Exciting news on my homefront... which explains where I have been for the past week! I am going back to school to become a paralegal. I spen...

From our home to yours, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season this year. Thank you for your reader-loyalty and your business. I can...

Presents? Check. Christmas dinner menu? Check. Relatives know what time to come for Christmas? Check. Cleaning? Well, it's getting there...

J.Crew doesn't offer free shipping on any amount very often. Usually it's on $150 or more, which I say... whatever. Anyway, when th...

Congratulations to all of the winners in our huge holiday giveaway contests! And a big thank you to each of you who entered. Keep a good wa...

Today is your last chance to enter all of our giveaways! All of the following will be closed by 11:59 (CST) tonight, Monday, December 15th. ...

Drumroll please... We have come to our last giveaway for the year 2008. Though we had some amazing giveaways throughout 2008, these past two...

Try explaining the title of a DS game to your 5 year old called, Travel Games for Dummies ! 5 yr. old: "I thought dummy wasn't a n...

My Happy Holidays tip to you: Hurry, hurry, hurry is all I have to say - before all the good stuff and/or your size is gone! Barney's Ne...

Exercise. Unless you are Michael Phelps, you probably feel you should always be doing more. Some feel they can't get enough. Others feel...

It's baaaaaaack and absolutely fabulous. The Fabulous Fun With Puzzles book started in 1946 when Joseph Leeming created Fun With Puzzle...

Are you smarter than a 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grader? Here's your chance to find out - Brain Quest . My son is in 2nd grade and 8 years o...

Giveaway Alert! Emily & Allyn. Jack & Jill. Hansel & Gretl. Mickey & Minnie. All famous :) But don't forget Raggedy Ann ...

Scholastic. Simply an amazing company with wonderful products, always. I can't say enough about them. My son loves to play I SPY comput...

Giveaway Alert! The makers of Wits and Wagers ( see yesterday's post ) have created another game, Say Anything. And I have one to givea...

Picture this: Thanksgiving weekend, up North at the cabin, thin blanket of snow on the ground, all cozy next to a fireplace, drinking wine a...

Many of the stores we know and frequent seem to carry many of the same toys and gifts. And quite frankly it gets old. There are few stores t...

Did you get the memo? Emily Allyn's Little Democrat and Little Republican is one of Pregnancy & Newborn's magazine cravings! (No...

My 5 year old son was chomping at the bit to dive into this Poingo pen and book system. You open the book, touch the book with the pen, and...

One of my favorite catalogs, Chasing Fireflies , has ideas aplenty for your holiday gifts. I'll just get started and dive right in. The ...

Many nights when I was a little girl, my dad and I would "race" through our bowls of ice cream. Surprisingly we both have some gen...

For anyone with kids who play sports (and I believe that covers approximately 85% of people reading this blog), you will absolutely love thi...

Here's the kick-off to our 2008 Holiday Gift Reviews for our Emily Allyn readers. I would be remiss (and you could possibly even use th...

Our Holiday Gift Reviews will be starting this week! Be on the lookout for some amazing gifts to give this season. Giveaway Alert! We will a...

The holidays are right around the corner. If you are organized, you've already started the planning. Don't let the holidays get to...