We’ve all heard the words, “If you keep watching TV, you’ll turn into a couch potato!”  I say it to my daughter more often that I’d like on lazy rainy days.  It doesn’t mean a lot to her.  In her mind a couch potato is that french fry she lost under the couch cushion. The author, Adam Tritt has taken a humorous approach to a very serious matter of childhood obesity. He pulls no punches when he describes the dangers [...]

The National Center for Biblical Parenting is launching their new book this week “The Christian Parenting Handbook: 50 Heart-Based Strategies for All the Stages of Your Child’s Life” by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller RN, BSN! I was blessed to have the opportunity to read it before it’s official launch. As my children continue to grow and change my parenting techniques will need to evolve too. I recently had the opportunity to read their previous book “Say Goodby to [...]

People tell me I’m unique…I try to be normal, but apparently I fail dramatically at that.  So being unique, I like to give gifts that no one else gives.  I remember one year giving my niece a bucket of dirt and some flower seeds for her birthday.  I remember her mother looking at me oddly and saying, “You gave my daughter dirt for her birthday?”.  All I could say was that it seemed like a good idea at time. Now [...]

I recently learned about a site called Educator.com. It has an extensive collection of online training programs.  Before I became “Mommy”, I was a Multimedia Developer and Computer Programmer.  From time to time I still do contract work and volunteer work and I am noticing that my computer programming skills are becoming quickly outdated. I really don’t have an interest in attending school right now while my kids are still little but I really don’t want to lose the investment [...]

Anyone who knows me, knows that I take a lot of pictures.  What exactly do you do with thousands of pictures of your kids?  You turn them into scrapbooks of course!  Digital Scrapbooking has become a favourite pastime for me, but the cost of printing the pages sometimes stops me from getting hard copies of my creations. I was thrilled at the opportunity to review MailPix and their softcovered photobooks.  I had been in the process of creating a scrapbook [...]

Recently I had the opportunity to review the nuNAAT NAAT Brazilian Keratin Collection. I thought these products were fantastic  and now I want to let you know about the nuNAAT Give One, Get One Giveaway! Enter for your chance to win TWO sets of the products, one for you and one for a friend! When entering, be sure to select my blog name “Penny Minding Mom” from the drop-down menu so they know who sent you. The nuNAAT NAAT Brazilian [...]

When I was asked to review Once A Week Cooking from OnceAWeekCooking.com I thought that it would be a wonderful opportunity to get suppertime at my house under control.  I’m not a great cook, and some nights the thought of cooking 2 and 3 meals for supper just is to much and we end up eating chicken fingers and french fries…not the home cooking I would love to feed my family. My family is picky. A typical meat and potato [...]

Living in the country means that we spend a lot of time in our car driving from place to place.  We spend a lot of time singing silly songs on the way to dance class, and I for one can not hold a tune in a bucket but it doesn’t stop me from belting out my favourite songs! Since we love singing in the car, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review the Friends in France French Sing-a-longs.  [...]

St. Paddy’s Day is quickly approaching, and there is no better way to express your inner Irish than with a humorous shirt from Funny Irish T-Shirts.  These shirts are incredibly comfortable, made from 100% pre-shrunk cotton. We ordered a large based on the sizing chart on their website (he normally wears a medium) and it was roomy enough to be comfortable but not so baggy that it looked sloppy. The collar and cuffs were roomy as well, making the shirt [...]

Finding just the right case to protect your iPad can be a trying experience.  You want something attractive yet practical, something that will make your screen time an enjoyable and comfortable experience. The Domeo Recliner Folio is all of those things.  Simply pop your iPad into the folio and you are ready to go. The folio offers all-over protection for your tablet.  The flip open top allows you to easily access the iPad’s screen without removing it from the case [...]