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Sponge Bob Square Pants. Dora. Diego. Blues Clues. ( I could go on and on…) Do these names sound vaguely familiar to you? Is the Nick Jr. channel permanently on your TiVo? Well, did you know that here in Orlando, Florida there is a Nickelodeon Family Suites?!?! Michelle and I took our families to this awesome place of Nick Jr. FUN!!! We wanted to share with you a detailed review so your family could have the best vacation ever.
We start giving you some really cool gift ideas for this holiday season! What better time to start than after Thanksgiving? We introduce to you such a sweet soul, Brenda Williams with Naturally Pampered for great stress relief products. She shares with us how she left Corporate America only to discover the beauty of nature and then the evolution of her product line. She sent Michelle and myself some samples of lotions, body creams, body scrubs, candles and bam! They both felt so relaxed and truly pampered already!
Then, I talk to Lin Hanzelko from Timmy’s Toy Chest in LakeMary who tells us all about her beautiful new store and the wide variety of products. She cleverly incorporates family oriented events for the store and comments on how family-oriented the store is. Several customers have become like an extended family to her. Now that’s service and dedication as the best example!
We also meet Kimi from Half-Pint Designs for great baby and other unique gifts! She also donated her cool, hip little bags for us on the Cruise and ALL the girls loved, loved, loved it! So much fun! Find out about all the products she has available for you. We promise, you won’t be disappointed! Happy shopping and thanks for listening!
How many of you watched growing up, Little House on the Prairie? The quaint house they had? We all wondered what it would be like to live in one. Well, our guest this week, spent some of her childhood living in a log cabin! We will introduce you to another amazing mom, Heather Ledeboer from Mom4Life, a great online resource for you and your children. She shares with us her story of how she began her online business and how inventory took over the rooms in her home. She began with her first product as the New Native Baby Carrier and now she has hundreds of products by some creative moms themselves. Listen to the product that Suzette loves and will purchase herself! Heather also has quite a list of articles about various topics moms will find useful and also a blog that you can participate on and get some additional great ideas and support. We also have guest mom, Lorelei Buzzetta help us interview Heather! She truly had a great time!
Our friend Kristen Chase from Cool Mom Picks, returns with us to help guide us through the safest toys this holiday season. We catch up a little bit with Kristen and find out what she’s been up to. Also, check out their cool website and register to win some really neat prizes this week.
And we also have Karen Rose, author and motivational speaker of Take Good Care of Yourself. This is such a cute little book for you to read and give also as great gifts to any of your friends. I’ve met her and have had some really inspirational conversations with her. She’s wonderful!You can log onto www.karenrosespeaker.com to learn more about her and all of her great ideas!
Is this the scenario in your home during the week for dinner? You go through the drive thu of any fast food restaurant and then have this twinge of guilt… You know this is not a healthy meal, so to compromise in your mind, instead of purchasing a soda for them, you purchase milk instead. That’ll pass for tonight… Sound familiar?
Well, in this week, we learn some valuable information regarding how important proper nutrition is for your kids and for ourselves as mothers. Our friend and author, Cindy Heroux from the Mesos Center in Winter Park discusses with us how to properly shop at a grocery store such as Publix and within 20 minutes you immediately have a healthy, well balanced meal in less time than it would take you to order take out. Cindy also gives us moms the title of being “the gatekeepers of nutrition” for the family. We are the ones who are in charge of their health and we are also the examples for our children. You won’t want to miss this!
In keeping in line with a healthy lifestyle, we meet meet Tami Ward, owner of a local Curves. We learn that if time is your excuse, you can learn how to incorporate resistance training and the importance of this exercise to keep your bones strong as you age. Tami and I have a great conversation about these benefits and the advantage of “working out only with women”. You really can get healthy in just 30 minutes!
If you exercise with an MP3 player or an iPod and just don’t know how to carry it or don’t know where to put little things while you walk or run, we have the solution for you! The Power Pouch is the invention of our guest this week, Lauren Grace Updyke from Gracie’s Gear will inspire you to be a fit and active mom! I met her last January 2007 at the Walt Disney World Marathon Health and Fitness Expo and bought a couple of her Power Pouch tank tops to run in. I was so impressed by the tank as well as Gracie, I knew right away that I wanted to share her with all of you. She also has a great walk/run online fitness program that any mom can follow and reach the fitness goals you want. I just love her! You’ll hear her dedication and her commitment to having other moms be fit. She’s so easy to talk to!
Also, you’ll meet local mom Christina Cowherd, the owner of one of our favorite local places, Infusion Tea. I go there all the time for my business meetings and just feel like I’m being pampered when I have my tea and all the organic goodies she has to offer. Anyone who hasn’t’ been there, will absolutely love their wraps and their wide variety of teas. I met Christina and her husband, Brad first at Baby Loves Disco. They are a spectacular couple who really know how to take care of the people who enter their restaurant. You feel so welcomed and so healthy when you go to Infusion Tea. It’s on Edgewater Dr. here in Orlando. They also have some pretty cool things such as poetry reading in the evenings as well. Please go check them out. Tell them Suzette sent you! My favorite is their hummus/veggie wrap and the veggie chips. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed!
