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A Gift To Me

A Gift To Me

I have spent the last seven weeks in a fitness bootcamp held in social media platform. I’ve had the opportunity to share my most intimate details about my weight with my friends from high school
Grit of the Earth

Grit of the Earth

Mathew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of me
About Me

About Me

Sprung right from the hand that holds the special, little chocolate candies, these are my tales of Domestic Mommy-Hood. I am MNMSpecial. I will share with you my joys, heartaches, successes and fails
Becoming a Healthy, Domestic-Skilled Mommy of 4 kids One Recipe, Story, Review & Giveaway at a Time!
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Quick “Loaded” Baked Potato Soup

This week I found myself waiting to the last minute and no great ideas for dinner. My husband called to tell me he was on his way home. Panic set in. A good friend’s grandmother had once told her, “If your husband works hard all day to support the family, he deserves to come home…

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Box Tops at Sam’s Club

If you have school aged children then you know important it is to them to collect Box Tops for their school. This month our kids were super excited to make our monthly Sam’s Club shopping trip because many of their favorite items had 6 box tops per package. We had a big storm blow through…

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A #Mamavation Quicky

Tonight is the twitter party to find out who the next Mamvation Moms are. I’m excited for all of the ladies. Although there is only room during this campaign for 2 ladies, I hope the other 3 will hang in there with us all. I was just over reading Shelley’s blog (here) and she hit…

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General Mills Whole Grain 1st + 5 General Mills Cereal Giveaway

By now you have probably gotten into the groove of eating healthy for the New Year…or you may have not thought about eating better yet. This year I have made it a goal to get my children to eat healthy and eat breakfast. My oldest daughter doesn’t think she needs to eat breakfast. I’m sure…

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Sam’s Club & P&G Baby Basics Offer plus $25 GC Giveaway

I am a huge fan of Sam’s Club. I love to buy in bulk. With four kids the less I have to go out to the store the better. I love that I can buy gifts for friends, groceries for my family and huge boxes of diapers for the baby all in one stop. Secretly…

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Meet Laura @mommycanrun

Laura Lohr is a wife, mom to a precocious six year old, a runner, a writer, and a dreamer. She met and fell in love with her best friend when she was 21 years old. She began blogging in 2004, when she embarked on the journey to her first marathon. She is currently training for…

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Where is your Drive?

It is that time again…The time that moms put themselves out there to ask for help. I did it last year and I was selected to be put through Mamavation bootcamp with my husband by my side. These moms need your support. They have opened themselves up for the opportunity to better themselves and their…

SOPA BLACKOUT

I could spend a lot of time taking about this, but truth is so many bloggers are. My plan this week was to go gluten free, but with a box of doughnuts waiting for me every morning this week, it just hasn’t happened yet. So I’m joining in SOPA blackout…wanna know more check out Resa’s…

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Planting Good Seeds

What are your latest healthy food discoveries? Oddly enough a lot of my healthy food thoughts revolve around chia seeds. That is why I am super excited about this weeks sponsor, The Chia CO. The Chia Co produce with environmental guidelines followed rigorously and farming practices applied with long-term sustainability in mind. The Chia Co products…

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Six Month Vision Board

I had a night of insomnia that lasted until just after 6am. It can be a bit of a pain to have ideas surging through your head, analyze your day, start the next day, watch your partner sleep, listen to the baby breathe, watch the sun come up before your eyes ever shut…You get the…

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