Dana Hinders

Indestructibles Book Set Is a Great Addition to Baby’s Library

May 21, 2013
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Giving your child access to a library full of books is one of the best things you can do to encourage a lifelong love of reading, but it can be hard to watch your little angel happily ripping into the books you’ve so painstakingly chosen. Uncommon Goods solves this problem with an Indestructibles book set [...]

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Scholastic Encourages Kids to Read All Summer Long

May 21, 2013
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If you’re looking for a way to encourage your child to keep reading all summer long, consider signing him up for the Scholastic Summer Challenge. Registration for the program began May 6, but there’s still plenty of time to join the fun.

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Cooking with TVP

May 20, 2013
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We’re not vegetarians, but my family has been working towards cutting back on the amount of meat we consume. We started off with “Meatless Mondays” and now have vegetarian meals three or four times per week. My most recently experiment with meatless cooking involved textured vegetable protein (TVP). This is a meat substitute made from [...]

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SmarterBucks Offers an Innovative Way to Pay Off Student Loan Debt

May 20, 2013
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If I had to make a list of the things I am most thankful for in my life, graduating from college without any student loan debt is definitely near the top of my list. I spent hours upon hours apply for scholarships and worked part-time through all four years of school, but it was absolutely [...]

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A Cute Nightlight to Chase Away the Dark

May 17, 2013
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Even though my son is no longer afraid of the dark, I find nightlights to be quite handy for making sure he doesn’t trip over his toys when he gets up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I also like to leave a small nightlight on in our living room [...]

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Pick Out a New Painting from Overstock Art.

May 15, 2013
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I don’t know about you, but I hate bare walls in my home. If you’re looking for some new wall art, check out the Overstock Art website. Overstock Art sells reproductions of famous paintings by artists like Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, and Degas. The paintings on Overstock Art are actual handmade reproductions of some of [...]

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Entertaining Kids with Cootie Catchers

May 15, 2013
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If you’re looking for a cheap and easy way to entertain bored kids for an hour or two, you can’t go wrong with making cootie catchers. Also commonly called paper fortune tellers, these toys are tremendously amusing for kids. When I was in fourth grade, my friends and I would make cootie catchers with the [...]

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Avoiding Lead in Children’s Cosmetics

May 14, 2013
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Recently, a TV station in my area ran a story about a six-year-old girl who was showing symptoms of lead poisoning. Her parents eventually traced the source of the problem back to the lip gloss she loved to play with. The lip glosses in her collection were clearly marketed to little girls, with colorful labels [...]

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Save Money by Switching to Softsoap Body Wash

May 13, 2013
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Recently, my family had a chance to try out two of the recently released Softsoap body wash fragrances: Coconut Island Quench and Acai Berry & Tropical Water. I didn’t really care for the Coconut Island Quench body wash because I thought it smelled too much like sunscreen when I was in the shower. But, my [...]

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