On last Saturday, we took the kids to one of my favorite places in Green Bay: The Wildlife Sanctuary. It’s cheap (bags of corn are $1) and we can spend 1-2 hours there! The kids love it too! The geese are so tame that they will actually eat out of your hand. Here are some of the pictures we took:

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Amazon, I’d still totally make out with you.  Seriously.  If you are a regular reader here, you may remember a post I wrote last year about Frustration Free Packaging.  Basically, they got rid of the annoying clamshells and twisty ties, and all you have to do is open a box.  Brilliant, isn’t it?  I thought so and wrote a post about it.  That lead to an interview with the New York Times.  That was pretty cool but not as cool as what I woke up to this morning.

That’s me!!!!!  So welcome new traffic!!!!  And well, I am super excited.  I think I need to write more posts about making out with my favorite companies (Hello Best Buy!  Hello Toy Companies!  LOL).

In all seriousness, I love Amazon.  I order from them a lot (umm like last week) and I still think this is a genius idea.  I love that they are watching what their customers are saying about them and that they linked to me!  Happy Monday!

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As parents, we have a lot of power.  We teach our kids right from wrong from the time they are little to the time they reach adulthood.  MADD agrees with this and has created a great website about talking with our kids called The Power Of Parents.  We teach our kids about not sticking things in light sockets, but for some reason, a lot of paretns don’t talk to their kids about underage drinking and drunk driving.  I’ll be honest — I really think as parents we have to show our kids how we want them to act.  Bill and I do not drive drunk.  Ever.  We decide at the beginning of the night who is driving and that person does not drink.  I certainly hope that this shows my kids a good example.

Did you know that last year, 11,773 people were killed because of drunk driving? Scary isn’t it? Could you live with yourself if you killed someone? Could you live with yourself if your child killed someone due to drunk driving?  The Power Of Parents has some great ways to start that conversation.  You can also find them on their own blog, twitter, and Facebook.  What are you waiting for?  Start that conversation with your kids!

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This afternoon Frigidaire announced that Jennifer Garner as their new celebrity ambassador! I love it! She’s not only beautiful but definitely relateable. Jennifer will be introduce Frigidaire’s new line of appliances. These new appliance are designed with features that help save time in our busy schedules. Jennifer will also be a part of Frigidaire’s new “Make Time for CHANGE (Creating Healthy, Active, and Nurturing Growing-up Environments)” campaign that supports Save the Children’s U.S. Programs. They are dedicated to making a difference in children’s lives. Save the Children created the CHANGE program to promote healthier lifestyles for children living in poverty by providing nutritious snacks and regular opportunities for them to be physically active.

Starting today, everyone who goes to Frigidaire.com and pledges to make time for a child, Frigidaire will donate $1 to support the CHANGE. As an added bonus, everyone who pledges her time will be entered for a chance to win a new Frigidaire Professional double wall oven.

I hope to see you over there making a difference in children’s lives.

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Frigidaire and received a gift certificate to thank me for taking the time to participate.

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Yes, you heard me right.  This is story that is getting picked up on all the newswires.  I seriously can’t believe it myself.

The woman and her children were leaving the hotel when the attacker stuck a gun in the woman’s back.  He proceed to rape her in front of her children and even threatened to assault one of her kids.  The assailant fled when another car pulled up.  He was arrested 3 days later and confessed.  The court papers state that the guy had been hanging around the place for days before the attack and that the hotel did not make him leave.

So, the woman gets raped isn’t bad enough — Marriott actually made it worse.  Their legal team “subpoenaed several people involved with the family, including a Pilates instructor, friends, tennis partners and the children’s baby sitter”.  Now, seriously, what the hell do those people have to do with the rape?  NOTHING!  In my opinion, it was to get the woman to drop her suit, because some of these people didn’t even know it had happened.  Nothing like shaming the victim and making her feel worse than she does!  Oh yeah, and she “failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her children and proper use of her senses and facilities,”.  Way to go, blame the freaking victim.

Marriott’s last statement on this matter:

“We wish to convey our respect and sympathy for Ms. Doe and her family, who were the victims of a horrendous crime in 2006. Marriott is profoundly sorry that such a terrible thing happened to the victim of this violent crime. And unfortunately this situation has created a mistaken impression that Marriott lacks respect and concern for Ms. Doe or other victims of violent crime. However, out of respect for the privacy of the victim and the expectations of the Court in the pending litigation, we are not at liberty to comment on the claims or defenses in this case.”

Really?  Because smearing her in court, that was done out of respect?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this . . .

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