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Social Media Mixer – #16

Welcome to the 16th week of the Social Media Mixer!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Week 15 – we had 150 blogs and numerous social media link-ups!

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The Social Media Mixer is all about networking and making connections. Also, you can gain exposure and increase your social media following! Link up your blog posts and social media accounts and mix it up with some of the other linkers. Each week, the Weekday Mixer will start on Saturday nights at 8:00pm and go on until Wednesday night at 11:59pm. A blog post will be chosen each week by each of the hosts and guest hosts and featured in the following week’s link-up! If chosen, a brief summary about yourself and your blog/website and all of your social media accounts will be featured. It’s a great way to stand out among the crowd! One blogger will be chosen for 2 weeks of free ad space on Epic Mommy Adventures!

Welcome your hosts!

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Natasha from Epic Mommy Adventures | Angel from Sew Crafty Angel | Cathy from A Peek Into My Paradise | Julia from Minivan Dreams | | Liz from Look by Liz Lewis | Kaitlyn from Three Sisters and Us | Shana from Technotini | Anni from Grapefruit Princess | Tiffany from Mrs Tee Love Life Laughter | Ce Ce from A Chicago Mom | Jillian from Baby Doodah | Holly from Southern Mom Loves

And welcome your guest hosts for September!

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Avie from All Things Avie | Cyndi from The Decorating Chica | Danielle from Dancing with my Daughter | Emily from The Unextreme | Jennifer from Mommy Life After Ph.D. | Lauren from Life in the Wilde | Lori from Lori’s Culinary Creations | Mila from Mila’s Little Things | Silvie from My Silly Little Gang | Soro from Mom Swaddles All | Tara from Anything & Everything | Melissa from The Coupon Chronicles

And here are the Featured bloggers from last week’s Social Media Mixer…

Tiffany chose…

Never Say Never from Three Boys and a Mom

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Before you become a parent, there is usually a list of things you say you’ll never do. That list looks different for every one, but I’m pretty sure grabbing poop with your bare hand doesn’t even make the cut. It’s just not something you’d think would be necessary to specify on a list of things you’ll never do.

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Ce Ce and Anni chose…

Recipe: Calzone from A Little Bit of Everything

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This delicious sandwich by Giada De Laurentiis is an ideal appetizer or lunch. Simply follow her recipe below and enjoy! I did substitute pepperoni for the prosciutto and I rolled the dough into a rectangle rather than a circle.
The pizza dough is often found in the deli or bakery department of most grocery stores. You can now find gluten free pizza dough as well in some stores.

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Shana and Avie chose…

Make This: Mocha Coffee Breakfast Shake from Style Island

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I feel a little like Ray Liotta in Good Fellas. As far back as I can remember, I’ve been a coffee addict. These days, coffee is like a religion in my household. I have several coffee machines, all varying degrees of effort, status, and needs.

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Jillian and Cyndi chose…

9 Amazing Green Cleaners You Should Not Be Without from Wonderfully Messy Mom

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If you are looking to make the switch to a cleaner, greener home, I have 9 solutions you should try. These can be found in your local grocery store or whole foods market. Some of these items may already be sitting in your kitchen right now! Not to mention these green cleaners are simple, cheap and best of all- EFFECTIVE!!

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Angel, Mila and Holly chose…

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cracker Candy Recipe from Glimmer Creations

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These candies are out of this world delicious, and they are pretty easy to make. Be warned though, that the process does get a bit messy, but the result it worth it. They are delightful mix of semisweet chocolate, salty peanut butter and crisp, buttery crackers. Pure goodness that makes it hard to just eat one.

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Danielle chose…

Let’s Do Lunch from Domain of the Mad Mommy

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Jennifer chose…

Autumn Bucket List for Toddlers from How to Make The Sun Shine

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The magic of summer has been replaced with backpacks, football, leaves changing colors, and pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING! The end of summer doesn’t have to equal the end of fun. Here is a list of fun fall activities you can do with your toddler to keep the magic alive!

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Tara chose…

Laboring Away – DIY Blog Hop from 702 Park Project

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I’ve found that a lot of furniture in our home is dark…whether wood or fabric. Most of the time it’s nice to have these hearty pieces, but sometimes it can darken the mood a bit. So to keep things fresh and summery year round, I decided to make over this sad little dresser I picked up at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

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Silvie chose…

Apple Recipe Round-Up from Cooking with K

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It’s September and that means apple season! Apples are by far a favorite around our house. There are so many ways to use them, appetizers to salads, or main dishes to desserts! I have gathered up a list of some of our favorites. Hope you enjoy going through these. Go ahead and pin some of them when you hover over the picture with the pop up pinterest button.

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Natasha chose…

Longing to be a Grandma from Looking on the Sunnyside

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Can I be honest? I am a little jealous of my friends who are grandparents. They post pictures of their grandchildren, just gushing with the kind of pride that only a grandma or grandpa could exude. I look at those pictures and look at how much fun they seem to be having and I admit – I am jealous.

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And the winner is…

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cracker Candy Recipe from Glimmer Creations

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Congratulations!! You have won 2 weeks of free ad space on Epic Mommy Adventures! Please e-mail Natasha at 1EpicMommy@gmail.com for more information on your free ad space.

Stop by and follow our featured bloggers! We’re sure you’ll love them as much as we do!

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Fitness Fridays – #3

Welcome to this week’s Fitness Friday!

This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for helping to support my family.

I’d liked to give a quick shout-out to Rebecca from Flex and Shout Fitness for linking up last week! We loved having you, and we’d love if everyone made a stop over to give her a visit. 🙂

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Every week, Kathy and I decide on a topic that we’re going to discuss on our Fitness Friday blog post. So without further ado, this week’s post…

Fitness Apps that Keep Me Motivated

1. Pact

Without any doubt in my mind, my number 1 favorite fitness app is Pact. Never heard of it?! Well, now you have! It’s an app that PAYS YOU to workout. Yep, you read that correctly, you earn money simply for setting a weekly goal, and then meeting that goal. I’ve been a member of pact almost since it’s inception, and I adore it! I have made about $150, simply by working out. Currently, I have a goal of working out 5 days a week, and if I miss a workout I’ve pledged to pay $50. I don’t know about you, but $50 isn’t chump change to me, so that means I workout at least 5 days a week. It’s available for iPhone and Android devices… I highly recommend you check it out and download, today!

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2. Fitbit

The Fitbit app is another big favorite of mine. I love tracking things! So being able to keep track of the steps that I take with an app, and then produces a weekly report of my highest step days really motivates me to take that extra lap around the building. You do need to have a FitBit device in order for the FitBit app to work, which makes sense. A FitBit is like a hyper-powered pedometer, I adore mine (I have the FitBit zip). Plus you can connect with friends and compete to see who get the most steps each week, it keeps a running total for the past 7 days. I’m not super competitive but I will admit to trying to get just a few more steps than my friends have on occasion.

3.RunKeeper

One of the easiest GPS tracking apps I’ve ever used. There are ton of apps out there that can track your location and mileage and I’ve given a lot of them a try, out of them all RunKeeper is my favorite. It is very easy to use, you can connect with friends and it sends you fun little reminders when it’s time to workout, especially if you’ve been missing for a few days.

Fitness-Fridays,-a-blog-link-up-Baby-Doodah-and-The-Panda-PostOnto the Goals

Amount of Weight Lost

1.6 lbs!! Woohoo!! Feeling so awesome about this! I was focused most of the week and it paid off.

Exercise Goals

My goal last week was: “I am going onto my 3rd week of 21 Day Fix. I’d like to continue with that and get 7 days worth of workouts! On the side, I’d like to take some more walks with Emmett and get to the outdoor pool with him a few more times.”

I did 5 days of workouts, went to the pool twice with Emmett and took a nice long walk with him last night. I’d say we had a pretty successful week.

Next week, I would like to continue with my 21 Day Fix and in 2 days of double workouts (so one in the morning and one in the evening).

Food Goals

Last week: “ I want to continue following the 21 Day Fix Meal Plan, and drinking my Shakeology. I look forward to reporting a loss next week.”

I did really REALLY good sticking to my meal plan. The only day I didn’t was for a luncheon that my work team had on Wednesday, but I still avoid most gluten and was able to enjoy some yummy food! Another success!

This coming week, I would like to keep up with the 21 Day Fix Meal Plan and Shakeology. I figure, I’m feeling great… Why mess with a good thing!?

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 That about does it for this week! Be sure to join us and link-up your posts below and be sure to give Kathy and I some love. 😉

Your turn!

What are your go-to fitness motivation apps?


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