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Holiday shopping season is here again and the Global Influence network has some great gift ideas for you, tried and tested by real moms. Click on the links to check out what our team of reviewers had to say about each of these gift ideas, and then take a moment to enter our fun giveaway and take a chance at winning some of these fabulous products.

Featured Reviews

Pouchees -

Busy moms need all the help they can get to stay organized and keep life as simple as possible. The Pouchee is the perfect solution to keeping all those little things together, putting everything you need, right at your fingertips.

Duck Hunter -

Duck Hunter turns the excitement of the hunt into an activity the whole family can enjoy. Launch the duck in the air and try to hunt it down with the toy shooter as it flies freely in the air. A fun choice for those who love outdoor sporting.

CardStore cards

-Personalized holiday cards are an important item on everyone’s to-do list and often a hassle to create and print. Cardstore.com has everything from family photo cards to invitations for your big holiday party, simplifying your holiday season.

Great Holiday Gift Ideas

Things Remembered Custom Couture Jewelry

Just Elfin’ Around

Card Cubby

Harumika By Bandai

Harumika Runway Showstopper

Harumika Style Starter

Baby Alive Whoopsie Doo

Strawberry Shortcake Playset

Kota Monty Rex

Wall to Wall Basketball

Nerf Pocket Vortex

Busy Ball Popper

Talking Chuck Truck Leapfrog

My Pal Scout Leapfrog

Tag Jr Leapfrog

Scribble and Write

Animal Planet Polar Land Playset

Animal Planet Dinosaur Playmat

Onionhead Adult/Teen Feelings Pack

OnionHead Children’s Feelings Pack

Onionhead A-Z Feelings Magnet Set

FotoboxPlus

MeTime Tees

Fun Holiday Giveaway! For this holiday guide, we want to share the love with the blogosphere! Some of our generous sponsors have donated prizes to be given away to lucky readers! To enter to win one of the following fabulous prizes, simply fill out the form here: http://tinyurl.com/y8t92rw Prizes include:

Things Remembered Custom Couture Jewelry

Pouchee

Elfing Around

Harumika

Onionhead Feelings Pack

Nerf Wall to Wall Basketball

Baby Alive Whoopsie Doo

MeTime T-shirt

Entries will close on December 6, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST. Winners will be contacted by email after the close of the contest.

Global Influence Member Guides Need more ideas for this holiday season? Check out the guides that some of our Global Influence members have put together on their own sites!

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All reviews listed in the Global Influence gift guide were product provided. Featured positions were purchased by sponsors. Member gift guides are not affiliated with Global Influence.

The long hiatus is over.  So what happened?  Ooohhhhh…  I had a spiritual priority shift, quit my job, came home, and then survived the holidays.  I’m back.

This year?  I had nothing to clean up.  And that made me sad.  This year, we traveled to the in-laws for Christmas, and so I didn’t decorate.

Normally, right about now I’d be cleaning up all the decorations – perhaps still putting some gifts in the “homes.”  Normally…  I’d take my time, cull old decorations…  and then get frustrated and cram everything somewhere, just to get it done.  I have no system.  That might be a problem.  I keep telling myself that I’ll get a system.  I’ll get organized.  This year I didn’t have to.  Maybe next year.

And so – I have no tips.  I have no way of telling you how to make the next year’s decorating easier.  I wish I did.  For example…  We may have been traveling, but I still wanted to take our stockings with us for everyone – except for the small detail that I couldn’t find them.  So – I ran out and bought four cheapies.  This may explain why we have four people (and two cats) in the family, and about 15 stockings in the Christmas boxes.

This blast has been brought to you by Right@Home and the Parent Bloggers Network.  Go get some Christmas clean up tips from them!