As I walked through the KFC HQ a week or two ago, I could not miss the very recognizable smell. It was the smell of chicken…KFC chicken. It was everywhere. The smell of chicken seemed to follow our band of…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Teen Lit: Jumping on the Bandwagon…Late
About 3 or so years ago, my oldest asked to buy a book from the middle school book fair. I’m all about reading and rarely turn down a child’s request to buy a book. I sent her to school with…
Learning Something New About a Brand I Have Known About for Years #kfcfresh
A few weeks ago I took a quick trip to Louisville, KY. And by quick I do mean quick. I was in the air or on the ground for about 27 hours. Quick. The trip couldn’t have come at a…
Family Organization by AboutOne…Coming Soon!
Family + Organization = ?@?$#?!? When I look at the above equation, I see the crowded-with-dates kitchen wall calendar. I hear the anxious voices of my husband and I trying to calculate how 2 of us will get 3 kids…
Do You Have a Favorite #ChefBoyardee Recipe?
I’m all about quick, easy, and tasty. Especially when it comes to dinner. Dinner is a key event in our home. We like to eat together as a family. Every night. But the reality is that I have a couple…
Doing Good As a Team #MembersUnite
As a college student, I discovered the Jerry Lewis Telethon one Labor Day Weekend. I was new to the U.S. having recently moved from England to Pennsylvania for college. As a kid in England I watched TV, but I had…
2012: Resolutions and Then Some #Tots2Tweens
I don’t write down my resolutions. I’m not sure if I have ever written down a New Year’s Resolution. Maybe, years ago? Perhaps, I jotted something down on a scrap of paper? Did I write something on my calendar? In…
Bathroom Talk Is Now, O.K. #CloroxLounge
The grimace. You know the one that you make when your children says something about the bathroom or anything in the “toilet talk” range of conversation topics. You cringe. You take a sharp intake of breath. You pray that your…
Jet Setter…Not
I’m sitting in a hotel room. No noise. The TV remote control all to myself. A nice dinner in the not too.distant future. But I miss my kids. In my previous life, I never traveled for.business. I was the left…
Remembering a Friend
I only knew Susan from her blog. By that I mean I didn’t meet her before I started writing my own blog. But, Susan was among the first group of local bloggers that I met. We have a vibrant and…
