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Parenting Challenge Win a $25 Gift Certificate to Target The next drawing will be held on May 30, 2020 You can win a gift card by participating in the Parenting Group. Here is how you can win. 1. Join and Like the Group () 2. Read the Sticky Post for the Monthly Themes and Activities () 3. Post about your assignments in the topics That is all! All you have to do is be active and post! *Minimal Requirement to Win* 1. You must post a minimal of 12 replies, topics, or comments 2. You must be currently active in the group within 30 days and post in the Drawing Sticky Post in by May 30th. Be sure to invite your friends to participate and interact. Parenting is hard work! Use this gift card to treat YOURSELF something nice!

Go Green Challenge Win a Reusable Shopping Box/Bag The next drawing will be held on April 30, 2020 You can win a personalized bag by participating in the Earth Friendly Group. Here is how you can win. 1. Join and Like the Group () 2. Read the Sticky Post for the Monthly Themes and Activities () 3. Post about your assignments in the topics That is all! All you have to do is be active and post! *Minimal Requirement to Win* 1. You must post a minimal of 12 replies, topics, or comments 2. You must be currently active in the group within 30 days and post in the Drawing Sticky Post in by April 30th. Be sure to invite your friends to participate and interact. . These boxes/bags are the best! Easy to balance your goods in.

The Recipe Challenge Win a Personalized Apron The next drawing will be held on March 30, 2020 You can win a personalized apron by contributing to our Recipes section. Here is how you can win. 1. Add your favorite recipes in our collection () 2. You will receive an additional entry in the drawing when you add your own recipe and photos That is all! All you have to do is be active and post! *Minimal Requirement to Win* 1. To qualify you must post a minimal of 12 recipes (one per month) - You must give credit to the original author of the recipe with the chef name and link to the recipe - To receive an additional entry in the drawing you must give yourself credit using original work (recipe and photos) 2. You must be currently active in the group within 30 days and reply to this post you want to be in the draw by March 29th. Be sure to invite your friends to participate and interact. .

Life is a Journey Challenge Win a Personalized Journal The next drawing will be held on February 28, 2020 You can win a personalized journal by participating in the Life is a Journey activity posted monthly. Here is how you can win. Winners are chosen in February. 1. Join and Like the Group ( Join Now ) 2. Read the Sticky Post for the Monthly Themes and Activities ( Read Here ) 3. Post about your assignments in the topics That is all! All you have to do is be active and post! *Minimal Requirement to Win* 1. You must post a minimal of 12 replies, topics, or comments 2. You must be currently active in the group within 30 days and post in the Drawing Sticky Post in by February 30th. Be sure to invite your friends to participate and interact. Send Invite Today .

Fitness Challenge Win a Personalized Yoga Mat The next drawing will be held on September 30, 2019 Here is how you can win. 1. Join and Like the Group () 2. Read the Sticky Post for the Monthly Themes and Activities () 3. Post photos/videos or share your exercise progress 4. Members that create their own exercise videos for the group will earn double points! That is all! All you have to do is be active and post! *Minimal Requirement to Win* 1. You must post a minimal of 12 replies, topics, or comments 2. You must be currently active in the group within 30 days and post in the Drawing Sticky Post in by September 30, 2019 3. You must post in the reply that you want to join the challenge. Be sure to invite your friends to participate and interact.

Wellness Challenge Win a Spa Kit The next drawing will be held on August 30, 2019 Here is how you can win. 1. Join and Like the Group () 2. Read the Sticky Post for the Monthly Themes and Activities () 3. Post about your assignments in the topics That is all! All you have to do is be active and post! *Minimal Requirement to Win* 1. You must post a minimal of 12 replies, topics, or comments 2. You must be currently active in the group within 30 days and post in the Drawing Sticky Post in by August 30, 2019 3. You must post in the reply that you want to join the challenge. Be sure to invite your friends to participate and interact. .

Games & Events Challenge Win a Gift Cards The next drawing will be held on July 30, 2019 You can win a target gift card. Here is how you can win. 1. Join and Like the Forum () 2. Visit the forum daily and play the games and activities That is all! All you have to do is be active and post! Games & Activities Drawing Each month we tally up the scores and place names into the drawing. Seasonal winners will win graphics awards for 1st-3rd placement plus name in the drawing. 1st place = 3 cards in the drawing. 2nd place = 2 names in the drawing. 3rd place = 1 name in the drawing. Gift Cards Issued in July One winner will be given a $25.00 gift card ( drawing ) $5.00 gift card to our third place overall winner $10.00 gift card to our second place overall winner $15.00 gift card to our first place overall winner Points are collected per game and participation and recorded in our spreadsheet. We tally up the overall points per player at th...

Doggy Challenge Win a Doggy Gift Kit The next drawing will be held on July 30, 2019 You can win a doggy gift kit for you and your doggy. Here is how you can win. 1. Join and Like the Group () 2. Read the Sticky Post for the Monthly Themes and Activities () 3. Post and reply to the group topics That is all! All you have to do is be active and post! *Minimal Requirement to Win* 1. You must post a minimal of 12 replies, topics, or comments 2. You must be currently active in the group within 30 days and post in the Drawing Sticky Post in by July 30, 2019 3. You must post in the reply that you want to join the challenge. Be sure to invite your friends to participate and interact. .

Kitty Challenge Win a Kitty Gift Kit The next drawing will be held on July 30 2019 You can win a kitty gift kit for you and your kitty. Here is how you can win. 1. Join and Like the Group () 2. Read the Sticky Post for the Monthly Themes and Activities () 3. Post about your assignments in the topics That is all! All you have to do is be active and post! *Minimal Requirement to Win* 1. You must post a minimal of 12 replies, topics, or comments 2. You must be currently active in the group within 30 days and post in the Drawing Sticky Post in by July 30, 2019 3. You must post in the reply that you want to join the challenge. Be sure to invite your friends to participate and interact. .

MAY RESILIENCE WEEK TWO Focusing on Gratitude I am not a fan of people saying "Well it could be worse" or "Some people have it worse than you do". In my opinion, it is very insensitive considering each of us has our own struggles. Some struggle more than others based on different events. At the same time, it is our job to help ourselves heal and we are the only person that can help us through this process. Gratitude is part of the process to be thankful for things we are happy we have or grateful for what is still there. The purpose of gratitude isn't to compare our situation or make us feel guilty. It is to help us refocus on things that we can still be grateful for. So, for example, I went through a very hard grieving process when my cat Mr. Sully passed away. In fact, it has been over a year and I still feel the pain from his loss. At the same time to help me balance my pain to be sure I can get up and go I try to tell myself I am grateful I have my other...

May Spring Walking Week Four 20,000 Daily Step Challenge Put on your walking shoes and step up to 20,000 steps per day. Feel free to share your step counts with us and show us photos of your walks! Join the Step in Time Walking Challenge at Mom's Tiki Hut Win a Personalized Water Bottle

May Waist Stretches Week Four No matter how old we are there is always room to exercise! This week I have some mild tone exercises great for everyone including seniors. Tell us which one you did and how many! Join our Online Fitness Challenge Community!

MAY RESILIENCE WEEK THREE Emergency Mood Boosters This week we will focus on how we can help ourselves through our difficult times. Every day requires we have to get up, get dressed, work through our daily lives. Small things can help us through the most difficult times. Here are some mood booster ideas. • Wear clothing that makes you feel good. • Snuggle with your pet. • Call someone that will cheer you up • Google fun Memes • Watch a movie that makes you smile • Indulge in something that makes you feel special • You go-to pump up the jam song Share with us some of your ideas! Join our Online Community

Check Out the Gluten Free Recipes Special Diet Recipes We are starting a special diet recipe section at Mom's Tiki Hut (MTH). Join the community and contribute to the collection. See recipes here: https://momtikihut.net/dietitems/index/163/allergy/165/glutenfree

May Spring Walking Week Three 10,000 Daily Step Challenge Put on your walking shoes and step up to 10,000 steps per day. Feel free to share your step counts with us and show us photos of your walks! Join the Step in Time Walking Challenge at Mom's Tiki Hut Win a Personalized Water Bottle

May Waist Stretches Week Three This week we will focus on using elastic stretching bands. Tell us which one you did and how many! Join our Online Fitness Challenge Community!

MAY RESILIENCE WEEK TWO Peaks and Valleys This is an interesting project idea to outline your life terrain structure. This project could help you focus on areas that need more work with resilience in specific areas of your life. We are going to do draw some mountains, flat lands, and valleys. This will be designed in a timeline format. Draw out your life in the timeline format using mountains, flat land, and valleys to show your life struggles and perks. Mountain: Highlight of your life where you have succeeded, accomplished something great, overcame hardship. It can be a small mountain or big mountain for something you worked hard to achieve. Flat Land: These are generally between the mountains and valleys. They are times in your life where you are in the middle. Keep these parts brief and short. The Valley: Valleys will be the times in your life you struggled and felt some hardship. They can be very deep valleys or mild low valley depending on how deep the event impacted you. Ta...

May Spring Walking Week Two 5,000 Daily Step Challenge Put on your walking shoes and step up to 5,000 steps per day. Feel free to share your step counts with us and show us photos of your walks! Join the Step in Time Walking Challenge at Mom's Tiki Hut Win a Personalized Water Bottle

May Waist Stretches Week Two Try doing waist stretches using a stick! Tell us which one you did and how many! Join our Online Fitness Challenge Community!

Summertime Preparation Kitty Wellness and Health Summertime brings a lot of health risk for the kitty in/outdoors. It doesn't matter if kitty is only indoors there are still risks. Fleas, ticks and parasites can still find their way into the home. We try our best to keep our homes clean and safe from risks; however, we have limited ability to keep our home foolproof. Here are some tips to get kitty ready for summer Fresh cool water If your kitty is indoors then the water supply will be good. If your kitty is outdoor you need to provide fresh clean cool water for kitty daily. Out of the sun Kitty still needs a place out of the sun to cool off during hot summer months. Some cats enjoy a nice cool place on the patio. I have put up a mister fan for my dogs during the hot months. If you are struggling with indoor heat use fans to help keep kitty cool. Leave Kitty at home Do not travel with your kitty and leave them in the car during warm weather. If you are tra...