DISCLOSURE: I will receive compensation for this “Kidstructions: How does it work?” contest blog post. American Home Shield partnered with several bloggers like me to raise awareness about this contest. All content is my own and reflects my personal opinion. For official Company contest rules, visit ahs.com/kidstructions. It never ceases to amaze me, all the funny stuff Micah comes up with, on a daily basis. Last week, he asked me if he could play "skeletons", thinking this was a new game he made up, as he often does, I inquired... "What is "skeletons"? Is it a game?". He quickly informed me, "skeletons" is not a game, they are "just tiny bones in your body", then he proceeded to laugh at me, because of my apparent lack of knowledge about "skeletons". Micah is constantly making up new games to play, "Moneyball", for instance. (One of the best games ever, in my opinion) Moneyball is easy to learn and can be played with any number of players. The directions to play "moneyball" are simple...
Hubby says we should start recording all the funny stuff Micah says and send it in to America's Funniest Home Videos to win their big cash prize at the end of the year, which would be all fine and good, but I am pretty sure that show is only airing reruns. Luckily, there is a way to try to win prizes for the funny stuff your kid says. I am excited to be working with American Home Shield, the country's leader in home protection plans, to tell you all about their new contest, Kidstructions: How does it work?! Starting now, through March 14, you will have a chance to win some awesome prizes, just for sharing a video of your kid explaining how everyday household items work. The funnier, the better. What Can I Win?!
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When the Hubby said it was time to get the Christmas wreath off the front door, I knew it was time to find a fun Valentine's Day wreath to put up in its place. He never notices anything, so if he noticed, that means it should have been gone weeks ago. We are a fairly large family, in a fairly small space, with very little space to store stuff, so I don't really like to pay an arm and a leg for something that may or may not make it until next year.
When I saw this adorable heart garland at my local Dollar Tree, I knew I had found my wreath making materials. Initially, I was going to use a round styrofoam form and just wrap it around and call it even, then I found a small heart shaped thingy made out of wire and used it, but you could just as easily use a wire coat hanger, formed into a heart shape. There really is no sense in writing instructions, since even my 3 yr old can do this, it doesn't even require glue, just wrap the garland around your form and secure the loose end by tucking it, you can use a twist tie as a hanger... Easy peasy and if it somehow gets messed up in the recesses of your storage closet, no biggie, you can make another one next year for $2. I have been using Weebly for over a year now and I can honestly say there is not much I don't like about it. With its drag and drop layout, it is super easy to learn and use effectively. I had absolutely no experience with site building or code when I started using Weebly and I quickly realized I didn't need any. Weebly is very user friendly and pretty much fail safe, but in the event you do run into an issue, their support staff is very helpful, even if the problem is your own fault. *cough*guilty*cough*. Weebly has plenty of themes and if you can use Picmonkey, you can design your own header and sidebar buttons, for a more customized look. For those of us who aren't very techy, it is the perfect blogging platform, in my opinion. The only issue I have found, when using Weebly for blogging, is the inability to easily add the "no follow" attribute to links, which is a must for any post that contains sponsored content or when a product is received in exchange for a review. (This isn't my rule, it's Google's rule, so I tend to do what they say, as they are, for all intents and purposes, the governing body of the internet) So, how exactly do you "no follow" links, if Weebly doesn't offer an easy way to do so and you can't write HTML code... You improvise.
As I was writing a post one day, I thought to myself, "It sure would be easier if Weebly were more like Blogger". When using Blogger, all you do is tick a box and the link is coded "no follow", so it hit me... Weebly allows custom HTML, Blogger will convert your post into HTML automatically with one button... why not write the post, as you normally would (using weebly), then when you're finished, copy/paste it into Blogger, "no follow" your links, convert it to HTML and add it back to your post, using Weebly's custom HTML element.... |
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