I am thrilled to be able to be a guest contributor on Stephanie's blog here at Coupon Clippin Mommy. It's great when we can find savings to help make our budget more comfortable and saving time is also so important for a mom blogger. For those of us who know what it takes to run a blog, we know how time consuming it is to find just the right photo for a blog post and as we search for hours for the photo that will help bring our articles to life, we realize that our time has flown by and the mac n' cheese is now burning on the stove. I don't know about you, but after searching for what seems like eternity for just the right photo, sometimes the photo isn't really as easily accesible as I thought. Photographers, even hobbyists, are becoming more strict on who gets to use their photos. I can understand this to an extent, because sometimes bloggers forget to add the credit, or they feel leery on adding a link to a photo member's page that has inappropriate stuff in there. My laptop is in the living space in my home and I have had to cover the screen countless times so my kids don't see what I saw. eek!
So how could we have a photo sharing site where I could have instant access to photos I can use on my blog? Where can I go to find a photo in a safe photo community where someone with good family values are actually moderating the site to help keep it clean and professional? And is there any way I can just snag that photo and host it in the same place so I can skip all the extra steps it takes to download, log in to a site, upload, grab the code, log into my blog, then paste it in? I'm really getting tired of dealing with all these various websites just to put a blog post up for tomorrow!
While I'm asking these questions, let dream build a bit, shall we? Can I also purchase stock photos if I need to? So in other words, is there a family friendly photo community, where I can host, share, and sell (or buy) stock photos all in one, save time, money, and connect with friends and help support them by using their photos? Ya! Now that would be the ticket! If I can connect with my mommy blogger friends who are also fabulous photographers, use their photos on my site and my readers could click on the photo and come back to discover we're all supporting one another in the blogosphere through a family friendly network..wow wouldn't THAT be great? And even better I don't have to worry about adding the credit, because it's already added into the photo with a watermark and the HTML is all set up for me! Could this be too good to be true? A site that offers all that?
Well my dear bloggy friends, there IS such a place! After several years in the blogosphere, my husband sat down with me one night to see what blogging was all about. I showed him everything it takes to create a blog post that would be
relevent to my readers. As I walked him through all the steps it took, he saw how much time was being stolen from me and my family. I told him this, "Well if we could (insert everything I just told you) then it would be SO much better, save time, and provide more support in the blogosphere." He was hooked! He began having private meetings with friends and business partners and within no time at all we had our team rallied together to bring it to pass. We hired a developer team, filed our Trademark and Copyright and here we are,
Pix-O-Sphere...The Family Friendly Photo Community where you can do all of the above and so much more to come!
Stephanie is a free member and guess what? Every member has the opportunity to earn credits on the site by using the customized code in their profile to add this button to their blog. If anyone follows Stephanie's link, joins, AND upgrades to Advanced Membership then she earns two credits to use on the site to purchase photos. And even if you decide you'd like to try it for free, you can. The Basic membership is free and by following the link in her button you'll be instantly added to her as a friend.
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I am so excited to be giving away Snickers and the all new Snickers Peanut butter squared to our trick or treaters later today. Thanks to SheSpeaks I am part of "The Coolest House on the Block" campaign to get the word out about this new candy bar. Not too many houses in my neighborhood decorate so it's not too hard to be cool. The kit I received sure made it easy, I received "caution" tape, a strobe light, a spider web, fog machine and tons of Snicker candy! I put up some of the decorations but we had a big rain and I have since had to re-decorate and everything will be out in full gear this evening. I had so much fun making trick-or-treat packs for anyone who comes by tomorrow evening. I can't wait to share more pictures with you later in the week. 
My thoughts on Snicker Peanut Butter Squared: Yummy! I noticed that you get a few less in a fun size bag than with the traditional Snickers bars but the peanut butter ones are much thicker. My mother-in-law who doesn't even like peanut butter loved this new Snickers bar. 
This new candy bar won't be available in store until Winter 2010 so be sure and keep your eyes out for a "Coolest House on the Block" near you. For more information you can check out the Snickers facebook page.
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Review: As a one income family we are always looking for ways to spend time together for less. The Wanchai Ferry and Macaroni Grill Dinner Kits are an affordable solution for a date night in. Over the last few weeks I was able to make both of the dinner kits I received.
Have you seen these kits in your local grocery store? If you have, you already know they are available at an affordable price, especially when you use a coupon! I hope they continue to add additional varieties to the product lines. Our family was able to eat from one box but my kids are little so it might be nice if family size kits were available. All in all I recommend both the Wanchai Ferry and Macaroni Grill Dinner kits for date night and every night in between.
