Good Eats: Baked Chicken and Mushroom Tostadas by @HowToSimplify

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Trivia question: What’s my favorite type of food? If you guessed Mexican, then you’re correct. I’m always trying to come up with different Tex Mex and Mexican dishes as I play with peppers, tomatoes, tortillas, and spices. Mexican food is always so flavorful and packed with heat, all of which keep me coming back for [...]

Twitter Party Time: Join Us For The Best Tech Holiday Gifts and Prizes Sponsored by @IntelEdge – December 8th, 2011

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Ready, set, shop! The holidays are upon us and it’s time to get in gear and start finding the perfect gift for everyone on your list.  No pressure, right? Well, don’t stress— if there’s one thing we know for sure here at Digitwirl, it’s that tech can help make anyone’s spirit a little brighter! Whether [...]

Do Good: @Target + @TheEllenShow = Powerhouse Partners Team Up to Help Our Schools, Our Kids, and Their Education

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Who Doesn’t Love Target? Now, You Will Love Them Even More!!   “This holiday season we’re partnering with Target to help award 50 schools with $100,000 grants to improve their schools; and we need help from so many people,” said talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.         “If you know of an amazing, [...]

Travel Time: Where’s My Luggage? What Do You Mean It’s Not Here?? ( @TravelMoms Twitter Party December 5th, 2011 )

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Imagine pulling up to Detroit Metro Airport after driving for 3+ hours and opening the trunk and seeing that only one of your two pieces of luggage are there?   What? Where is it?   You are heading to you Utah for a Social Media Conference where you are both a speaker and the Social [...]

Get Great Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Kids: Have Them Circle Their Favorites in Toy Catalogs Like @MastermindToys

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Every year those toy catalogs come in the mail. Well, this year I got an awesome catalog by Mastermind Toys. I got to look at it first because all of the kidlets were at school. Ha! I was immediately impressed with this catalog. As I was flipping through I saw page after page of things [...]

Good Eats: Hearty Irish Beef Stew by @HowToSimplify

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As the leaves begin to change color and the weather starts to get that certain crispness in the air, it’s not difficult to tell that Fall is here . . . and I could not be happier. As the seasons change, so too do the types of foods that are made. Light summer dishes are [...]

Do Good Canadians: Help Raise $10,000 for Make-A-Wish Canada via @MastermindToys of Canada

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MasterMind Toys of Canada’s Be a Star campaign is in its 10th year, and together with their customers they have raised over $800,000 for children’s charities. All donations go directly to the charities and this is the first year they have brought this program on-line through their Facebook page. For every new Facebook fan they [...]

Me Time: Some Days Coffee Just Makes Me A Better Person and A Better Mom!

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Is it bad for me to say that some days coffee just makes me a better person? I am so not a morning person. I work Sunday through Thursday nights from 10pm to 2am and let me tell you that 7am comes quite early for night owl me. So, I think the whole family benefits [...]

Review Time: Beauty + Fashion + Function with @GoodyHair DoubleWear Bracelets that are Ponytails

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My name is Maria and I am 10 years old. I am growing out my hair and bangs. I go through these phases of growing my hair and then chopping it all of and then growing it out again! I love to do all kinds of different things with my hair like: two ponytails, one [...]

Do Good: Send a Little Bit of Gooey Chocolate Love To Our Troops with @HarryandDavid Moose Munch Bars

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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said: “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing [...]