The Kid Blender:  A Single Mom’s Attempt to Find Joy in an Unexpected Life
February 8, 2012 – 8:00 am | 3 Comments

In this series of blogs, the “Kid Blenders,” I will be addressing our challenges, trying to blend our two families together. The names of the children will be changed to spare the easily embarrassed. And let me be upfront about this: I’m no clinical expert. I’m just a single mom trying to figure life out as I go. But knowing that there are around 14 million single parents out there…I’m guessing that I’m not alone in this venture.

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Recipe Swap Winners
December 19, 2007 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Congratulations to our recipe swap winners: Shannon’s snow-capped gingersnaps, Carol’s wassail, Liz’s Grandy’s Christmas candy and Kristen’s candy cane fudge. Checkout The Denver Post today for all their recipes. Kudos also goes to Jennifer who won our prize package.
Thanks to all who contributed to our Holiday Recipes. I threw a Christmas party last [...]

MakeBeliever Makes a Believer Out of Me (Plus Giveaways)
December 17, 2007 – 12:00 am | No Comment

I have discovered what is perhaps the most innovative, brilliant and gloriously manipulative Santa tool EVER.
Let’s face it – those mall Santas are clueless with their fake beard and padded stomach. They don’t know who your child is or care what they want for Christmas.
Enter MakeBeliever.com.
It is a highly personalized Flash video [...]

Swappin’ Holiday Recipe Contest Reminder
December 12, 2007 – 6:03 am | Comments Off

Tomorrow is your last full day to share your favorite holiday recipes! Select winners will be published in The Denver Post and one lucky person will win our prize package. For details, click here.

Swappin’ Holiday Recipe Contest
December 9, 2007 – 12:42 am | Comments Off

Wanted: your favorite holiday recipes!
Simply click on “Holiday Recipes” under the mama-to-mama forum, briefly register and add your favorite recipe. If it is not an original creation, please provide the correct attribution. Because isn’t it about time that Grandma Jean got some recognition for her famous eggnog pie? (Editor’s note: if someone does [...]

Giveaway Gluttony
December 5, 2007 – 7:16 am | Comments Off

Dust off your cookbooks because we will soon be launching a holiday recipe exchange contest like no other! We have a fantastic prize package and select winners’ recipes will be published in The Denver Post on December 19th. Stay tuned for details!
Also, our contest to the Colorado Ballet’s performance of The Nutcracker ends [...]

Nutcracker Giveaway Tickets Found Here!
December 3, 2007 – 12:00 am | No Comment

I am not a dancer. I have never been a dancer and I will never be a dancer.
I had no particular dance aspirations for my 3-year-old daughter Hadley but recently enrolled her in a dance class taught my national-award-winning friend, Karla Call. I did this for no other purpose than to give her [...]

Holiday Kid Pics!
December 1, 2007 – 12:10 am | Comments Off

Congratulations to Sara Lilly, winner of our Baby Candy onsie contest!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and we want your Santa-fearing, Hanukkah-celebrating, gingerbread-house decorating, snow-playing or gift-relishing pictures. Help us build our Kid Holiday Pics section by sharing your pictures (past and present) of your little elves.
There will, of course, [...]

Baby Candy Christmas Onesies Giveaway
November 28, 2007 – 2:49 pm | Comments Off

Congratulations to Lesha Anderson who won our Santa Correspondence Kit!
We have two other fantastic giveaways:
1) A Family Four-Pack of tickets for Disney on Ice – Princess Wishes (see sidebar for entry details).
2) Baby Candy’s delicious Christmas onesies, “Dear Santa” and “Sugar Daddy.”

Let the Games Giving Begin!
November 25, 2007 – 12:35 am | Comments Off

The turkey and pumpkin pies have been successfully devoured. We now turn our attentions (and stomachs) to the glories of eggnog, gingerbread and even more gluttony as the weight-loss centers devise their New Year’s repentance campaigns.
Here at Mile High Mamas, we are givers. And takers.
We have some fantastic giveaways lined up [...]

Week-long test drive of the 2008 Dodge Caravan
November 18, 2007 – 12:12 am | Comments Off

I am often contacted by public relations firms touting their latest products. I thought I would pass this opportunity your way:

Matchstick, a word of mouth marketing agency, is working on behalf of Dodge to launch the all-new Dodge Grand Caravan. They are selecting 50 social and influential* moms in the Denver area to [...]