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Jan 16
2014

Free Pizza at Blaze Pizza Carlsbad

Tomorrow, Friday January 17th is FREE pizza day at Blaze Pizza in Carlsbad. At Blaze Pizza they make custom 11-inch personal pizzas fresh with made-from-scratch dough. They have healthful, artisanal ingredients on the assembly line and you can custom build pies that range from inventive to classic. Think Subway for pizza, made just for you, the way you like it! Your fresh personal pizza is then baked in a blazing hot oven for 120 seconds, fast-fire’d to crisp perfection. We have had the pizza and it was incredible, try the BBQ chicken it will not disappoint!

For your FREE pizza just ‘Like’ Blaze Pizza Carlsbad on Facebook, yep, really is that simple!

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Jan 13
2014

Giveaway – Disney on Ice

by Nicole Connerley

Disney on Ice is back in San Diego with an all new show – Rockin’ Ever After! It is all your favorite characters from BRAVE, Tangled, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast all put to life in an ice skating musical show.

From Brave the royal contenders will compete to win the heart of the sharp-shooting Merida, this is her first time in a Disney on Ice production, you do not want to miss it! Rapunzel and Flynn from Tangled will be singing and dancing away from some harmless hooligans and Sebastian and Ariel from The Little Mermaid will amaze and delight you with their musical talents. In the final number from Beauty and the Beast, the beautiful Belle will be in the Beast’s castle and don’t forget Mrs. Potts, and little chip. Disney on Ice is only in San Diego for a short time, opening night is Wednesday, January 22nd at 7 pm. Thursday and Friday show times are at 7:00 p.m. as well. Saturday, January 25th there will be performances at 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Sunday, January 26th the show times are at 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. (*please note this is a spanish performance) and the final show is at 7:00 p.m.

Ticket prices range from as low as $10 opening night only (not valid on VIP/Front Row seating) $17, $25, and super VIP tickets $45 and front row at $65. The performance Rockin’ Ever After is held at the Valley View Casino Center (previoustly the San Diego Sports Arena) located at 3500 Sports Arena Blvd. San Diego, CA 92110. >All seats are reserved; tickets are available for purchase online at Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or in-person at the Valley View Casino Center Box Office.

To enter to win a family 4-pack of tickets please leave a comment on the blog with who you plan to bring with you to Disney on Ice Rockin’ Ever after. Good luck!

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Jan 10
2014

Free Preschool Pass to Sea World San Diego

by Nicole Connerley

The 2018 Sea World Preschool Pass offer may be found by clicking here.

Sea World San Diego is offering a Preschool pass for 2014. Kids ages 3-5 an enjoy BIG adventures at Sea World San Diego all year-long!!! This offer is specifically for preschool children to take a field trip to Sea World for FREE. Hurry and sign up now registration ends March 16, 2014, there is unlimited admission! For more information click here.

Offer valid for San Diego County residents only. To receive the 2014 FREE SeaWorld Preschool Pass, completed registration, and valid form of identification must be presented at the SeaWorld ticket windows. Valid identification is a copy of a certified birth certificate or travel passport. Please note: school ID’s or children security ID’s will not be accepted.*

Jan 9
2014

Renaissance Sports Club & Hotel Fun events for Kids

by Nicole Connerley

Renaissance Sports Club & Hotel is located in Aliso Viejo and is beautiful! As soon as you pull into the driveway there is a gorgeous water fountain that is two stories high! From there you drive down to the entrance where you are greeted by the valet parking attendants. Then you are welcomed into the colorful and fun reception area.

snaav_hotelphotos When we visited it was Christmas time and everything was beautifully decorated with silver and white decorations. We were invited to Breakfast with Santa, and the kids loved it! The food was delicious, pancakes, eggs, bacon, hot and cold cereal, yummy pastries and Starbucks coffee for the parents! It was perfect there wasn’t a long line to see Santa, the kids just walked right up and were able to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. There were also fun activity booklets given to the children and crayons on the tables for the children to play with.

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Renaissance also has a wonderful Kids World for children ages six weeks to 12 years old. If you are a Club Sports member you receive three-hours of free childcare in Kids World, if you are staying at the hotel there is a small fee. Kids World isn’t just a place to drop your kid off while you work-out it is a fun place for kids to explore, learn and play! We are excited for the upcoming events being held at Renaissance Sports Club & Hotel and I know you will be too!

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Jan 2
2014

Cohn Restaurant Group Special only $20.14 for 3-course meal!

by Nicole Connerley

We love the Cohn Restaurant group… The Melting Pot, 333 Pacific, The Prado, Vintana, Indigo Grill, Gaslamp Strip Club, 100 Wines Kitchen and many more! Reasons we love them…things like a New Years/Anniversary special like this! A three-course meal at any of the above restaurants for only $20.14 per person.

At the Melting Pot this includes cheese fondue for the first-course, a salad for the second-course and the most delicious chocolate fondue for dessert. All of the most delicious parts of the meal and only $20.14, generally it is double the price!

This great special is available for only a week starting on Thursday, January 2nd to Thursday, January 9th. The price does not include tax or gratuity.

To check out all the specials for the Cohn Restaurant Group Anniversary special click here.

Dec 19
2013

What do you do for a living?

by Nicole Connerley

All of us stay at home mom’s have been asked this time and time again.

So, what do you do for a living?

I’m a stay at home mom.

How many kids do you have?

Just my son.

O, really? What do you do with yourself?

Generally when you have just met someone the polite thing to do is say well I also (fill in the blank, for me it is blogging) but what you really want to do is to tell them to go to you know what! I know that sounds harsh, but I have chosen to stay at home. It is not that I can not work or even don’t want to work it is that my son needs me more. I understand a lot of families cannot afford for a parent to stay at home full-time, but mine can and no, I do not miss working. I do not miss getting up at 5 a.m. to leave at 6 a.m. just to miss the traffic. I do not miss being stressed out at night thinking “did I send that e-mail, or when was the deadline?” I also hate the question don’t you miss the adult interaction? I do not really understand this question. I am an adult, my husband is an adult, our friends are all adults and I interact with them daily. But I will answer it anyway… No, I don’t miss the bitch of a boss I used to have, the bitchy co-workers, and of course the office politics. I do not miss being nice to someone I despise because they have stolen my ideas time and time again!

My favorite line from working moms is… If I could stay at home, my house would be so clean, the laundry would be done, I’d go to the gym everyday, make dinner every night and everything would be perfect. Guess what that is pretty much my life, my house is clean, my laundry is always done and my life is NOT perfect. There is no perfect life, stay-at-home mom or working moms because there is no perfect world! At the end of the day we are all the same, we are all moms! We all want what is best for our children, for me that is being a stay-at-home mom, and for others it isn’t. Just because I am a stay at home mom my life is not any less important than a working mom, regardless of how much money she makes.

Next time someone says they are a stay at home mom, please don’t respond with… what do you do all day? Because that stay at home mom regardless of how sweet she may be is not thinking nice thoughts about you.

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