The Mrs. Dash bottle sat on the counter for about 0.5 seconds before my teen started talking about cooking with it. I did not ask my teen to test the product nor do I make her cook dinner. She’s just…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Did You Know I Write Somewhere Else?
I write for DC Metro Moms. I guess you could call me a DC Metro Mom. I’m trying to bring a bit of my geographical heritage to the site. My geographical background in reverse order would be Howard County via…
Milkshake Is Having a Great Day! — Deadline Extended!
I love being on the inside looking out. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does I feel like I am having a “Great Day.” Speaking of great days, do you know the band Milkshake? I first heard of the band through…
Musings from the Beach: Boogie Boards and Burqas
O.K. so I am not at the beach at the moment. And no, I have no desire to go back to the beach. You can take your sand, sea, crowds on the beach, sunscreen-and-sand as exfoliant, and never finding a…
Review & Giveaway: Trix Swirls Are Definitely for Kids!
The new box of Trix Swirls® was on the pantry shelf for a nano second before the preteen found it. She has a nose for the sweet things. I implored her to please save some for her older sister and younger brother.…
Spotlight on PR: Jill Berry
Who am I? I’m a writer. In the early days of my career I shied away from the “writer” title. I was an editor of other people’s writing. I loved my job as a Senior Editor for a publisher, but…
Should Little Kids Use Mommy’s iphone?
I’ll state at the outset that I have issues with little kids using grownup devices — cell phones, ipods, iphones, Blackberries. Perhaps my children at 6, 10, and 13 were born too late to have had the opportunity to play…
Why Do You Keep Coming Back to Read a Blog? Part 2
Yesterday I mused on blogs and why we keep coming back to read ’em. Today, I have my very own Musings from Me’s List of Blogging Criteria or why do I come back for more. Every time I click on a…
Review: Rock of Ages
The 80s marked the beginning and end of what I term my obsession with music. You know what I mean…that time in your life when you live and breath music. When you wake up to music and simultaneously annoy your…
Why Do You Keep Coming Back to Read a Blog? Part 1
Have you ever read a blog and thought “Wow, I like that” or “I need to come back and see how [issue] got resolved.” Yep, me too. I have my favorites from my early blogging days…some I still read and…
