Recently I had to visit the opportunity to visit theAudubon Institute Butterfly Garden & Insectarium in New Orleans. Although I have visited the Insectarium several times before, I always enjoy the butterfly garden exhibit. Fortunately, the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans was a sponsor of the Niche Mommy Conference I attended last week and generously allowed us to visit any of their locations in NOLA. Myself & 3 other bloggers went together to explore the city & visit the Continue Reading
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA-Call Me Mavy Cover Video
Hotel Transylvania by Sony Pictures is coming out in theaters on September 28. My family loves to watch animated films at the movies and this looks like a movie the whole family will love! The story takes place in a lavish 5 Stake Resort where monsters can live it up and be themselves without human interference. Dracula has invited several monster friends to help him celebrate his daughter Mavis's 118 birthday. The event is planned to be exceptional fun, but what happens when an "ordinary guy" Continue Reading
Music On A Budget
My daughter plays the clarinet for the school band, is in chorus and recently started private piano lessons. We found a great selection of 15 piano books, mic stand, and 2 microphones with all attachments, plus extra mic clips at a recent garage sale. Great part about our purchase is that one of the mic's is a wireless microphone which can get pretty pricey at the music stores. Grand Total: $12!! Do you have a music lover in your family? If so, how do you save money on their hobby? By the Continue Reading
Back to School Shopping Haul- Thrift Store Edition
In our area Back to School starts the August 8th. Yup, that means right around the corner. My 11 (almost 12) year old daughter is 5'ft 3" in tall & is currently in Ladies/Junior Sizing. The hardest thing to buy for her is bottoms. We went to Academy Sports & Outdoors last weekend to purchase her uniform tops & khaki shorts. What I came out with was 4 short sleeved junior girl tops, 5 khaki shorts, 2 pairs of gym type shorts, a backpack for my son , & a drink/snack for myself (I Continue Reading
Exercise Your Creativity in the Curious George Dance Contest!
Is your family ready to exercise their creativity in a Curious George Dance Contest?!? If your child loves to dance & loves Curious George, then this is a perfect contest just for your little ones. Your child can show off their creativity & all their best dance moves in a Curious George Dance Contest that can win them a be on the Newest Curious George DVD , prize packs or even a chance to meet George himself!! Contest Details: Parents and guardians are invited to enter a video of Continue Reading
Amazon: Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Subscription Gold Card $39.99 (Reg. $59.99)
Did someone in the family get an XBox 360 for Christmas? Or just wanting to upgrade from a free account to a Gold account? Right now, Amazon has the 12 month Gold Membership for $39.99, which is $20 off the normal price. Amazon Gold Membership: With an Xbox LIVE Gold membership, take your Xbox 360 online to play Kinect and controller games with friends wherever they are. Instantly watch HD movies, TV shows and sports, and with Kinect, your voice is the remote control. Plus, friends and Continue Reading
Free Album Download- NoiseTrade & Shannon McNally-Western Ballad
Get a FREE Music Album Download: Shannon McNally -Western Ballad Posted by the artist on her Facebook Page: Need a last minute gift for a friend - give them a free download link to my album 'Western Ballad' and help me expand my mailing list. Happy days to you and yours xo Shannon I've actually seen her play at the House of Blues in New Orleans. She opened up for willie Nelson and did amazing. I have been a fan since!! Shannon is also local to New Orleans but since Hurricane Katrina is based Continue Reading
The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Edition) (2010) $5.49
Hurry over to Amazon to grab this price before it’s gone! Get the The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Edition) for just $5.49 with FREE shipping with Prime. Prices do change at amazon so make sure if your interested to grab your copy before price changes are made. Continue Reading
Meet the New Kindle Family from Amazon
Meet the new Kindle Family: Four new Kindles, four amazing price points. The all-new Kindle – $79 – www.amazon.com/kindle Kindle Touch – $99 – www.amazon.com/kindletouch Kindle Touch 3G – $149 – www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G Kindle Fire – $199 – www.amazon.com/kindlefire The New Kindle Fire has movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games, and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser, Continue Reading
To Attend or Not Attend?
Last Month, we had a big blog conference here in New Orleans. Of course when I found out about Mom 2.0 Summit tickets were already sold out.Blog Conferencere are few and far between in our area, so I was really disappointed that I was not able to attend the event. But at the end of August 2011, New Orleans will be the host of #IFBC. Although #IFBC is a food blogger event, I noticed that there are many good writing/blogging sessions that would be useful to any blogger.I am still not for sure on Continue Reading
Taylow Swift Concert
Charlotte, Sarah, and I went to the Taylor Swift concert last night!! We had such a great time. I love that Sarah enjoys music (although she enjoys it a little too loud! lol)!!! We had a girl's evening. We out to eat in Biloxi, went to Barnes & Nobles for an hour or so, then headed over to the concert. On days when I'm stressed about where I have to be and by what time, evening like this make it so worthwhile!! Continue Reading