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By Erika • December 16th, 2008

I grew up with a father who loved cars — working on them, driving them, even watching them race around a track.  I suppose it was inevitable that I would develop a love of things that “go”, but as a girl, it was oftentimes hard to find toys that would do so and ones that [...]

Paramount Home Entertainment has completely simplified gift-giving for you last minute Holiday Shoppers!  With their wrapped and ready DVDs, you have 3 great options for gifts for this year, including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Iron Man, and Kung Fu Panda.  They come wrapped in adorable paper (that doesn’t give anything [...]

I have always loved the book “Horton Hears A Who” by Dr. Seuss, because of it’s inspiring and uplifting message.  In case you are scratching your head thinking “Um, Dr. Seuss, inspirational?” you can take my word for it, I’m not confused.  My favorite line of all time is “A person is a person, no [...]

I have an confession to make:  I’m a choir girl.  Yes, yours truly, in all of my chic glory is actually a very good 2nd Soprano.  I have been singing in a choir for as long as I can remember — I think my earliest memory is the 4th grade, but it may have started [...]

I recently had the opportunity to review a book called “Show Me How:  500 Things You Should Know - Instructions for Life from the Ordinary to the Exotic”.  Once you get past the long title (phew!) you will fall in love with this book.  It includes things like how to identify the different men’s styles [...]

If you’ve read this site a bit in the past, you know that Little AG has a thing, a love, an OBSESSION with Tigger.  However, most everything involving the Playhouse Disney show “My Friends Tigger and Pooh” easily qualifies as well.  Along with the 9 tiggers that we already have living in our house, I [...]

I have every intention to be a do-good, eco-chic, recycling, re-useable grocery bagging girl, but the hardest part about it is, without fail, remembering to bring the darn bags WITH me to the store.  I can’t tell you how many times I have been so excited to remember to bring my reusable bags, but then [...]

I could look through the products at Anne Taintor all day!  Hailed as “The Original Vintage Humor Company”, their snarky products do not disappoint!  These are the kinds of products I wish I had known about a couple of years ago, because I have friends who would have LOVED them!  I still do, and I [...]

With the Holiday Season comes the P & E — Parties and Entertaining!  From office parties to parties with family and friends, you will likely have more than one occasion to show that you are the “Hostess with the Mostess” or a gracious party guest!  Of course, we wouldn’t leave you hanging for this very [...]

I loved to play games as a child, but as a parent, I prefer games that are going to provide a sort of education for my child and not just “occupy” their time.  Briarpatch has a great game, Thomas’ Great Race, that does just that.  In order to play, kids learn their numbers to [...]

The life of a stay at home mom is not always as glamorous as you may think. Contrary to the beliefs of my husband, I do not sit home watching soap operas and eating bon bons. Well, at least not until last week — and there were no soap operas involved. Honestly, [...]

I haven’t shared this before, but I’m part fish. Yes, you read that correctly. I have always loved the water - as a child, even filling up the bathtub in my dollhouse at home was exciting to me. I used to stand for hours at the sink in my bathroom playing with [...]

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Not sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but Little AG is pretty much in love with Tigger. It all started as an accident, when I brought home a stuffed Tigger one [...]