I am completely in love with this site. Usually I don’t get caught up in many shopping sites. When I need something, I generally go to Amazon. However, Daily Steals has me buying not just things I need, but at some majorly deep discounts. The best deal I believe I’ve found here was the Pillow Pets for my daughter for less than $10 (including shipping!). She’s been wanting one for a long time, but I’ve never been able to justify the cost of it, until I saw it on Daily Steals. She’s going to be mighty surprised on her birthday! The idea behind Daily Steals is to offer not just a whole lot of products at regular prices, but one offer a day at one heck of a deal. They’ve recently taken it a step further and started offering a few other products each day in specific categories. Each deal is only available for...
Alright so this isn’t what you normally see here at Idea Queen. We tend to stay focused on recipes, crafts, and discounts. But my nagging love of music and a recent purchase has me bragging. Yes I’ve moved into the new century when it comes to downloading music. I found places to buy cheap mp3s. *GRIN* So here’s a few sites I’ve stumbled on that offer legal music downloads. What’s listed below are both places to buy full CDs (one time) and monthly sites offering unlimited downloads. Depending on which fits your needs is which service you’ll need to go with. 1. MP3s at Amazon My favorite place to buy cheap mp3s, but only because it’s the only place I’ve purchased them. Plus of course I have no desire to buy multiple tracks and albums a month. Just one album here and there is all I’m really...
When your stuck in the house day after day with a little one as your main source of conversation, you start to crave adult attention in a major way. Of course we love our children and our private world with them (well, most of us anyway), but we all need a vacation sometimes. Here are a few social sites for moms you can join to save your sanity and take a much needed mommy break: CafeMom Share some personal stories, play some games, and meet some frazzled moms just like you. A very “real” community of parents just looking to relax. Groups help you connect with similar moms too, and share your interests with them. Frugal Mom Need some ideas for saving money? Here’s the forum to be! Share your ideas as well with their well organized topics. Other discussion welcome – you don’t HAVE to just talk about finances!...
Since things took a major turn for the worst at school and with the support of an independent councilor, we’re jumping into the unknown world of homeschooling. Like, immediately. I’ve had about a week to really get ready for this and the start date is coming up WAY fast. Honestly, I’m terrified. As I’m filling out paper work, I get down to the “Course of Study” section where they want me to detail what exactly I’ll be teaching the kid, and from what sources. Oh. Crap. I’ve had some idea sketched down and in my head, plus I’ve done some digging before. But on paper, in their little form, it doesn’t look that great. At least not to me. We have no books, no supplies outside of computer. “Random resources online” isn’t good enough for me or my kid, so I had to come...
If you have some older kids that play the computer alone (but still supervised), we stumbled on a great site for the older ones wanting to get into community based sites that are safe. KidzWorld is a safe community based site featuring chat rooms, message boards, games, and loads of activities. The chat room was the biggest draw for my 9yr old boy, who was finding chat rooms he should NOT be on more than once (there was a few times the computer was taken away from him for a week). But this chat room on KidzWorld I have no issues with him being on, since it’s filled with other kids 13 and under. We’ve gone over the rules of chat rooms since it’s not a “you can only say these pre-written statements” type of chat room. No, it’s a real chat. I had some big concerns when he first started not knowing what they’d...
Several months ago when we got our Wii, a section on Idea Queen was added to the site specifically for Wii game reviews. Now these were not just any kind of reviews, but rather ones with a focus on games best for families. There’s a total of 9 games listed there now, and a few more I COULD add that we have. However, I’m curious if this is something readers and visitors are even interested in. Should I add more? Or leave it like it is? Also while we are on the topic of adding things, what else would you like to see on Idea Queen? Read More →
My daughter loves to watch Food Network. Actually, she just loves food in general. At six, she’s informed me she wants to be a chef when she grows up, that is, if her pop star career doesn’t take off. He he. I’ve been mulling this idea over for awhile, thinking I’d love to give her a head start on this career. It worries me a bit, since living in the middle of nowhere it’s not like we have a whole lot of opportunities for gourmet cooking. The closest we have to a fancy restaurant is Applebees and Red Lobster. Still, I think she might go far if given some encouragement. I was poking around the other day, and came across a website called Spatulatta.com, which focuses on cooking with kids. They have videos and recipes, as well as fun things to make that encourages healthy eating. This is pretty important to us,...
Do you have a baby from newborn to three? If so, this parenting video contest from The Baby Formula is for you. Those expecting are welcome to join, too! The Baby Formula is seeking how-to video on babies, with a grand prize of $1000. The instructional videos can be about anything, just as long as they are related to parenting babies up to three years old. Entries should be in an instructional format and 6-20 minutes in length. You can see current videos here: Children & Parenting videos. The deadline to upload a video is November 17th, and winners will be announced on December 2nd. Prizes include a $1000 Grand Prize and a $500 People’s Choice Award. All the videos are free to view on the site during the contest for voting purposes. Users can vote once per week until November 14th, and then daily until November 28th. While my kids...
The other day while writing an article about how serious bullying really is I came across a wonderful site for kids and adults. The site is called “Stop Bullying Now!” and it gives tips, information, and resources for kids who are bullied (or do the bullying), kids who witness it, and also for adults (parents, teachers, and other adults involved with kids). What I like the most about this site is how it emphasizes the seriousness of bullying, and how to handle the situation with your kids. Since bullying is something we were dealing with at school before we went on summer vacation, I found that section extremely helpful. There are some good notes on how to push the school to get it stopped, but unfortunately our school isn’t taking it so seriously and I felt like we were in an uphill battle. I’ve been told over and...
For the last few weeks, I’ve been stuck on the groups at Cafe Mom. Looking through all the groups, it’s amazing to see how many different diverse groups there really are. It’s also nice to see people with the same priorities as us moms with similar interests. Personally I feel like I’m now “allowed” to have my own personal interests aside from my normal mommy duties. There’s two groups in particular that I’d like to share. One of them is actually mine, and the other I just like to poke around in. Before checking out these specific groups, be sure to first join CafeMom.com. Help with Dreams & Dream Meanings Since dreams are a personal interest of mine, I started this group. I have a pretty strong belief in the fact we are the only one who can fully understand and find the meaning in our...
