A Valentine's Day Treat

Guest Post by Jeanne Boniello

Start Valentine’s Day off with a fun and romantic surprise….breakfast in bed!  This is the perfect way to show your spouse that you appreciate them ,and it is also a great activity for get the kids involved in.  Kids love to help cook in the kitchen and serve their parents food.  Here is a delicious recipe to try this Valentine’s Day.

Make A Valentine’s Day Mailbox Out Of A Shoebox

Guest Post by Jeanne Boniello

This Valentine’s Day, one great way to collect and store all of your child’s Valentine’s Day cards is by making a mailbox out of a shoebox.  This is a simple and fun project to do with your child this time of year.

You will need the following to create your shoebox:

Save Time With a Crock Pot

Guest Post by Jeanne Boniello

If you are like most moms, making dinner can be very stressful and time consuming.  Once the kids get home from school, there is never enough time to make a great dinner.  Between homework, errands and extracurricular activities, who has the time to create a delicious meal?  One great way prepare a wonderful meal for your family and save time is by using a crock pot. 

Manage the finances of your family – Teach your kids money management

Guest post by Jason Holmes

If you are a mom, then you have a lot of responsibility towards your family. Looking after your kids and also managing the finances can be quite stressful. This is even more pronounced if you are working. It is a good idea to keep your expenditure under control so that you don’t end up in debt. Debt management is not easy to do and if this gets added on to your list of responsibilities then life can get quite difficult for you. Thus you should know beforehand how to manage the finances of your family and decrease the everyday cost so that you don’t end up in debt. Here are some ways in which you can reduce the expenditure of the family.

Uses for WD-40

Guest post by Jeanne Boniello

WD-40 has been a multi-problem solver for over 50 years.  Here are some of uses of WD-40:

An Easier Way to Care for Your Skin

As we age, we all become concerned with the signs of aging as our faces begin to show wrinkles and sun spots. While we all know that taking excellent care of our skin is a must if we wish to stop or reverse the signs of aging, we don't always have the time necessary to complete a three to five step facial care process in the morning and evening. There are kids to be clothed, fed, and seen off to school, every errands to run, and meals to prepare and stories to be read at night.

Activites to Beat the Holiday Boredom

Now that the holidays are here and the kids are home from school, we are scrambling to find things for them to do to keep them occupied.  Hearing “I’m bored” is a common phrase in many households.  Keeping our children from getting bored and staying out of trouble can become very pricey.

There are many creative and free things we can do with our children at home while they are on their holiday break:

How to Host a Child Friendly New Year’s Eve Party

Many families with young children find themselves at a loss when it comes to New Year’s Eve celebrations. The city crowds can be loud and dangerous and staying home can be lonely and boring. If you have young children chances are that many of your friends do too. Hosting a child friendly New Year’s Eve party is a great way for everyone to have their cake and eat it too.

Decorate for the Holidays with PartyLite and Party with Friends

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of PartyLite Simple Pleasures Holiday Sweepstakes for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

There's nothing like the beautiful glow of a candle or the warm sweet scent that emanates from burning candles.  PartyLite offers a wide selection of candles, candle warmers, home decor accessories and reed diffusers that will redecorate and refresh every room in your house.

PartyLite also offers you the option of having a PartyLite party. 

What a great way to get your friends together for fun and good times.  In fact, as the hostess of a PartyLite party are so many free products you can earn.  Just by inviting your friends and neighbors, you can really redecorate and refresh your home at little to no cost. Also if you registered by December 15th, you were automatically entered into the PartyLite Simple Pleasures Holiday Sweepstakes where you could have possibly won 1 of 5 $500 PartyLite gift certificates. Wouldn't that be great to win!

Visit PartyLite Facebook page to get updates on monthly special offers for party hosts and guests. 

Also PartyLite's Winter/Spring 2012 catalog just came out on December 16th.  So be sure to grab one of those as well.

If you love candles as much as I do, then you definitely want to take advance of this great offer.  Have an after Christmas party with your friends as a great way to unwind and enjoy great company.

Maintaining family budget to enjoy a debt free Christmas

The main way to avoid Christmas debt is planning the holidays much ahead of time and following a proper budget so that you can save money for the holidays. But, this time too if you had been busy with your work and your household, and if you had not been able to plan ahead, you can still try and avoid incurring debt during Christmas. You should never think of using credit card during the Christmas or else you will end up deep into debt and then you may have to opt for debt consolidation.