One of our tips that we posted last week came from Lisa C.

To get kids to help around the house, we came up with a chore system. We have a dry erase board that lists the daily mandatory jobs (making your bed, feeding the cat, etc). We also have a list of optional chores that each have a monetary value. The kids can earn up to $5 per week doing optional chores. Once they get their money, they must divide it between savings, spending and giving envelopes.

Another Lazy Mom, Angela, …

I should have posted this under Wordless Wednesday, because it really doesn’t require any words, but …

Ok, his face is not shown to protect the innocent. (But not his “cheeks”!)  So, what do you think?  Did it make you laugh?  Do you think I am mean?  Does your husband own this suit?  I couldn’t resist…I apologize Mr. Grafiti Free-Spirit Speedo.

We love how many comments we received yesterday!  it was fun to see what everyone was having for dinner.  Some of you are much more gourmet than others.  We will have more giveaways soon so stay tuned if you weren’t the winner!

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Timestamp: 2009-07-30 03:00:07 UTC

That means the winner is:

Kim Malone said:

Potato soup!

Congratulations, Kim.  Just send the Lazy Moms an e-mail with your mailing address and we will get your cookbook to you!  Thanks to Sandra Lee for the Money Saving Meals cookbook.  We …

Courtesy of Sandra Lee Semi Homemade Magazine; reprinted with permission from Hoffman Media, LLC

In honor of the fact that the Lazy Moms have been trying to save a little cash, we are giving away an autographed copy of Sandra Lee’s Money Saving Meals.  All you have to do to win is leave a comment telling us what you are making for dinner tonight.  It’s that easy!  Good luck!

One of the things we like to do here at Lazy Moms is share good things with our readers. Hence our latest obsession with The Grocery Game!

Well there is a new diet book hitting the shelves soon. I know! Shocker! A diet book in our super sized society! The book is called The Full Plate Diet. Now I haven’t read it nor have I been contacted by the author or publisher. I basically know nothing about this book other than you can get a copy for free if you are …

Keep a large pair of good strong sissors such as cutco, in a drawer near your cooktop. You can snip fresh herbs, green onions, chicken cutlets, fish fillets,or whatever you like, and avoid cleaning up a cutting board.

Submitted by J.S.

The winning parenting tip last week came from Kat!

Beach Bag Ready! I keep our pool bag stocked with fresh towels, sunscreen and toys. When we arrive home from the pool, I remove the wet towels and replace them with fresh ones. I keep the sunscreen in a zippered diaper bag pouch so if it leaks, it doesn’t get all over everything else in the bag. (I also keep a baggie of spare change for a special treat down at the pool.)

Please email us Kat with your mailing information and we’ll …

It seems like we waited and waited for summer to finally get here. And once it FINALLY did, it has flown by! I am amazed that the stores are filled with back to school items already! It makes perfect sense. It is almost August after all. I just can’t figure out where June and July went!

A sure sign that school is around the corner is the purchase of new school shoes. Lazy Dad Philip and I are big party animals! So big in fact, that we spent our most recent …

The other day LML and I were exchanging e-mails.  I don’t know why we didn’t pick up the phone and call each other.  It’s probably because we were too Lazy to go look for the phone, but we were having an e-mail conversation.  Actually, we were chatting on Facebook (do you do that?), but it was locked up so we started e-mailing.

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She was asking me how my new running group is going.  I recently joined a running club here called Fort Bend Fit.  I am loving …

Moms are always the ones getting stuck in the middle of the night having to do the midnight changing of the diaper!!

 My lil guy used to soak through even the best of diapers so I started layering the crib so mattress, water proof pad, crib sheet, water proof pad, crib sheet That way you yank off the top layer and put them back in their bed  

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You are back on your way to catch a 2 hour nap before they wake up again!! submitted by Brooklyn M.

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