Are you ready for Black Friday’s shopathon? Don’t go Black Friday shopping without reading these few tips from Dawn Sandomeno and Elizabeth Mascali, entertaining experts, authors of Plan To Party, and founders of The Party Bluprints Blog. Dawn and Elizabeth have appeared as featured experts on TV, radio, and in national publications like the Today [...]

While my kids enjoy a random day off school today and I enjoy having all 5 of my kids home (bwahahaha!), my wonderful bloggy friend Kristi from Live and Love Out Loud is stepping in to keep you guys entertained. Kristi, take it away!   ~Lolli   Last fall, Lolli shared her momtastic wisdom on [...]

For as long as school as has been around, children have dragged their feet when it comes to doing homework. There are all sorts of reasons for it. A child might be struggling in a class and homework might feel like hitting their head against a brick wall. A child may be very bright and [...]

We’re in the home stretch, friends!! Less than a week left to vote! Help me win the Amazing Avocado Big Hit Grand Prize ($5000!) for my yummy Avocado recipe by voting daily for me at http://www.theamazingavocado.com/bighit/vote.php?id=8. Thank you!! Typically, my Dear You Guys letter is composed of a selection of comments that you guys have [...]

….over there being Alli-n-son’s Thank You Journal Meme, where I am guest posting today. I LOVE guest posting, but every once in a while I love the guest post so much that I wish I could post it over here for all of my regular readers to see. So today I am strongly recommending that [...]

In celebration of Back to School season (all five of my kids head back to school tomorrow morning!) I’m launching my first ever Back to School giveaway week, with exciting giveaways every day. This week will be full of fun and lots of great prizes (including my first ever photo editing giveaway….a la Lolli…try it. [...]

Today’s guest post is brought to you by the super fun Allison from Alli-n-son. Meanwhile, I am busy getting ready to jump into this conference business. Just a few more hours! I’ve never been good at letting lose, especially around new people, or people that I don’t see often, or sometimes even good friends. I’m [...]

The first time I met Erica was during Bloggy Boot Camp. We sat together at the back of the room and chatted through the entire class. (Sorry to whoever was teaching!) We had an instant connection. Erica, author of Mommy’s Still Fabulous, truly IS fabulous….intelligent and fun and adorable all rolled into one. Today, Erica [...]

Joining Better in Bulk today is Miel Abeille (Melissa), artist, book-lover, and author of the blog Miel et Lait (Milk and Honey). Please welcome her as our next guest poster, speaking today on one of my favorite subjects – Photography! Pulitzer Prize winner Eudora Welty commented, “A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” [...]

Helicopter your kids all you want, but please don’t hover over mine Helicopter parenting image from http://cyanidexroses.wordpress.com/ Krystyn from Really, Are You Serious is our guest poster today, talking about Helicopter parenting, for those people who can’t get enough of parenting their own children and decide to parent strangers’ kids, too. Parents take on many [...]