Cute-Ecakes and Moms with Voices Media are hosting a Grand Event! (Yes- $1000.00) With a goal of 100 bloggers, we are going to make this thing huge!! CLICK HERE FOR THE SIGNUP FORM The Grand Event Cash Giveaway will run from Wednesday, February 15th (12:00AM) to  Wednesday, February 29th (11:59PM). The Grand Event Grand Prize The GOAL for this event is a $1000 prize The actual prize will depend upon participation! Grand Prize amount will be announced on 2/8!! BLOGGER REFERRAL CONTEST For an added incentive to spread the word, we’ve added a blogger prize! There are TONS of ways to enter, and I’ve tried to make it as easy for you as possible! ONE WINNER- will receive $50 Paypal Cash ONE WINNER- will participate in the event for FREE!Find out complete details and sign up HERE!!  Updating My SEO Because Even the Internet Needs a Good Declutter If you’ve been poking around peanutbutterandwhine.com lately and thought, “Huh, something feels different,” congratulations. Your instincts are sharp and possibly paranormal. I’m deep in the process of updating my SEO. Not the glamorous kind of update where confetti falls and Google personally thanks me, but the gritty, behind-the-scenes kind where old posts…

I thought it would be a way better idea to make Baby Alice list her New Year Resolutions than to promise ones for myself.  So for 2012 Alice would like to present…………………… Alice’s  Resolution list for 2012 1. I Want Learn to say Mom, Dad, Nonnie (in no particular order!! Honest!!) 2. Learn to Roll Over     DONE!!!  And Alice was SHOCKED!! LOL 1/9/12 3. Play more Peek-a-Boo 4. Roll Back and Forth on the Floor. 5. Do Finger-plays 6. Sing a song 7. Dance with Nonnie to music 8. Learn to Crawl 9. Talk into an electric fan 10. Go for a Walk at least 3 Days a week (Nonnie x-nayed the everyday walk… get real kid!!) 11. Play with a bucket of water and a sponge (Shhhh… It’s really called scrubbing the floor!) 12.  Read a Story a Day 13.  Go to the park at least once a week 14. Finger-paint 15. Bang on Pots and Pans with a spoon 16. Practice putting things in and taking things out of boxes and bags 17.       Take a Picture a Day (at least!) 18. Use a paper towel tube as a megaphone 19. Paint Alice’s palms…

I wish I could shake this )#($*#*($&*(#@#&$ COLD!!!!!!!  I want to get back to work!!!  Now baby Alice is sick too. The only funny thing about today??  I wanted to show you a picture of Baby Alice’s new teeth. She was smiling and movin’ that jaw forward showin’ off those 2 bottom teeth………. that is…….. UNTIL I PICKED up the CAMERA!!!!!!!  Sarcasm… it’s what this family does! Yes, I know..I know….. yes, I took a ton of pictures while she was sick……..!  But… I did tell her upfront if you just show me the teeth we will be done.  She’s the one that didn’t cooperate!!!   How cute are those teeth!?!??!?!? Updating My SEO Because Even the Internet Needs a Good Declutter If you’ve been poking around peanutbutterandwhine.com lately and thought, “Huh, something feels different,” congratulations. Your instincts are sharp and possibly paranormal. I’m deep in the process of updating my SEO. Not the glamorous kind of update where confetti falls and Google personally thanks me, but the gritty, behind-the-scenes kind where old posts get dusted off, links get refreshed, and keywords are gently coaxed into behaving better. Think less makeover montage, more haunted house cleanup. While revisiting early posts,…

Eli’s snowman Today was the first day I felt good enough to actually DO something.  I think I may have over done.  (Geee… really?!?  Who would have thought after 8 days in bed?!?!)  The tree is down. The house is half clean and half tornado hit mess!  Some of the laundry is done and the bed is made.  Whimp that I am I plan to be in it at 8pm! Updating My SEO Because Even the Internet Needs a Good Declutter If you’ve been poking around peanutbutterandwhine.com lately and thought, “Huh, something feels different,” congratulations. Your instincts are sharp and possibly paranormal. I’m deep in the process of updating my SEO. Not the glamorous kind of update where confetti falls and Google personally thanks me, but the gritty, behind-the-scenes kind where old posts get dusted off, links get refreshed, and keywords are gently coaxed into behaving better. Think less makeover montage, more haunted house cleanup. While revisiting early posts, I discovered something unsettling. Many of the original photos and videos have completely vanished. Not broken links. Not corrupted files. Gone. Poof. Into the digital ether. This can only confirm one thing: peanutbutterandwhine.com is haunted. There is no other explanation. Sure,…