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A Day in the Life

Skype can help friends and family stay in touch, but it’s also a great business tool. Jenny and I use it for bloggy business quite often – communicating with each other, participating in group chats, or making conference calls. I’ve even participated in an job interview over Skype. Oh, and there was that time I Skyped with Kelly Ripa.

Skype is always on, so no matter what time of day we need to get our work done, it’s available.

There’s something about being face-to-face, even virtually, that takes conversation and connection to the next level. You can tell more about a person and form closer connections when you can actually see him or her.

It’s the one thing from Back to the Future II that came true.

How do you stay connected? Comment in the discussion box below for a chance to win gift cards
and other fun prizes!

It’s time to say more and stay human. It’s time for Skype.

Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Skype via Glam Media.  The opinions expressed
herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Skype.

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Cyggy

Today we’ve got a guest blogger – my eight year old, Kate.

About three months ago, we started looking for a dog. We looked many places and then we thought we had one, but then we started to think that the puppy that we liked was not right for our family [Editor’s note: this is code for “My mom said ‘no way in hell.'”]. So we kept looking and we found this place that we really thought would be a good place to look. We started looking at different dogs and we met ones named McDreamy, Birdie, Reno and Butterball. And then we came back about a week later and we met two other puppies because my mom found them on her phone while we were waiting in the lobby. First we met a dog named Yonkers and then we met another one named Auggie, but Auggie was not as great as Yonkers. So we took Yonkers on a week trial and we started to call him Cyggy. My dad thought of the name. When I was about four, I started to think it was cute and whenever we went to a store I asked my mom if I could get a toy for Cyggy, even though we didn’t have a dog yet. So after about two weeks, Cyggy became ours. We love him very much and even my mom loves him. Even though she doesn’t want to show it, she does. [Editor’s note: No she doesn’t.]

And that is the story of Cyggy.

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Hershey’s Simple Pleasures

Tomorrow is Independence Day, and Hershey’s wants YOU to declare independence from something… Facebook fans have declared their independence from dieting, gas guzzling cars, feeling guilty – whatever has been keeping them down.

Hershey’s Simple Pleasures are designed to give you the independence to enjoy a treat any time – and to feel great about doing it.

Get this –

Hershey’s Simple Pleasures chocolates have 30 percent less fat than the average leading milk chocolates.

And they are so good. My personal favorite was the milk chocolate with vanilla creme, but I liked them all. So did my husband and kids – three packages did not last very long around our house!

You can sign a declaration of independence on Hershey’s Facebook page and have a chance at weekly prizes, including a $100 gift card.

Let’s see… Things I’d like to declare independence from… well, my alarm clock, but that’s not likely to happen!

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