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Pixorial - Ushering back the return of the Betamax
Some of my favorite memories: Seeing Paris when I was 8. My senior year dance performance. Bungee jumping off a crane over the Hudson River. And they're all saved on video tape.
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Adventures in Babysitting - now free from Care.com
When it comes to finding childcare, I'm one of the lucky ones with built-in babysitters (as in, my parents) living a few blocks away. There's a downside or two to having my parents around the corner, trust me, but when it comes to finding someone to watch my kids I've got it pretty good.
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The Sisterhood of the Magical Pants, aka brilliant maternity jeans
Sure, you can spend hundreds of dollars to get maternity jeans from hip labels, but the cost is exorbitant and you end up wearing them for just a few months. (Or, hopefully just a few months.)
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Consider it an app for free fries
Yeah, sometimes we want to hit our favorite restaurant and the kids can nibble off our plates or make do with--gasp!--adult food, but other times we're faced with the realities of a tight budget and wanting to keep the peace.
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Jade's ToyBox delivers boxes of pure happiness
I'm starting to think that group gifts are the way to go. Chip in with a bunch of other folks, and get someone one seriously awesome something-or-other that they'll really appreciate.
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Parents of kids with food allergies: Your digital savior is here
Food Content Alerts may have a dry name but it's not at all a dry idea - a website and mobile app that helps you navigate the difficult world of "no, he can't eat that either but thanks."
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Tweet your dream trip. No seriously. Like, now. Do it.
So I just got home from Barcelona. Yes, that Barcelona - the one with the chorizo and the Gaudi buildings and the people saying grathiath. Believe it or not, I won a trip there and you can too.
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You blink and they're grown? Yeah, pretty much
I'm having trouble deciding which I think is cooler--GrowShow's free and easy program to create a progressive slide show/movie of your child's growth, or their ingenious picture frames that can be configured in nearly endless ways.
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Sharing baby photos without driving everyone crazy - Who knew that was even possible.
If only lil'grams had existed back when my oldest was born, we would've been able to
channel our new-parent enthusiasm in a far more stylish, manageable and
less-annoying manner than the hundreds of photos we emailed, webcasts we scheduled, and blog we created to document her every move.
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The end to "reply all?" It's a miracle!
My kids have been back to school for a few weeks already, and my inbox runneth over. I need more volunteers for the coupon drive, says the coordinator. This is quickly followed by a bevy of reply-alls which are making me crazy.
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Swapping it forward with Swap Mamas
I used to do the consignment thing with my kids' outgrown clothes, but I've just not found a store in our new locale that has enough stuff I want to buy to make it worth my while to sell there.
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