tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22139810594008831522024-03-20T02:42:37.040-05:00Some Call It Natural... I call it normal.Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-26378393585404677212011-10-15T10:57:00.002-05:002011-10-15T10:57:34.530-05:00Moving to Wordpress!I am switching to a self hosted wordpress site!
Those of you that are bloggers know why that is exciting, but I tell you what... it's a bit of a headache if you are doing the move on your own!!
There is a lot to learn. Lucky for me, I'm a bit of a nerd in that arena and it's actually kind of fun... sometimes... and sometimes I want to throw my computer across the room!
Anyway, just Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-22583329114130247552011-10-05T10:56:00.002-05:002011-10-05T15:05:52.606-05:0010 Holiday Planning TipsIt’s never too early to start planning for the upcoming holidays!
There is so much to get ready for and remember…
Cards, making sure you have all your addresses, figuring out what you will buy for the kids and everyone else on your list, figuring out your budget, deciding what house you will be at and what foods will be made. I’m already tired just typing all that out!
For my own sanityNicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-22039342279959955592011-10-05T09:34:00.000-05:002011-10-05T09:34:18.990-05:00Happy Birthday to Most of You.... Apparently!According to a database query that anybirthday.com conducted, October 5th is the most common birthday.
There are 12,576 born on this day every single year!
Any math majors out there already have it figured out why this is the most common day to have a baby?? It is 9 months after New Year's Eve!!! Hmmm....
Wondering what the least common birthday is?? It's May 22nd. Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-25895821192076013722011-10-03T07:49:00.001-05:002011-10-03T07:49:06.842-05:00Halloween Costume Time!!!Whether you like Halloween or not, you’ve got to admit that seeing the kids all dressed up is super cute!  We don’t let our kids eat candy, really, so Halloween is a big deal.  It’s a big deal for me to let them have candy that is so bad for them and it’s a big deal for them that we actually let them have it!   Anyway, for the last two years, I have been lucky and been able to Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-9192210430691582232011-09-29T12:41:00.005-05:002011-10-06T17:32:30.945-05:00Pumpkin Puke #Spookamole RecipeWho is getting excited about Halloween? I have to admit, I’m not much of a Halloween fan… kids dressing up and going around house to house begging for candy… most of which will end up in the trash at the end of the night… doesn’t make sense to me.
Now, that being said, I do love hosting and attending parties… don’t really care the occasion!
If you are hosting OR attending a party this Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-53009596442530631732011-09-28T12:40:00.001-05:002011-09-28T23:05:58.007-05:00Tri-Cross from Games for Competitors Review This game is a cross between checkers and chess.  It has some of the same concepts of checkers in that you are jumping over pieces and removing them from the board, but there is more strategy involved, just as there is in chess.   I was sent the Standard board game, as well as the Eco-Friendly version of the game.  Being the natural girl that I am, I definitely prefer the Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-38344104296728441202011-09-28T11:39:00.002-05:002011-09-28T23:05:58.007-05:00AIMS ReviewHave you all heard of the AIMS Education Foundation? I had the opportunity to review their Getting Into Geometry book.
This book is great. It makes learning about shapes fun! It starts out with 2-D shapes. It shows your child how they can make shapes into other things (like the pic on the front of the book above). Then they move to 3-D objects, showing the Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-53318154384156804152011-09-21T10:58:00.002-05:002011-09-28T23:05:58.008-05:00Before Five in a Row Review
Before Five in a Row is a book geared towards children from age 2 to 4. This book is perfect for my youngest who is 3, so I was excited to be able to review it.
My daughter is dying to do ‘cool’ just like her older siblings and I thought this would be perfect for that. Well, it’s not necessarily, because the things the book gives you to do with your young child makes it so that the Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-59588871467210635882011-09-20T09:51:00.001-05:002011-09-28T23:08:56.525-05:00ALEKS Math 2 Month Free Trial Have you heard of ALEKS online math program?   Well, whether you have or haven’t, now is the perfect time to get introduced to it!  They are offering a 2 month free trial to their program for all homeschoolers! (click on 2 month free trial if you want the free trial)   I’m excited about this, because I have checked out their website in the past and it looks and sounds great, Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-3314594361258933352011-09-18T23:59:00.002-05:002011-09-28T23:09:11.649-05:00#Mompact Blog Hop Review & Giveaway Label-ItzI have teamed up with 119 other blogs in a giveaway event that features businesses owned by moms.
Click on this pretty rectangle to find out more about MomPact... Us moms need to stick together!
You will have the opportunity to win mom made products on each of the 120 blogs (including mine). All you have to do is hop around to the different blogs and enter each one. Easy, right?
I Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-13648988379260515662011-09-17T21:21:00.001-05:002011-09-28T23:08:36.262-05:00Master Cleanse–Done!It is the end of day 10 of my cleanse and I thought I would just give you all an update of how the last few days went. I did do the salt water flush like I said I would.  I drank it on days 7, 8, and 9 and then decided to skip it this morning (Day 10).  Let’s just say… it didn’t work out.  I’m not sure that I will ever willingly swallow salt water again.  I’m sure it works Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-81590807497110527392011-09-16T16:04:00.002-05:002011-09-28T23:05:58.009-05:00Big IQ Kids Review
If your kids love to play on the computer, but you want them to do something educational, Big IQ Kids is the perfect solution!
My kids have liked using this program. They can learn math, spelling, vocabulary and geography with it. You can customize it so that it is at your child’s level of learning. I love that. Whenever a program allows me to do that, I always put my Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-53672302270983712682011-09-13T15:31:00.001-05:002011-09-28T23:08:36.263-05:00Master Cleanse – Mid WeekAs you know if you’ve been reading my blog, I’ve been doing the Master Cleanse this week.  It is a fast that entails you drinking a mixture of water, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper.   I updated you all on the first couple days of my fast and then I neglected you all.  I know you’ve been losing sleep wondering how my fast has been going… did I quit?… how do I feel?… Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-22231983585388211622011-09-11T13:01:00.001-05:002011-09-28T23:09:35.355-05:00Remembering 9/11 and Telling Your KidsThere are moments in history where I've heard people say they will never forget where they were when they heard the news. The attack at Pearl Harbor, JFK being shot, the Berlin Wall coming down... I'm positive there are many people that know where they were during those events.
I know exactly where I was on September 11 2001. I had a 7 o'clock class at Life University that morning Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-30031709272630230432011-09-10T17:10:00.001-05:002011-09-28T23:08:36.264-05:00Master Cleanse–Day 22 days down, 8 to go!   Day 2 went well.  I skipped the herbal tea again.  I drank 80 oz. of the lemonade.    There were times throughout the day that I would get a headache, but it seemed to go away if I just drank a glass of the lemonade.   My hubby joined me in the fast, so that was nice.  Now we are partners in the endeavor and I’m sure that will makeNicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-88651903256209229352011-09-10T17:09:00.000-05:002011-09-28T23:12:34.481-05:00Briggs & Riley BRX Luggage ShoppingWhen you are traveling, do you sometimes wish you could fit everything you need into one piece of luggage instead of carrying multiple bags?
My hubby desperately needed a new piece of luggage. In fact, he has never owned an actual piece of luggage, you know, like the kind that is rectangular and rolls on wheels? He has a huge duffle bag and a few little bags that he uses when Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-4310442732739104062011-09-09T15:46:00.000-05:002011-09-28T23:08:36.264-05:00Master Cleanse - Day 1Have any of you heard of the Master Cleanse - AKA Lemonade Diet? Please don't misunderstand the word diet... yes, you can lose weight on this, but the point of the Master Cleanse... is just that... to cleanse your body.
I haven't been treating my body the best since Olivia stopped nursing, as you may have figured out from my sweet tea post.
So, I decided it was time for a cleansing fast.&Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-66296749911565991622011-09-09T10:50:00.002-05:002011-09-28T23:13:11.810-05:00LaMomba - Connecting Brands and Blogs
This is a new site I wanted to share with all my fellow bloggers!
Here is their Mission from their home page:
"LaMomba aims to illuminate brand directories and blog connections through our Connectory. The simple, quick-look style is saving both brands and bloggers thousands of hours that had previously been spent searching hundreds of sites in the blogosphere for just the right match. Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-78024587999555665762011-09-07T10:39:00.000-05:002011-09-28T23:15:36.984-05:00Best Purchase Ever -{ WW }
~Nicole~
Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-27907578365027446102011-09-07T01:25:00.001-05:002011-09-28T23:05:58.010-05:00Flea CircusNo, this is not a post about the fleas that our new cat has (oh… did I mention we got a cat this summer?)… anyway, it’s about a super fun game called Flea Circus. This is my first review as a TOS Crew member!
This game is great! My kids enjoyed playing it so much that when they were finished playing it the first time, they immediately played it again… that’s a winner!
My Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-43687052444274178732011-09-05T15:33:00.000-05:002011-09-28T23:15:36.984-05:00Need a Way to Remember Labor Day and Memorial Day?
Anyone else out there get Labor Day and Memorial Day mixed up?
No, just me?
Oh well, I’m going to tell you anyway… if nothing else, I can look up this blog post anytime I forget again!
It’s so easy, I don’t know why I never thought of it before! Labor day is around when school starts back up again after summer break… school is definitely labor!!
... or maybe that's just for Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-40565922993644078322011-09-02T15:36:00.003-05:002011-09-28T23:08:36.265-05:00Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil GiveawayWho likes coconut oil here? Have you ever used it or thought coconuts were just used as crunchy yumminess on the top of cookies or sundaes?
Coconuts are sooooo good for you. They have a list of health benefits longer than I care to list or you probably care to read (None of which are approved by the FDA… in case you were wondering). According to Coconut Research Center.org, “Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-4009575828084259162011-09-01T09:51:00.002-05:002011-09-28T23:13:11.811-05:00My Exciting News!This is not new news, but I just realized that I haven’t told you all yet…
I am on The Old Schoolhouse (TOS) Crew review team
AND the Timberdoodle review team!
What does that mean for you guys?
Simply put, it means you get to hear about A LOT of super cool products! Don’t worry if you don’t homeschool, not all of them are just for homeschoolers. In fact, my first couple of reviewsNicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-19871385129307677632011-08-31T23:28:00.000-05:002011-09-28T23:11:57.581-05:00Moon Dough Magic Zoo & Gomu Review & Giveaway!I’ve recently had the opportunity to review a couple of great kids products.
The first is Moon Dough Magic Zoo. You have probably already heard of Moon Dough, but they added some really cool features to this product that make it more fun!
The Moon Dough Magic Zoo has little holder thingy (that’s a technical term) that you put the moon dough in to make the desired animal shapeNicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213981059400883152.post-61502223991678818282011-08-22T21:10:00.000-05:002011-09-28T23:11:57.582-05:00A Blogtastic Extravaganza 2.0 WINNERS!!
I know that some of you are on the edge of your seats waiting for an email from me saying you won one of my prize packs for A Blogtastic Extravaganza....
Well, if you are
Colleen
or
Kari
then you know that you are the winners of my giveaways!
Colleen won the Back to 'Home' School prize packandKari won the Back to 'After' School prize pack
Congrats to you both!! I know you Nicole @ Some Call It Naturalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513480463022952112noreply@blogger.com2