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We all know how easy it is to snap a photo with our smartphones and share them with the world, and now J&J is giving a greater reason: for every photo shared through the Donate a Photo app (available in both the AppStore and in Google Play), J&J is donating $1 to the charity of your choice.* (This is a sponsored post, I received compensation to share it with you so that you, too, can join in and help.) [Click here to view embedded video] It's a simple 5-step … [Read more...]
If you've visited Julieverse anytime in the last few weeks you might have noticed the bright red pushpin in the sidebar. (If you haven't visited, then click on through and get out of email, people! The internet is an exciting place! I'm talking to you Melissa, Elizabeth and Jennifer! [okay. not really. but those are just really popular first names.]) While I'm hopeful you already know what to do with the Child Hunger Ends Here pushpin, chances are pretty good that... you don't. So, let's make … [Read more...]
It's a horrible phenomenon: teachers just don't have the funding for classroom supplies that were typical when you and I were in school. They're lacking paints, brushes, glitter, paper. In fact, just last week, I overheard a teacher telling her class: I couldn't copy that list for you because we're out of paper! While I hate that my taxes aren't providing enough for my children to learn in their public school, I also don't want our teachers, who make too little in each paycheck, to have to … [Read more...]
Thank you to Ubisoft for sponsoring this post. Please click here to learn more about Ubisoft. I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective. #UbiChamps Last week, I sat down with my nine-year-old son, Big, to share what he thinks of Poptropica for Nintendo DS. Big's top 5 reasons kids will love Poptropica for DS Mythology Island If you don't know a lot about Mythology you'll learn a lot here. The big Greek gods are represented and you need to defeat Zeus … [Read more...]
Tonight, I shopped for shoes. (Hey, no one said this post was going to be very different from any others.) Anyway, I had a coupon code and an expiring gift card, both for ShoeBuy.com and a few things on my mind to buy. It was ShoeBuy, so I was really thinking about shoes and boots and bags. Really? Does anyone go to ShoeBuy for other things? I mean, they have housewares, true. But who actually buys housewares at ShoeBuy? After far too long click-shopping, I contemplated … [Read more...]
It's clock work, a week after a kid's birthday and it's already time for them to find a new toy they want. When my kids start in, my answer is always the same "put it on your list." For a while, saying that was enough. But as the kids got older, they started to ask to see their lists, to change their lisst and to add to their lists. Pretty soon, their list had become theirs, and no longer the mine, to keep. Rightly, the kids wanted total control. Around here, that's fine with me. The more … [Read more...]
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