The Gift Giver

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This is a sponsored post. All opinions are completely my own.

Do you ever get that feeling when you get a new book to read you just know without even cracking the book open that it is going to be wonderful and that it will become something you and your family will read together over and over again. When I received this book I knew that this story would be that for us. I had judged the book by its cover so to speak!

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How do you deal with it?

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Women, Ladies, Friends, Sisters!

I thought I would put this out there. Mother’s Guilt. Do any of you guys deal with this? It has been on my mind a lot lately and I know I can’t be the only one that struggles with it.

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What is the Best Laundry Detergent?

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Well, it depends. There are a lot of variables! 

Recently, I was washing blankets and quilts at a laundry mat and I overheard a conversation that got me thinking about my experience with laundry detergent. The owner of the laundry mat saw someone using Sun Detergent and told him that it only contained 20% soap and the rest of it was fillers and water. Hmmm….I knew this was a detergent found at the dollar store and very inexpensive, but it sounds like you’re getting what you pay for with this one. The owner did say that he has been using Kirklands detergent found at Costco and was a great value for what you get.

I got busy doing some research and here’s what I’ve found from several onsite reviews. These are the most common in alphabetical order. These reviews are of each detergent brand as a whole. (See what I use and my thoughts below.)

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Uplift Families Conference (Discount and Giveaway)

Parenting can be so difficult and overwhelming some times, but comes with many rewarding and fulfilling gifts, as well. Utah’s First Lady, Jeanette Herbert, has developed an amazing initiative that we are thrilled to be a part of. Mrs. Herbert is the mother of six children and owned a child care and preschool for 23 years, so she is very knowledgeable in child development practices.

Uplifting Families is a program full of information to help parents raise loving and responsible children. The first way they do this is through their amazing website www.upliftfamilies.org including parenting tips, links to helpful programs, organizations, and agencies that help enhance parenting skills, and answers to parenting questions. 

I’ve also enjoyed their YouTube channel Uplift Families where there are several videos of speakers from the past conference. And speaking of conferences the annual Parenting Conference is just a few weeks away.

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