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Waffle Iron Cookies : The Happy Housewife – Cookies with the waffle iron?! Fun!

Pinterest : Angry Julie on The Sits Girls – A GREAT Pinterest tutorial. If you’re trying to figure out what Pinterest is and how to use it, this is a MUST read. And then come see my boards!

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Food Network Family Night : Blessed Mom 24/7 – My IRL friend Jessica did an amazing Family Night with her boys. I so need to do this with my family. GREAT idea!

The Only Way To Make It Through Most Days : The Gypsy Mama – My favorite line from this post is the last one. You need to read this one moms.

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5 Ways to be generous with School Supplies : Life As Mom – School has started for just about everyone in the country. As you grab the last of those school supplies, grab a few extra to help out others. Here are five ways to do just that.

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Taking Freezer Meals on the Road : Life as Mom – Brilliant list of meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) that freeze and travel well. If you’re staying in a condo or house on vacation, why not just take your food with you? Saves time and money!

Decluttering the Girl’s Bedroom : Overcoming Busy – Great before and after photos of a major room clean out. Also includes step by step instructions for those of us who need such things. We seriously need to do this in the Princess’s room.

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Child Booster Laws Change in GEORGIA : Bottles to Britches – This is a fabulous synopsis of the changes in the Booster Seat Laws in GA. They changed July 1st so is a must read for GA parents.

It’s the Little Things : A Southern Fairytale – I LOVED this post about how we can teach our children to love others (and serve others) through little things. We don’t have to do grand gestures. We just have to make it better than it was before.

Mercy Parenting : (in)courage –  This post SLAPPED me in the face. Seriously. Do I show the mercy to my child that I get but don’t deserve from God? I don’t really want to answer that.

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Eat Well, Spend Less, The Gift of a Meal : Kitchen Stewardship – This post is PACKED with great links to recipes and ideas that are both wonderful for meal takers like me and frugal too. If you’re a meal take, it’s a must read.

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Sparklers – A Pastels Tutorial: Hodpodge – If you’re looking for a fun craft to do this holiday weekend, this is a good one!

Reusable Snack Bags: The Happy Housewife – I love the thought of using reusable snack bags. This is a great tutorial on how to make some. Or, where to order some cute ones…which is what I might do.

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Stop Complaining: Heavenly Homemakers – Wow! This post made me pause.

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Coupons for Troops : Cumming Local – A great way for my local friends to do something simple to help those who serve our country and their families.

100 Ways For Your Family to Make a Difference : We Are That Family – An awesome list of ways to help others. Definitely one to bookmark for reference.

How to Change the World : Inspired to Action – A guest post by Amanda from Impress Your Kids that shares many ways she and her children have served those around the world.

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It’s Saturday again! How did that happen? It was just Saturday – right?

I’m doing what I do each Saturday… sharing some of my favorite posts from the week.

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Watch Kids PBS Videos On Your iPad: Simplified Saving – If you have an iPad (I don’t and am therefore jealous.) and you have little ones, you need this app. I love some PBS.

Corn Starch Goo: Big Binder – Have you ever made goo? No? What? Why? It’s so fun and SO EASY to do. A great time filler for rainy day. Or, in the case of HOTlanta, a day that is too hot to go outside.

On the To Do List: Kevin and Amanda – I stumbled on this post via Twitter. OH. MY. WORD. I want to bake them all. Maybe I shall. Of course, I have to bake first thing in the morning during the summer. Did I mention it’s hot here in HOTlanta.

Rhubarb Apple Loaf: Once A Month Mom – I’ve never baked with rhubarb. I wanna.

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10 Great Summer Family Nights: Angela’s Analysis – Summer time is family time. Angela lists several ideas for some summer family fun!

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning: Mario Vittone – A GREAT post on what drowning actually looks like. I don’t know a mama who isn’t constantly looking to see if their child’s head pops back up in the pool. This post tells us what a drowning popping head looks like. Don’t let your loved ones be a victim this summer.

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Collect for Kenya: Impress Your Kids – Amanda is challenging us again to get our kids involved in doing something. I’m excited about this challenge and plan to participate with the Princess.

Kids 4 MO – An awesome website and movement that my friend Mom With A Minivan is helping promote. Basically, they need shoe boxes filled with love to give to children in the Missouri area that were affected by the recent tornadoes. The Princess and I sent four shoe boxes to Kids 4 AL about a month again. We’ll be helping with this effort too.

Did you read anything fabulous this week? What? Where?

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Easy To Peel Hard Boiled Eggs: Good Life Eats – The Princess has been eating hard boiled eggs as of late for breakfast. This is a GREAT post about exactly how to boil an egg. I think that the immersing them in ice water is key by the way.

5 Minute Cake: Simply Staci – Okay, this is BRILLIANT. A quick one person cake in the microwave. BRILLIANT I say!

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Chore Chart Cards: Confessions of a Homeschooler – AWESOME chore chart reproducible and ideas for chore charts for the little ones you love. Children need structure and responsibility and giving it to them is a true act of love.

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Swappin’: A Southern Fairytale – I LOVE this idea! A soup – swap. If we weren’t in the middle of total craziness at the House of Hills I would be doing this in like two weeks. The best part is that you could make it a soup can collection party too! Wouldn’t that be awesome!! Gotta figure out a way to do this!