This is a sponsored post Many people have a house full of smoke alarms, one on each floor, one near each bedroom, etc. These devices were likely installed by you or your home builder many years ago. Some companies would like you to replace all of them with expensive WiFi enabled detectors, but Kidde…
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Why Your Family Should Stay at Homewood Suites New York/Midtown Manhattan Times Square During Your Next Trip to NYC
What do you look for in a hotel when you’re traveling as a family? I love luxury but when my husband and I travel with the kids we tend to be more practical preferring space, location, amenities, convenience, and overall value for the price of each night’s stay. Last weekend Emily and I enjoyed another…
Piper nv: Easy to Use and Upgraded Camera Automates & Monitors Your Home (w giveaway!)
This is a sponsored post The new Piper nv ($279) model builds upon their success of the original Piper product ($199) and sports an upgraded camera plus night vision technology to automate and monitor your home. Piper nv sits on a shelf, table, or hangs on a wall to monitor your house. It features an HD…
FLASH GIVEAWAY: 2 Tickets to Newsies at National Theater DC for 6/10 Show!
NEWSIES is coming to the National Theatre in Washington DC from June 9-21 and I have a flash giveaway for two tickets to the 7:30 pm show on Wednesday, June 10! Enter now because I’ll be drawing a winner on Sunday! About Newsies: They delivered the papers, until they made the headlines…Direct from Broadway comes NEWSIES,…
Listing Your House and Moving? Safety Tips for Moving into a New Home (w. giveaway)
As a member of Master Lock’s Live Secure Safety Squad, I have been compensated for my time in writing this post and receive samples for review. It seems like a new ‘for sale’ sign pops up each time I drive or walk down one of the streets in our neighborhood. According to Time.com, “buyers come out…
SkyBell: See Who is at Your Door From Your Smartphone
This sponsored post was written as part of the Skybell blog program with One2One Network SkyBell upgrades your 1950s doorbell with WiFi and video streaming, allowing you to see who is ringing your doorbell from anywhere in the world. With the SkyBell app you can answer your doorbell from somewhere in the house, while out at the…
Win 1 of 8 Lifeproof fre Cases for Your Samsung Galaxy S5!
With the seasons shifting from winter (finally!) to spring, melting snow gives way to puddles, spring rain, and warm weather destinations as getaways and as wonderful as these things are, they can be a disaster for your phone. I thank my lucky stars for my Lifeproof fre case (also available for iPhone) that has kept my…
The Good Lie Blu-ray Combo Pack Flash Giveaway
Everyone loves a feel-good movie around the holidays and as much fun as it is to see new releases in theaters, sometimes it’s just as fun to stay in and watch them in the comfort of your own home. I’m looking forward to seeing The Good Lie, a screenplay inspired by the true story of…
Win Prizes Hourly with HH Gregg’s #OMLG Sweepstakes Starting Tuesday 12/16
This is part of a compensated series written on behalf of HH Gregg Tis the season to give but HH Gregg also knows that it’s nice to receive! Beginning this Tuesday, December 16, you’ll want to get up bright and early for the chance to enter to win amazing prizes being given away each hour…
Secure Your Home for the Holidays with a Master Lock & Sentry Safe Giveaway!
As a member of Master Lock’s Live Secure Safety Squad, I have been compensated for my time in writing this post and receive samples for review. Every year around the holidays, our neighborhood suffers a rash of burglaries. Neighbors report that their cars have been rifled through in the middle of the night, items are missing…