New Glade® Expressions™ Fragrance Mist and Oil Diffusers Refresh Your Home and Look Good Doing It

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I have always been a fan of Glade® candles. The commercials with the woman who lights a Glade® candle and easily fools her friends into thinking that she is baking aren’t that far-fetched, as the power of their scents are just that good; able to escort your mind into a whole other reality for a few, short moments as you take in the scent. Even just one of their small candles fills up a moderately large space with a delicious or just plain pleasant and great fragrance, which consistently surprises me, as if I had completely forgotten how effective they are since the last time I lit one of their candles.

In time for spring …

Play Dollar General’s New “Bracket of the Brands” Game and Score New Coupons Weekly

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It is nearly time for March Madness. Before today, that meant absolutely nothing to me. I’m not going to lie, I know even less about basketball than I do about football; and I have on more than one occasion interchanged the word “attack” for “tackle,” so as a reference, that’s how much I know about football. Dollar General, however, turned my thinking right around. I am now delighted with March Madness because it has inspired the store to have their own little bit of fun this month with a new Facebook game that gives away valuable coupons!

A Review of Kitchen Safety Tips

Everyone knows that the kitchen can be a dangerous place with hot stoves, electrical appliances, knives, and more. Although safety is pretty much a matter of common sense, there are potential hazards that are less obvious and don’t spring immediately to mind, and it would do all of us who spend time in the kitchen to review these important tips.

Here are a few to keep in mind to avoid a less than satisfying kitchen experience:

Get a $1.00 Off Coupon for Children’s Advil and Stock Up for Flu Season

The weather has been incredibly erratic. It has no idea what it wants to do or for how long it wants to do it. Within the past week alone, we have had weather so warm and pleasant that I was positive the beginning of spring had arrived, only to wake up to a full-fledged snowstorm just the next day. It has snowed enough to accumulate inches of white powder that soon turned to invisible ice on hard, impenetrable snow, and then melt away completely not once, but twice over. This kind of cold weather with its bitter windy chills injected with short, cruel bursts of sunshine and rising temperatures signals the onset of one thing: flu season.

What’s worse than having a child sick with the flu is not having a thing in the house to …

Coming Together

It has been 12 days. 12 days since my partner and I met our realtor in the back yard of the house we had collectively been placing visions of our future-selves in while we waded through the process of making it ours.

We waited on the back porch as the realtor opened the door and we walked in, the first time seeing it completely clean of any other life that had existed within its walls before us. Empty and yet so full of plans and aspirations, as if we had boxed up every hope we had for what our lives could be like within this space, just as we had boxed up all of our possessions, and they were just waiting for us to get here and dive in. Even in its simplest form, a structure without the weight of personal belongings, furniture, or tokens …

Planning Chores for Kids: When to Start

I grew up on a farm and chores were not something to be assigned, but rather, an every day part of life. Children in a farm family learn very early on, as my mother says, see what needs to be done and do it. The success or failure of the farm, and ultimately, the survival of the family, depends on everyone working together.

As a mom living in suburbia, though, I’m not always sure at what age to assign chores and which assignments to give. However, I’m learning that even very young children can contribute. I’ve noticed that my young kids, more than anything else, just want to be near me. If I’m dusting the furniture, all I have to do is give them a dust cloth and they’ll “help.” I finally bought a small, functional …