Archive | August, 2009

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How to Potty Train your Child Using an Alarm Clock

Posted on 31 August 2009 by Suburban Wife

Way back when Moses was parting the Red Sea I was potty train my oldest child. After using M&M candies to bribe her and washing out I-don’t-know- how-many pairs of poopy panties I had a lightbulb moment. I figured out how to potty train my daughter with an alarm clock. It worked like a charm and it became the tried and true method of potty training with my other children. Here’s how it works.

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Coupon Scams Cramming your Phone Bill

Posted on 26 August 2009 by Suburban Wife

Coupon scams that involve cramming are huge! Be very careful which websites you use to get coupons from. Recently I visited a site while looking for fast food coupons. I found a good and went to print it out. It wouldn’t print. The page acted like it was loading. Then suddenly a pop up appeared telling me that if I entered my cell phone number they would send me a text to verify I was human and then the coupon would become printable.

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Free Pledge Pet Hair Remover Giveaway

Posted on 26 August 2009 by Suburban Wife

3 of these babies. That’s how many Pledge Pet Hair removers I’m giving away. Here’s the catch. Write a post about getting rid of pet hair, or post a link to something you’ve already written about pet hair. Leave a link in the comments section.

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Party Time Apple Dip Recipe

Posted on 26 August 2009 by Suburban Wife

Apple dip is yummy!  It’s good refridgerated or served as soon as its made.  I’ve been making this simple apple dip recipe for years and everyone loves it.  It doesn’t take much to make and is versatile enough to dip other foods in.

Recipe: Apple Dip Recipe
Summary: A light fruit dip good any time of the [...]

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Blog Carnival of Moms

Posted on 26 August 2009 by Suburban Wife

I’m hosting a carnival.  Gracious me!  Anywhoodie-doodie, I screwed up the form over at the blog carnival website so I have to restart it.  I’m doing a round up of articles about parenting.   Deadline date is tonight at August 31, 2009.  So check it out and submit an article.  Submitted articles will be posted [...]

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