Scholastic Parent & Child is hosting the Mommy Blogger Awards.  Stop by and vote for your favorite blogs. The nominations close on February 13. Hmmm, I wonder which blog you’ll nominate. 
image from Scholastic

b5 has been nice enough to trust me with another blog.  You can also find me at Keeping the Castle where we can discuss tips, resources, and give advice for housekeeping and homemaking.  See you there!

I’ve been making my way around the b5media Lifestyles Channel.  Here are some interesting articles I have found.  Enjoy!
Making Your Own Journal Saves You Money
The 2 Minutes Toss It Rule
Solar Powered Car for $5,560
Having Fun with Acrostic Poetry
Homemade Cough Syrup
Easy Hamburger Stroganoff
11 Ways to Use Pumpkins
Recycled Ghost Party Favors
Polenta with Prosciutto and Onions
Starbucks Hot Caramel Apple Cider Recipe
Trick or Treat Safety Tips

Sometimes I just love to sit and browse.  Most of the time, I don’t have enough time.  But today, I found some gems of posts that I thought you would like.

 Eliza at Babylune talks about Fans preventing SIDS
Tracey over at Foodie Obsessed gives us a great recipe for Pistachio Crusted Chicken
Julie at TomKatCrazy has an adorable picture of Suri Cruise
Brianne at Greetings has cute Jack-o-lantern Chicken Taco Cups
Ali at Dumb Little Man tells us how our money is totally gone in 60 seconds
Hey it’s free tells you where to eat free on your birthday
Pat over at Frugal Living gives a …read more

 
The b5media Lifestyles Channel is excited to announce our Second Annual Channel Wide Blogtoberfest!
Blogtoberfest will run an entire two weeks throughout our channel beginning Monday, October 6th and wrapping up Friday, October 17th.
Here’s how it will work:
Each day select blogs within the channel will post as usual, the only difference is, they’ll post our beautiful Blogtoberfest button (shown above) and a special note letting you know that it is a sponsored post. That particular post will have a secret prize assigned to it from our list of awesome prizes that will be announced prior to opening day.
All you have to …read more

Amazon is one of my favorite places to go shopping at. Why? haha, I don’t have to leave the house and most of the time I have tons of gift certificates from things I’ve done online. In the past few months I’ve racked up about $100+ in Amazon GCs and I’ve just discovered how to find more things on sale.
In case you don’t normally purchase online you just fill up your cart and click on check out. Once at check out you will get a chance to place your code or promotion. Here’s a few codes for you:
JUNEBAR8- Save $10 …read more

As a busy mother of four and former preschool teacher, I have learned a very important lesson. Keep your children busy so you don’t lose your mind. When my first two children came along, I worried about the mess that they would create. Since having two more, I have learned that the mess they create when you have something for them to do is nothing compared to the messes they can make when they don’t. So my rule is, “Don’t let them get bored.”
“So”, you ask, “ how do you accomplish this?” I have several simple and frugal suggestions.
1. Save …read more

The Lifestyles Channel has already given you a glimpse inside their world by sharing where they blog and now they’re sharing another intimate part of life by sharing the views from their windows.
Some have taken a very creative approach and painted a portrait with words as they stroll through windows of time, life and their spiritual growth, while others share actual images of what they see on a day-to-day basis.
We do hope you’ll enjoy this month’s gift to our readers.  Now push open the shutters and experience the world in the way we see our world . . .
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Mary Emma …read more

Motherhood Moment has some great freebies up from yesterday.  Sorry I was a day lat egetting this to you but good thing I’m not a dollar short
Some freebies you might like are samples of Clorox2 color safe bleach and a 10 pack of DVD+R.  Check them out.

Maricar from Keeping the Castle has some vinegar tips.  Got to love those!
Kerri from Marriage Actually has some pretty frugal date ideas for summer.  I love this blog!
Karen has a great article on Health Care at A Healthy Balance
Jeffrey over at Frugal for Life tells us where we can find spare coins.
Jennifer at Saving Advice has 13 ways to make a huge impact on your budget
Angie over at Baby Cheapskate has great ideas and deals all the time!  I love that.
Pat from Frugal Living has a great article on AC dealing with beating the high cost of food.