Virtual Girls Night Out & FF: Holiday Edition!
November 15, 2009 by Tania Reuben
Filed under Start Your Own Blog
Happy VGNO & FF Virtual Friends – thanks for stopping by.
Below you will find out a little about what I’ve been up to this week PND. Don’t forget to enter our giveaways!
What a week. I feel like I never really got this one going.
Last weekend was a marathon weekend of parties. Started with taking the kids to a birthday party, then I had a green girls event for the whole afternoon. Home for some peace and quiet and oh yeah, some UFC fighting with the guys. Ahhh.
Then Sunday I got a 911 while I was in Church, my friend was hosing a fundraiser for Help an Mother Out. She was flat out sick. So I lent her an extra hand for the afternoon.
That’s wasn’t the end of my weekend. I still had to rush home to host a party for our family group at church. With less than an hour between arriving home guests arriving the whirlwind to get the kids up and house ready was on.
It was during this preparation that Lil’ Dude asked for some mixed nuts, he’d eaten every type of nut without reaction in his past 3 hours, so I said sure. A few minutes later he was coughing, crying that his mouth was burning and his face had turned bright red and was swelling. I treated him with Benadryl, he seemed to improve. He went up for bath time.
When I checked on him before bed, he seemed like he was going the wrong way, puffy face, throwing up, and non stop cough. It was time to hit the ER. So I left my own party in very dramatic fashion, taking someone else’s husband with me!
All ended fine. They administered Epi at the hospital along with a cocktail of who knows what and he was sent home.
Days later he’s fine. Mom’s a little rattled, carrying an epi pen and reading labels carefully for a whole new reason.
For whatever reason, the rest of the week never quite gelled together.
I’m going to have to bring it to get all the holiday festivities that need to be attended to done for Christmas!
Never a dull moment in parenthood!
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Diva Giveaway & Review – myEarth360.com
November 15, 2009 by Tania Reuben
Filed under Back To School, Diva Gift Guide, Diva Reviews
By Tania Reuben
myEarth360.com was founded by Lynn Hasselberger in 2008. It is a website dedicated to bringing consumers products that enable them to easily transition to an earth friendlier lifestyle while educating them at the same time.
Lynn’s story began a couple of years earlier in 2006 on her sons entry to first grade. As she looked around her son’s school, went to soccer games and attended school functions, she realized that she was in the epicenter of the “eco battle”. Flats of water, Gatorade, juice boxes, and single serve lunch snacks. A generation being raised in an environment where convenience trumps all. Her goal became to raise awareness and offer solutions.
The I Count for my Earth campaign was born. Launched at Lynn’s son’s school in January 2008, this school program–FREE to schools–was designed with the goal of empowering students to take care of the earth and inspire others to do the same.
Lynn’s website, myEarth360 shares the eco-friendly products she uses with others. Offering:
eco-practical; household products, school supplies, water filtration, reusable shopping bags.
eco-chic; handbags & accessories made from recycled materials, Rain Tees illustrated by children living in endangered rain forests and sustainable fashion.
Lynn with her son.
While visiting myEARTH, don’t forget to check out her blog. It is a further extension of her passion for issues that impact the earth and our children’s health; a platform to not only help others take small steps through personal (often humorous) stories about her own family’s journey, but to motivate others to use their voices to help make change on a global level. She helps other organizations like End Water Poverty, Green House Neutral Foundation and Save The Frogs spread their word via social marketing.
To give back even more, myEARTH360.com offers the Shop and Share program to schools and non-profit organizations –a virtually effortless, paperless ongoing fund-raiser that also helps raise awareness in the communities.
Lynn recently sent me a few of her wares to try out.
SKOY cloth – An ultra absorbent 100% biodegradable cloth made of cotton and wood-pulp cellulose. Keep fresh by tossing it in the dishwasher or mircrowave.
Refresh’n Dryer Towel – Think chemical free Dryel.
Crayon Rocks – Super cute rock shaped crayons that are not made with petroleum and have a tripod grip (perfect for little hands). A great stocking stuffer!
Grow a Note Cards – Plantable Greeting Cards – handmade in San Diego, CA. How fun is that!
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