Have you checked out ParentsConnect.com from Nickelodeon? As a parent of a kid, a preteen, and a teen, I found lots to interest me. Message boards. Tips. Advice from other moms and dads. Expert advice. To get the best out of www.parentsconnect.com,…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Consignments R Us
I recently entered typeamom.net’s That’s Ingenious Challenge. The challenge was to come up with an invention/solution to a sticky problem — this is not quite the wording, but that’s my interpretation anyway. My answer: I’m a consigner. I might even call myself…
Review and Giveaway: zpizza
I don’t have to be told twice to go try a pizza place, that is for sure. Pizza has been my downfall for years. I can remember my first slice as if it was yesterday…a heavenly single pizza at the Metuchen Fair…
Musings on England Trip: Taxi!
After a 7 hour transatlantic night flight we walked out of the nightmare known as the Heathrow customs and arrivals lounge. I was hot and sweaty after standing in line to go through passport and customs. Heathrow has been under…
Musings on England Trip: Hope for Youth
Editor’s Note: I will post on our trip to England in a series of short posts. So much to write about, but I want to make it manageable for myself to write. Stay tuned. Today: Hope for Youth I was…
Gather.com: A Review
I joined Gather.com some time ago. I find this site very helpful. I was able to: – Meet people who share my interests — Mom to a kid, a preteen, and a teen. – Connect around life experiences – Talk about the news…
Practical Jokes and Pranks
To the best of my knowledge I have never done an April Fool’s Day prank. My kids have. We have had the “every sock in the drawer is mismatched” and the “piece of plastic over the end of the toothpaste tube.”…
EASportsActive Challenge Is Over
Almost two months ago I participated in the #easactive challenge as an at-home tester. I was borderline obsessed about getting my grubby paws on a copy of EASportsActive by EA. I wrote about my mission to EASportsActive here. The best part of being…
Del Monte Fruit Chillers: Review
On a hot summer day, nothing hits the spot more than something cold and refreshing. I find ice pops to be too sugary and sickly for the most part. You know the ones I mean…the ones with 50 pops that…
Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters: Review
My friends at MyBlogSpark.com sent me a selection of Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters to try. Now I will say that while none of my family is allergic to nuts, we also don’t eat very many nuts. I don’t cook with nuts.…
