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Delicious Ideas for Every Budget with Restaurant.com

 *This post is made possible by Restaurant.com.  I am a member of USFG and received a promotional item in exchange for this post.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.*

BUNDLE UP WITH RESTAURANT.COM‘S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 

DELICIOUS IDEAS FOR EVERY BUDGET!

At Restaurant.com, the nation’s largest dining deals site, we love surprising our diners with fun ways to save.  This holiday season, we’ve handpicked delicious dining experiences and gift ideas for every budget and compiled them into an exclusive Restaurant.com Holiday Gift Guide.  Simply pair any Restaurant.com Gift Card with one of these gift bundle ideas below for the ultimate dining experience and holiday treat:

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1.      The Movie Buff: For the movie-quoting, obsessed friend, surprise them with two tickets to a movie on their must-see “Oscar” list and a $25 Restaurant.com Gift Card. Enjoy a night of appetizers and plot-dissecting debates! Ready to splurge? Stop at the concession stand for some candy, drinks, and a jumbo popcorn to share! Create your own >

 

2.      The Workaholic: To help someone on your list find much needed tranquility, pair a $100Restaurant.com Gift Card with soothing bath salts, lavender mist, and a face mask to create an affordable, at-home spa treatment. Ready to splurge? Add a spa gift card and make Dinner reservations for a nice, relaxing evening post-massage. Create your own >>

 

3.      The Wine Fanatic: Bring Napa Valley to every wine lover on your list! Pair their favorite wine with decadent cheeses, crackers, and of course chocolate. Then, cleanse their palate with some late night dessert and a $25 Restaurant.com Gift CardReady to splurge? Instead of dessert, make it dinner and BYOB at thousands of Restaurants nearby! Create your own >>

 

4.      The Romantic: Add some romance into your holiday with a $50 Restaurant.com Gift Card, bouquet of roses, some irresistible chocolate covered strawberries, and a candlelit dinner for two. Ready to splurge? Pick up some bubbly on the way home for a classy touch. Create your own >>

 

5.      The Theatre Lover: Add some dramatic flair to the holidays with two tickets to their must-see show and end the evening with our $100 Restaurant.com Gift Card – perfect for dinner and dessert. Ready to splurge? Buy them a memento from the show and two drinks during intermission! Create your own >>

 

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Five (5) lucky Facebook fans will have a chance to win one of the gifts featured in our gift guide every Wednesday beginningNovember 20, 2013 and ending December 18, 2013

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Treat Holiday Cards

*This post is made possible by Treat. I received a promotional item in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.* 

I’m pretty sure you are aware that I love sending holiday cards to my friends and family.  As much as I love doing this every year, the friends that I have online often miss out. Thanks to Treat, I now have the option to send most of their cards digitally so I can still send hoilday greetings to my online friends as well.

Treat has more to offer this holiday season then just digital cards.  Check out these great one-to-one cards.

In addition to cards, Treat also has great gift items to offer you as well.

If you are looking for a unique card to send or gift to give, check out Treat!

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You can connect with Treat on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

 

 

Know the Facts of RSV #RSVAwareness

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for MedImmune. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.

With World Prematurity Day coming up on the 17th of November and winter right around the corner it’s time to talk about RSV and learn the facts, find out the risk RSV has on preemies, learn the symptoms and find out how you can protect your child from RSV.

First off, if you are not familiar with RSV, it is Respiratory Syncytial Virus, a common season virus that is contracted by nearly all children by the age of 2.  RSV causes typical mild to moderate cold-like symptoms in healthy, full-term babies.  Libby had it as a child and required breathing treatments for about a week and has been fine since.

When our little Ellie was born a month premature and labeled a preemie, in the middle of December, RSV came to mind because preterm infants are born with undeveloped lungs and immature immune systems that put them more at risk to contract RSV and require hospitalization.  

RSV infection is more likely to root in premature lungs where developing airways are are narrowed and very fragile and preterm babies also carry fewer virus-fighting antibodies.

Here’s what you need to know about RSV

Key RSV Facts:

  • RSV occurs in epidemics each year, typically from November through March, though it can vary by geography and year-to-year
  • RSV disease is the leading cause of hospitalization for babies during their first year of life in the United States, with approximately 125,000 hospitalizations and up to 400 infant deaths each year
  • RSV disease is responsible for one of every 13 pediatrician visits and one of every 38 trips to the ER in children under the age of five
  • Despite being so common, many parents aren’t aware of RSV; in fact, one-third of mothers have never heard of the virus

Learn the Symptoms of Severe RSV Disease:

Contact your child’s pediatrician immediately if your child exhibits one or more of the following:

  • Persistent coughing or wheezing
  • Bluish color around the mouth or fingernails
  • Rapid, difficult, or gasping breaths
  • Fever [especially if it is over 100.4°F (rectal) in infants under 3 months of age]

 How Can I Help Protect My Baby From RSV?

RSV is very contagious and can be spread easily through touching, sneezing and coughing. Additionally, the virus can live on the skin and surfaces for hours. There is no treatment for RSV disease once it’s contracted, so prevention is critical. To help minimize the spread of RSV disease, all parents should:

  • Wash their hands and ask others to do the same
  • Keep toys, clothes, blanket and sheets clean
  • Avoid crowds and other young children during RSV season
  • Never let anyone smoke around your baby
  • Steer clear of people who are sick or who have recently been sick

Since Ellie was a preemie and born in the middle of winter and just a week before Christmas, it was decided that Ellie would not be traveling and visiting our rather large family for the holidays and instead Alex and I would stay home and enjoy our time with her.

You can learn more about RSV from the infographic belowor visit the RSV Protection website.

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Take five with online gaming

*This is a guest post*

 

 

Image by  Tom & Katrien

Whatever kind of daily routine you have, it’s always good to have different ways to take time out during the day. If you’re at home with the kids all day, this can be difficult to achieve, but having a few minutes to yourself doing something self-indulgent can be a real pick-me-up and allow you to carry on for the rest of the day being a great mom. If you don’t take a break now and then, the tendency is to become less patient with the kids as the day progresses.

Imagine how dull life used to be for moms of past generations. For a start, they didn’t have all the amazing gadgets we have that make household tasks so much easier, and they didn’t have the internet that they could get onto at any time of the day or night when they felt like finding something to entertain them.

Although if you have young kids at home, the times when you can sit undisturbed in front of the screen may be few and far between – when they’re napping or when bedtime has come, you don’t have to spend long online to get a little break now and then. Online gaming has revolutionised the way we can unwind without the need to leave home. Whatever kind of games you enjoy playing you can find them online. If you like to increase your word power, then start playing games like Scrabble or Word Feud. These require a bit of mental effort, but if you’re up to your eyes in dealing with toddlers all day, then this kind of diversion can be welcome. The great thing about games like Scrabble is that though the games can go on for weeks, you only ever need to spend five minutes at a time playing at it; when you’ve had your turn you can forget about the game until the opposing player has played their turn.

Then, of course, there are the casino games that you’ll find to play both in fun mode and for real money on a huge number of different sites. Click to play casino games here http://www.32red.com/ and you’ll find over 500 different games, including 300 different slots. Slots are a great choice when you just want to zone out and let the games wash over you. You don’t need to do anything apart from choose which game to play and how much to bet on each spin. Even when you’re playing in demo mode, you can still get a thrill if you land a winning combination of symbols!

If you’ve never played casino games, there’s no need to learn anything before you play. You can try out games using a no-deposit bonus on most sites – that’s where you sign up as a player but don’t put any of your own money down. A no-deposit bonus is a small amount of casino credit new players to a site can use in a limited time period, so that they can really get a feel of what the games are like before they decide to put their own money in.

Of course, there are plenty of other ways to take five during the day, but for easy entertainment and a bit of fun, online games are hard to beat.

Alternative stress-busters for moms

*This is a guest post.*

As busy mothers trying to juggle all our different responsibilities and keep everybody in the family happy, feeling the symptoms of stress and anxiety is all too common. It’s no wonder that our own heath suffers from time to time; we’re so busy looking after everybody else in the family, we all too often forget to look after ourselves. However, we’re doing nobody any favors at all if we burn out, so take some time to look after your own wellbeing and consider some alternative ways of ensuring that you stay mentally and physically fit.

Alternative ways of keeping stress and anxiety-free can include looking at the root causes of your stress through methods such as psychic readings. Psychic readings can unlock what it is that is causing you to feel unbalanced and help you find ways to deal with the problems. Or it might be that you know what it is that’s the problem, you just don’t know how to solve it and are worried about the future. A psychic reading can give you a clearer indication of the future your current path is leading to, and can give you the insight you need to change that path or stay on the same course.

 When it comes to booking a psychic reading you might not know where to start if you’ve never considered anything like this before. A good place is your friends and family; if you can get personal recommendations for reputable psychics then you’re more likely to find one that’s right for you.

The second thing you might be thinking is ‘where on earth can I find the time to see a psychic? I barely have time to draw breath!’ As busy parents, time is precious. Thankfully, psychics these days offer phone, online and Skype consultations, which is ideal for busy moms everywhere!