Watercooler: Memorial Day Weekend Edition

Posted by Danelle Ice at 2:51 pm

May 222009

Welcome to the Watercooler, the virtual meeting place where we share the most interesting happenings of this week, 5/22/09! Do you have something new or noteworthy that you’d like mentioned in The Watercooler? Let us know at tips(at)homeeverafter.com.

New

Free Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs – Coupons for $1 Million Giveaway
Feng Shui Tips for Your Home
Winner of the Wet Ones School Giveaway
Hubby’s Best Recipes: Stuffed Tortilla Chips
Exclusive Beauty Ticket Coupon Code
Grocery Matchups & Deals: Free at Walmart
Menu Plan: More Great Depression Recipes
Dump the Frump & Get Your Style Back
12 Natural Beauty Tips From The Kitchen

We were also included in the Delightful Dozen at A Virtuous Woman. Thank you, Charlene!

Hot Blogs & Websites This Week

How to Keep Cool When It’s Hot Outside from Being Frugal. “Your best bet is to grill outside, but if that’s not possible, use your stovetop or the crockpot. Or even better, prepare a yummy, yet frugal, pasta salad for dinner. Cook the pasta in the morning, while the house is cool and refrigerate it all day.”

Feeding a Crowd at The Happy Housewife. Toni is having a huge party at her house to celebrate her husband’s promotion, and is cooking food for 70 people! As a mom of 7 kids, she’s already used to cooking in batches, but when I talked to her, she was cooking something like 150 Swedish meatballs! Here’s hoping her entertaining goes perfectly!

Laid Off? 10 Tips For Suddenly Unemployed Journalists from Recovering Journalist. “Nothing can immediately take away the pain and anxiety that you’re feeling, but hopefully these will help you understand that your situation is not unique and that you’ll be able to get through this. And maybe it will get you thinking about next steps.” There is great advice in this article for all people who have been laid off, not just writers.

Unintended Consequences of Mom Blogging at Mom Bloggers Club. Jennifer James talks about the fighting amongst mommy bloggers about issues from paid posts to giveaways and more. Great points, which I talked about a little bit in my post about why we’re neutral on controversial issues.

Contests

Celebrations.com is having a contest to find out people’s most creative and unique themes for kids’ birthday parties. 3 winners will receive prizes from Fairytale Brownies. Enter here.

I hope you have big plans to do something fun this Memorial Day weekend! Don’t forget to #followfriday on Twitter tomorrow.