including Target Circo Sandals, Rugby Pain & Britax Stroller Fever Drops, and
These are the Consumer Protection Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls that have been issued recently. As a reminder: In February 1996,…
5 Habits to Support Summer Learning
[ad#Google in Content] It’s summer. No excuses now. It’s time to kick back and relax. True as that may be,…
Smart Home: Summertime Dining, Dilemmas and All!
It’s the 1st day of summer!!! Woo Hoo! Actually, summer means heat, ridiculous humidity and 100% chance of afternoon thunderstorms…
Smart Cause: No Text and Driving Day on Father’s Day by the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority
Texting and driving. It’s one of the deadliest combinations. We think teens, but in reality it’s all age groups reacting…
Smart Product: Siopa.com for quality Irish goods!
Want to head over to Dublin to buy yourself a beautiful claddagh ring or a quality Irish sweater for the…
Smart Product: ChicaPC-Fix {w/giveaway}
I like things simple. I like things that work, get the job done and won’t take ten years to figure…
Smart Home: National Tire Week
It’s National Tire Week – bet you didn’t know that! You have 4 wheels sitting in your driveway and the…
Smart Product: Omaha Steaks Father’s Day Giveaway! Deadline to enter is tonight, June 5th!
Omaha Steaks® is hosting an “Omaha Steaks Father’s Day Giveaway” where moms, can come together with their children for a…