Day 10 #12DaysofChristmas #SeasonofGiving: The Clean Bedroom Organic Bedding & Mattresses

We first discovered and introduced you to our local friends at The Clean Bedroom back in April of last year; first we introduced you to their blog via our Sunday Surf, then followed shortly after with a product review .

Our local friends have since outgrown their home store here in Kittery, Maine and now welcome showrooms in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, NYC, California, and NEW in Texas!

photo compliments of www.thecleanbedroom.com

You can always find out What's New on their website, but as of TOMORROW the NEW store in Austin, TX opens!

* there is a NEW mattress, the Organicpedic by OMI (for some reason it won't allow me to hyperlink it- but you can find the models on the Clean Bedroom Facebook page)
* the newer location in Wellesley, MA is on FIRE! 
* The Clean Bedroom is NOW HIRING for their CT location. 
* they offer their own Holiday Gift Guide for your convenience. Happy Shopping!  
* CHECK them OUT on Pinterest and JOIN their "PIN it to WIN it" Contest: 

photo from The Clean Bedroom on Facebook

Starting December 12, 2012, entrants will be asked to:
a. Follow us on Pinterest
b. Create a Pinterest board titled: ‘Tis the Season to be Healthy: The Clean Bedroom
c. Pin items to your board that are up to, but not over $250 in value from
December 12, 2012 until December 24, 2012.

• Item must contain a relevant caption about why you want that particular item.
d. Between 12:01am and 11:59pm E.S.T. on December 24th, e-mail a link to your board to: contests@thecleanbedroom.com
e. Three (3) winners will be notified by e-mail on Friday, December 28th.

Prizes
a. First Prize - $250 Gift Certificate to The Clean Bedroom
b. Second Prize - $100 Gift Certificate to The Clean Bedroom
c. Third Prize - $50 Gift Certificate to The Clean Bedroom

Gift certificates may be used in showroom or via phone orders only.

Goodluck!

****GIVEAWAY*****

$50 GIFT CARD just in time for the HOLIDAYS! 

"Like" The Clean Bedroom on Facebook 

Comment on the NNM Facebook page that you did so  

OR TWEET it #12daysofchristmas #cleanbedroomgiveaway

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 Goodluck and Happy Giving!

NNM NEWS: Busy Busy Summer!

WOW! We are BUSY here at NNM: 

JUNE: 

* DADS ROCK Father's Day Giveaway 

        Going on NOW. Check Facebook and the blog for more details

* Rock a Bye Booty Review & GIVEAWAY 

         will be posted by Saturday at 9pm EST. Be sure to check it out and win some FLUFF :) 

* RealMama week is going on NOW

          Day 1     and Day 2  have already been posted, be sure to check out Day 3 of RealMama Week tomorrow with Spiritual Momma. 

* NEW WEBSITE is currently under construction- stay with us as we move to www.nurturingthenaturalmama.com *

* the next Foundations for BOTH our Purejoy Parenting and our Attachment Parenting Series will be up on the blog by the end of the week. I expect to have them both edited and posted by Sunday afternoon! 

JULY: 

* Mama Eve- Your Natural Parenting Resource will be guest posting for NNM early July

                details TBD, but be on the look out for that! She rocks!  

* Baby A's 1st Birthday: A Year in Pictures

                 will be posted by her birthday, July 20th, and I look forward to YOU sharing your kiddos past year in photos here on the blog and on Facebook. 

When NEWS Hits Home

Boy found DEAD in South Berwick, Maine. It's all over the news, and it's my home.

The local news stations describe the boy as being 4 or 5, he still had all of his baby teeth, found dead on Saturday on a dirt road here in South Berwick. The dirt road is less than 1 mile from my home. This poor little boy, that not only is now dead, but no one knows WHO he is! I'm not sure which is more disturbing.

Maine State Police have checked all the missing people reports in Maine, NH, and Massachusetts. Nothing. NO ONE is missing their little boy?!

Updates have been flooding the Internet and local news stations, but with nothing that has proved fruitful. The kiddos and I walked downtown tonight regardless of the cool, rainy weather to join dozens of others there to light candles in front of Town Hall for little John Doe.

As we were getting ready to leave, my almost 4 year old said "mama, where are we going?" I replied, "to light candles for a little boy who's missing his parents" My little Spiderman pondered a moment, and then said "I could use my superpowers to help him find his parents, but I think he's already Home"

Yes, I had goosebumps.....

.... toddlers don't always make sense, no my son doesn't really have superpowers, and yes I capitalized 'Home' on my own based on how I heard it; but it just seemed so fitting that it literally gave me chills.

And yes, I suppose little John Doe is already Home.

Another vigil will be held tomorrow night, in honor of the little boy and in hopes that he is identified, at the First Federated Parish Church, also in South Berwick, at 7pm. All are welcome.

The point of this blog post is to help get the word out there about this little boy, again in hopes that he can be identified and that someone can find his family. And also, to remind everyone to hug their little ones a bit tighter tonight....

Has there been a time when the news has hit home for you?

Unsure How to Feel about this day in History

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.  -Unknown

"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that"

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

So, Osama Bin Laden was killed  yesterday by US Navy Seals. I should be happy, right? This person who orchestrated so much death and destruction, and perpetuated so much hate and loathing. But I can't bring myself to get 'excited' about someone else's death. 

I was all about (and again, not trying to start a riot here), but I was all about the war when it began. I wanted revenge for September 11th, and for once in my life, felt at one with my Country. I loved (obviously in a weird, unfortunate way) that all the flags lined EVERY street, and people in America were, for once, standing TOGETHER. And it seemed, even if only for a fleeting moment; that we all wanted the same thing. 

Now it seems we all want the same thing again, but are just unsure how to get there. And inevitably, in a country of this magnitude, certainly we can't AGREE on how to get there. Nor will we ever I'm afraid. 

But we all want peace. 

Just as I will forever remember where I was and what I was doing that day of September 11th, 2001- I will always remember where I was and what I was doing this day. This day that our tragedy was finally 'avenged'.

But Al Queda is still out there. There is no rest for our troops. They are still fighting and dying for our Freedom. Their families are still Home, here, alone. We must not forget that. And we must remember, regardless of if we agree HOW to get there, that all of our soldiers are fighting for our Freedom, and Peace.

NNM NEWS: Guest Posts and Giveaways!

Check out the latest info from NurturingtheNaturalMama:

Upcoming Guest Posts:

* May 12, 2011: Newborn Parenting via Mama Eve: Your Natural Parenting Resource

* TBD: MYO Babyfood via Instinctual Mamas

Product Reviews and GIVEAWAY:

NEXT WEEK Review of the organic millet hull pillow from The Clean Bedroom

followed by a *GIVEAWAY* also sponsored by The Clean Bedroom

so stay tuned :)

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