In need of #HolidayHelp?
DAILYGROMMET.com to the Rescue!

They find fun, funky, fabulous gifts. EVERYDAY!
And these fab finds aren’t a one time daily thing, they’re always there, waiting for you to FIND them!

I love that each ‘Grommet’ comes with an in depth description and a video presentation showing the toy/gadget/silk scarf (hint hint) up close and in action.

I’ve been searching all the ‘Grommets’ thinking about what I would spend $50 of Daily Grommet cash on…

The perfect birthday gift for my inquisitive 7yrold little boy?
He loves all things science-y, building-y and puzzle-y.

From L-R: Paper Punk, Shrinky Dinks (Who knew they still make these!), and Laser Pegs.

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How about something for the special HIM, HER and EVERYONE in my life?

L-R: Jenny Krauss embroidered belt (OHEMGEE!), Perplexus Puzzle Ball, and Gorillapod Camera Tripod

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I’m thinking about making a huge Daily Grommet list for the ‘Santa-Baby’ in my life, I like to KNOW I’m getting something GOOD under the tree!!

How about you? Want to WIN a $50 Gift Code to the Daily Grommet?
{Sweepstakes Below}

*TWITTER PARTY ALERT!*

There’s a Daily Grommet Twitter party next Monday night (the 21st!)

“Join expert entertaining, design and food bloggers as we share tips & ideas to make this holiday season fun, creative and stress-free!  @DailyGrommet will also be giving away four $25 gift cards live during the party!”

I get to join in as a panelist and basically type my fingers off while we talk all things eggnog, holiday traditions and tinsel!
Let the Yuletiding begin!!!

When: Monday, November 21 at 7-8pm EST (4-5pm PST)
Hashtag: #HolidayHelp
Prizes: Four winners will be awarded $25 Daily Grommet gift cards live at the party with a HUGE giveaway announced as well – just in time for the holidays!

{I’m told the super secret grand giveaway is going to be big. As in… HUGE. As in #SRSLYBETHERE!!!}

Giveaway Details!

WHAT:

ONE lucky winner will receive a $50 Gift Code to DailyGrommet.com

$50 VALUE

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Answer in the Comments:

“What is the most interesting Daily Grommet Gift Idea you can find on their website?”

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Please leave separate comments with Twitter time stamp URLs, and your Twitter username.

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I was compensated by Daily Grommet to participate in #HolidayHelp.

What does an online Food Fight look like?
What does a Healthy food fight look like?

Do you throw emoticons and .jpgs? Or maybe spew out bad HTML or CSS files?
Nah.
Mainly you TALK about throwing food. (Or donuts). (Or zucchini casseroles).

Now what does a Twitter party version of a HEALTHY food fight look like?

It Looks Like THIS:

CarissaRogers : What To Do With Giant Zucchini? bit.ly/bfmRzP #ssFoodfight cc @balancingactTV

MiscRamblings: @CarissaRogers **catches the donut** and follows you back from the food fight! #ssfoodfight

BlogWellDone (Chris Perrin): @simplydab @CarissaRogers The literature on the subject argues for genetics helping the French along #SSFoodfight

simplydab (Donna): @BlogWellDone @CarissaRogers We could if, as a culture, we stressed quality & moderation over supersizing everything in sight. #ssfoodfight

lexiquin: @CarissaRogers My kids love VooDoo donuts! They have a store in Eugene, also #SSFoodFight

CarissaRogers : CATCH ya’ll later! #ssfoodfight crowd CATCH THE DONUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RachelFerrucci: YUCKKKK RT @CarissaRogers: @BlogWellDone Kidney what?? my eyebrows are crinkling?? Ew? #ssfoodfight

momofbestbaby RT @CarissaRogers: @WiCProject you can get bobs red mill in bulk on amazon for not to bad of a price. we do.#ssfoodfight

CarissaRogers Q5: What’s your favorite healthy dessert? #SSFoodFight Pls RT

CarissaRogers Q4: breakfast is hard for us. we often eat bagels or cereal. ‘hot’ breakfasts are weekend or dinner affairs here! #ssFoodFight

centsiblelife (Kelly Whalen)

RT @CarissaRogers: Q4: Whats your idea of a healthy breakfast? #SSFoodFight

CarissaRogers: RT @MiscRamblings: RT @: It’s Not too late to rsvp to win the door prize valued over $200 bit.ly/p2L9L8 #ssFoodFight

CarissaRogers Q2: I cook up a batch of Bob’s Red Mill whole grains and use a half cup in nearly anything. srsly, salad, sauces, meatloaf! #ssFoodFight

CarissaRogers Q2: I sneak spinach into lasagna ALWAYS. Plus I chop up veggies in my food processor for any casserole or spaghetti sauce! #ssFoodFight

CarissaRogers Q2: How do you sneak healthy foods into recipes for the children? #ssFoodFight

CarissaRogers Q1: I’ve got one.. a zucchini casserole that I love. I know zucchini doesn’t sound fab, but THIS is yummy! #ssFoodFight

CarissaRogers RT @savvyjulie: RT @shespeaksup: Plan the weeks lunches in advance to make shopping easier. #ssFoodFight

CarissaRogers Q1: What’s your favorite healthy recipe that was passed down in your family? #ssFoodFight good question.. !

shespeaksup: 2day’s SheStars @justprecious @blogwelldone @SavvyJulie @centsiblelife @zipporahs @carissarogers will be sharing healthy cookng #SSFoodFight

CarissaRogers RT @shespeaksup: We’re talking Cooking and Eating Healthy w/ @AetnaFoodFight and @circulon #ssFoodFight

CarissaRogers See you in 30min! @justprecious @centsiblelife Nothing sensible about a foodfight! Unless it’s a HEALTHY food fight! #SSfoodfight

savings_steward (Alecia Stanley) YAY! Looks like your profile pic is ready RT @CarissaRogers: @savings_steward @shespeaksup see you both in a cple hours! #SSfoodfight

Seem kinda wild and crazy? Well it’s a party after all, with a lot of food virtually flinging around the inter-room!
Lasagna with spinach hiding in it, a fabulous zucchini recipe (what do you do with GIANT zucchinis anyway?) And I swear Rachel Ferrucci was talking about eggplant balls. (I know… I’m trying to wrap my head around that too!)

And while the party was a blast to chit and chat and tweet about all our favorite heathy foods and recipes..

There’s more…
There’s a giant giveaway!
Enter your own healthy recipe to win!

YOU can enter to win several prizes include Dutch Ovens and gourmet cookware from Circulon donated by Meyer Corporation, U.S. —Aetna and SheSpeaks.com have teamed up to provide this giveaway and chance to TALK (and throw virtual melons and donuts) about healthy food options.

There’s one more Twitter Party coming up:

• Thursday September 15th
• 8PM Eastern (5PM for us West Coasters)
• Follow: #SSFoodFight and @shespeaksup to play along!

See you there!

Disclosure: I was compensated for my portion of this campaign.

Or more appropriately WHO is ESRB?

Turns out they are real people…

THE people who create the ratings for Video Games.
Oh! I knew that. (Sure.)

And you can talk to them and everything? IN FACT THEY WANT YOU TO! WACKY huh?
They WANT your questions! Join the Conversation!

Twitter Party Wednesday Night (August 27th) Hashtag: #ESRB (more party details on their Facebook page hurry and RSVP!) I get to be a Panelist with them!! How fun!$50 Game Stop Gift Cards are up for grabs during the party if you have RSVP’d.

Join the Conversation and WIN

Submit questions via @OKtoPlay on Twitter, (Or email to ‘Questions At ESRB.org’).
And you get entered to win a weekly $50 Gift Card! Follow on Facebook to see your question in Print!

Details:

Disclosure, I am being compensated for the ESRB Twitter campaign. But I honestly do have real questions for them? Like how do they come up with their ratings? Why did they chose the age breakdowns that they did? And do they have an ‘addictive’ rating? Cuz there are some games I can’t get my kids away from, while other games they lose interest in almost immediately.

The Moon and the Cap

See more at memetales

Memetales is a great new website where parents and children can connect and read and create and share and …so much more!

What is it?

Memetales is THE online marketplace for picture books. It is a space where people who love picture books come together to share and create around the books. Creating a community of common interest surrounding every book is indeed the best marketing tool.

I had the opportunity to meet the Creator and all around amazing woman behind the scenes: Maya, in October. I had already virtually met her and knew I loved her. And now watching her little start up go from brilliant idea to Fabulous Product has been amazing to watch!

Take a minute and click over to Memetales.. tell me what you think of the site? Share it with your kids and imagine ways to interact and share and create around the theme of your favorite book! Do you know any children’s book authors? Tell them about this new resource and way to get the word out about their book.

I keep thinking how great this resource will be for teachers and librarians.. and what about homeschool moms?? Maya tells me an iPhone app is on the way, and I say HooRay! We have an iTouch and I would so love to have some of these books downloaded for the upcoming LONG family drives this summer…

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• If you want to talk more about children’s books, I’ve been invited to share my passion Tuesday night (3/9) at #GNO (Girls Night Out on Twitter.com). I’ll be a guest panelist and you can join in by RSVPing on MomItForward.com! And don’t forget: enter to win the #GNO giveaway!

I have not been compensated for this post. I was simply asked to join in on #GNO this week on a topic I love!