Archive for July, 2009
Interactive DVD Uses Fairytales to Teach Reading Skills
PBS Kids released on DVD today (July 18) a superhero series that is designed to help children ages 3-6 learn to read through interactive storybook adventures.
Super Why!: Jack and the Beanstalk & Other Fairtale Adventures has received the Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award and National Parenting Center Seal of Approval and was nominated for an [...]
Quality Makeup, Cheap, and You’ll Never Guess Where
For the past week, I’ve been trying out a few products from a new makeup line. And I’ve been surprised by how much I’ve liked the items because they all costs under $4.
Select discount grocer ALDI recently introduced the premium European Lacura cosmetic collection in its stores in 30 states. And all items in the [...]
Today is Yellow Pig Day
Have you ever cleaned your house from top to bottom and then thought: “I should have people over because my house is so clean.” But there really wasn’t a reason to have people over, other than you wanted to show off your really clean house! (Okay, I admit that this doesn’t happen to me often, [...]
17Jul2009 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
Free-radicals watch out! I’ve got Wheatberry Salad (and coupons for free Sunsweet products)
Sunsweet has a brand new product on the market called Antioxidant Blend which packages dried cherries, plums, wild blueberries and cranberries into one five-ounce resealable pouch. And we’ve all heard about the super-hero powers of antioxidants when it comes to fighting free-radicals, right?
Well, even if you haven’t heard of the free-radical-fighting, oxidation-slowing powers of antioxidants, [...]
Win a Set of Six Exercise DVD’s
If you’re the type who likes to exercise in the comfort of your own home, then you need to: 1) read this post, and 2) enter this contest.
ExerciseTV, a new, interactive video on-demand network now available in more than 30 million homes, offers digital cable customers the opportunity to select from a comprehensive lineup of [...]
Walmart Writing Contest Offers 20 $8,000 Awards to Schools
Walmart just announced a writing contest in which students, parents and teachers can write essays to win $4,000 in school supplies for their designated classroom and another $4,000 in school supplies for their entire school. The call for entries into the contest — dubbed “Write to Change the Classroom” — began July 14 and ends July [...]
14Jul2009 | lipsticktocrayons | 2 comments | Continued
Warren Delivers Another Great Read in Christian Literature Genre
Having been a big Susan May Warren Fan for a while now, I wasn’t surprised to find that her newest novel, Nothing But Trouble, to be as engaging as her previous mysteries. What I was surprised about was the endearing vulnerability of the heroine, PJ Sugar. Normally, Warren’s protagonists are spunky girls who have great [...]
13Jul2009 | Parresia | 2 comments | Continued
Bee Inspired by a Tee
I’m not one to wear t-shirts very often. I’ll exercise in them and wear them to clean. Sometimes I’ll wear a “spirit” t-shirt to show my support for my daughter’s swim team or my son’s school. But I received the most adorable t-shirts for my daughter and I last week from Bee-Tees – Tee Shirts [...]
12Jul2009 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
