WooHoo! I won MomGadget’s Valentine’s Giveaway Spectacular!
For those of you that stop by NeenMachine.com regularly to fill up on my parenting tips, you know that I usually post a Friday Giveaway Roundup. This is just a list of links to sites that are giving away free stuff.  And the stuff they are giving away is […]

Photo by OkaggiAs we begin the new year and start to dismantle the remnants of 2007, one thing we must deal with are the stacks of holiday cards. As a parent, I love the pictures that come with the cards. So my first parenting tip is to cut and paste and create a few scrapbook […]

What do all you parents dislike most about the holidays?
Not to be Scrooge or anything - but I hate wrapping presents. It just takes too long.
Maybe next year I will shop only at stores that wrap. But usually the sales people are so overwhelmed that it takes forever anyway.
So now, I am exhausted after my […]

My son loves robots. My kids all want a pet. I can deal with robot but not a pet.
Today, as I was surfing the net, looking to fill my holiday shopping list I came across this robot pet. Hasbro FurReal Friends Squawkers McCaw Parrot may be the next best thing to a real live […]

What are you getting grandma for the holidays?
Have you consdered a Nintendo DS Lite? What - grandma playing video games? You bet.
Actually, my mom is a big Sudoku and puzzle fan. She recently picked up her own Nintendo DS Liteand Brain Age 2 (which is a game that contains tons of Sudoku puzzles and other […]