Reviews, recipes, crafts, fashion, entertainment, news and more!
Connect with the Milk Mustache community for tips, tools and activities including tasty morning recipes for all the little “monsters” in your family.
Meet Splinter, our new white chihuahua puppy!
The post is sponsored by Oxygen Media, but all thoughts and opinions stated herein are 100% my own.
Last year I watched the reality series on the Oxygen channel, I’m Having Their Baby that not only touched my heart, but had me a little emotional and in tears in some of the episodes. This was a 6 part series that followed different women who were pregnant and were choosing to give up their babies for adoption. Each of the ladies had a different story on why they were choosing adoption and in the end, not everyone chose to give up their child.
Here is a recap of Season One’s stories along with links to view the full episodes:
Being a mother of four, I know the fears of being pregnant. I can remember having worries with each of my pregnancies, trying to read everything I could about being a parent. Having a child definitely changes your life forever, for the parent and the child. Now that I am a parent of two teenagers, the thought of my daughters getting pregnant at an early age is something that worries me. I want my children to graduate and go off to college, but sometimes you can’t make all their decisions for them and only hope for the best. Although I can’t say that adoption ever came across my mind in terms of my own children, I have had thoughts in the past of adopting a little boy before I was blessed with a son of my own.
Being a fan of reality TV shows, I really enjoyed watching the I’m Having Their Baby docu-series last year on the Oxygen channel. It was very interesting being able to watch all twelve of these ladies go through the adoption process and also see the feelings of the fathers, the other family members and especially the adoptive parents.
This month Oxygen.com has rolled out a follow-up web series on their website that features five of the birth mothers from season one. This web series includes short-form videos that will focus on these these women’s lives after the adoption. You will get to find out how they are handling the decision they made as well as their current relationships with the adoptive parents. Take a peek of the episode, “I’m Having Their Baby: Raising Nayamah” below:
I’m Having Their Baby Season Two premieres on Wednesday June 12 @ 10/9c! Get a sneak peek of the new season at: oxygen.com.
One of my LUCKY readers is going to receive a $50 Visa Gift Card just for watching the web series episode featured above and letting me know your thoughts. To enter this giveaway for your chance to WIN, use the Rafflecopter below:
Good Luck!
“Disclosure: The prize pack, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills and Pillsbury through MyBlogSpark.”
I LOVE pizza and most of the time I prefer to make it myself. I usually make the pizza dough by scratch but sometimes I don’t have the time and have to rely on products like the Pillsbury Artisan Pizza Crust to save me a little time.
The Pillsbury Artisan Pizza Crust with Whole Grain allows you to make a homemade pizza in just minutes. You simply open the package, roll out the dough, prebake the crust and then add your favorite toppings. Place in the oven and bake again for around 8-10 minutes and you have yourself a fresh home baked pizza. The toppings that you can add to the Pillsbury Artisan Crust is endless with so many different pizza ideas.
Since I am trying to create meals that are “more healthier”, I like that this crust contains 16 grams of whole grain per serving. If you need ideas for toppings, be sure to visit the Pillsbury website for Artisan Pizza Recipes including:
My pizzas normally will have pepperoni and cheese for the kids, but I have found that chicken, bacon, cheese and ranch work well together on top of a pizza too! What is really cool is you can make these Artisan style pizzas not only in your oven, but on your BBQ grill too!
One of my LUCKY winners is going to receive a Prize Pack that includes:
To enter my Pillsbury Prize Pack giveaway, use the Rafflecopter below to submit your entries.
Good Luck to those that enter!
“I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Aflac. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.”
For those of you with health insurance, are you prepared for the out of pocket expenses that are involved if something bad was to happen. Medical debt happens to be one of the leaded causes of bankruptcy.
Did you know that the average cost to treat a broken leg is more than $10,000?
Even though you might have health insurance, that policy that you have probably does not cover out of pocket expenses that you might not be financially able to pay. When an illness or injury occurs there are costs such as transportation to follow-up medical appointments, caregiving costs, everyday household costs like rent and utilities and other costs because you are unable to work.
Aflac is a company that can help offset out-of-pocket costs and also educate consumers about how voluntary insurance like Aflac can really help to fill in the gap with your health insurance policies. Take a peek at the Aflac Real Cost Calculator to see the average out-of-pocket expenses that are associated with a number of injuries and illnesses. This calculator will help you to see a breakdown of the following:
I am one that has dealt with unexpected costs in the past. With my second pregnancy, I didn’t know I was going to have a HUGE co-payment when I delivered my daughter and I was so shocked when I got a bill that I wasn’t expecting to pay. Had I known beforehand about this cost, I probably would have either got a supplemental insurance or would have saved each month so it didn’t come as a surprise. I learned my lesson there and was prepared with my next pregnancy.
What type of out of pocket expenses have you had to pay that you weren’t expecting?
