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7 Ways to Save Money on Fireworks

brandyellen — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:03:22 +0000

Fireworks are fun, festive, and a great way to ring in the 4th of July. But have you ever felt like you are just watching your money go up in smoke? If so, take a look below at 5 ways to save money on fireworks. You can still enjoy a colorful selection of fireworks while keeping a little cash in your pocket. Take a look! 1) Be patient: You may be tempted to purchase fireworks as soon as you see the tent go up in your town. But try to be patient as prices are sure to go down the closer the holiday gets. Many fireworks retailers offer discounts if you wait to buy until the 4th. Don’t hesitate to ask the retailer if they will be offering any specials …

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Making More Time for Things That Matter

brandyellen — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:31:45 +0000

As a Mom who decided that sending my kids with a school lunch from home was a more feasible and healthy option, I have found some nights that I simply do not want to make these kids lunches. The problem is that my oldest was gaining a lot of weight years back from eating school lunches, so I won’t ever go back that route. I had a dilemma, I wanted to continue to make home school lunches for the kids, but I didn’t want to be spending hours every night making all three kids lunches. What is a Mom to do? I turned to Google after recently hearing about a local Mom saying she made uncrustables for her kids at home. This was a brilliant idea! I went off to …

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EyeSpy: Hidden Objects Quest {Free app on Android Devices} #app #android

brandyellen — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:32:03 +0000

Today I am sharing with you all a free app that you can download from Google Play on your Android device. The app is called EyeSpy: Hidden Objects Quest and is rated for every age, that means my youngest can enjoy this app as well as my oldest. One type of game that works for all three of my children is a memory game, in the past I had a leapster 2 to take along in the family vehicle on road trips, it had a fun memory game, however, the memory game was old school and not as engaging nor fun for my technologically advanced children. It seems the kids now want to use my Android device in the car because 1) it has a charger for the car and …

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How to Export Shutterfly Group Calendar to Google Calendar

brandyellen — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:08:11 +0000

I found myself sitting at my daughter’s cheer practice as the other parents started to say how one game was cancelled and another practice was cancelled but I had no clue. When I asked how they knew, their reply was that it was on the Shutterfly Group page for our cheerleaders. This is a group that I don’t usually log into for I get email notifications, well apparently I do not get an email notification when the group calendar events have been cancelled or edited. This is where I realized there was going to be an issue. I wanted to know how I could import my Shutterfly Calendar into my Google Calendar as that is what I use from my iPhone. While I do not believe importing my Shutterfly Group …

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Always Looking for Online Games for the Family

brandyellen — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:20:50 +0000

My seven year old absolutely loves to play on the computer, this is a big change from my video game addict. You see, I haven’t purchased a video game in a long time so he only has games he has already finished. This means that as my seven year old gets extra time after school homework he wants to surf the web for free online games. I usually prefer to be the one using Google to search out safe online games that way I know he isn’t getting into any malware or infectious game websites that could crash our laptops. It amazes me just how many neat online games are out there if only you use the search engines to find them. Meanwhile there are sites setup for you to …

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Thoughts That Come to Mind While Being a Blogger for Near Five Years

brandyellen — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 10:03:06 +0000

In most of my blogging I am pretty open and honest about all of what I have to say, but that doesn’t mean that I “tell all”. You see, based on experience, once you put something out there in text for someone to revisit or bring back up in a cached or saved version of text, you cannot take it back. There are some things that you simply cannot try to hide or take back after the fact. That is why, while being a blogger, I have been forced to be somewhat honest when asked about certain things because if not, then people can research back and find out otherwise. This is not a good position to be in. There are things, a lot of things, in my life I …

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