Karen’s Opinion

While watching the evening news tonight, it was announced that Graco, the huge manufacturer of strollers and other infant furniture, just announced a voluntary recall of several models of their strollers. The hinges on the stroller’s canopy pose a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is opening or closing the canopy. My heart jumped when I heard that. Please spread the word about this. You can get more information at
the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Around 1.5 million of Graco’s Passage™, Alano™ and Spree™ Strollers and Travel Systems have been manufactured.

Graco has received seven reports of children placing their fingers in the stroller’s canopy hinge mechanism while the canopy was being opened or closed, resulting in five fingertip amputations and two fingertip lacerations.

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Allison Maslan, author of “Blast Off!”. All opinions are 100% mine.

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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of LG Chocolate Touch. All opinions are 100% mine.

I am perfectly fine with my old stuff like MP3 players, radios, big screen projection televisions etc. That is until I get around my kids. I find out there is Blue Ray that makes everything look amazing when I watch a movie. I drool over my daughter’s new Kindle and wish I had one so I could read in bed without having my nightstand light on. And the phones they have! Their phones do everything. We wanted to go to the movies and my daughter got on her phone to see what was playing and check the start time. How is that for convenience? There would be no need to have a wireless card for my laptop if I had a phone that did that!

I am in love with the LG Chocolate Touch. Not only does it let me make calls when I am out and about, it has texting capabilities and a camera. I have had those things with my old ancient phone but the LG Chocolate Touch has a one touch social media feature that would let me stay caught up with my Internet buddies. I could also take 3.2MP Camera/Recorder–quality pictures and videos, with image editor at the moment my dogs do something silly instead of trying to find my camera and missing the moment. The visual effects with the LG Chocolate Touch are amazing.

I love that the LG Chocolate Touch has a music player with Dolby Mobile technology for crystal-clear sound quality. I could be bee bopping to the beat as the handset vibrates to the beat of whatever music I am playing. How cool is that?!

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Isn’t this beautiful? You have a chance to win one of these Keurig Brewing Systems!

Jennifer is holding a giveaway of a Platinum Brewing System with 4 boxes of K-Cups!!! You can find out how to enter by visiting her blog J Leigh Designz. I hope I win. I want one of these soooo bad!

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