One of the best parts of the school year coming to a close is that I no longer have to pack lunches. After weeks and weeks of packing lunches for three children, I can say with certainty that most days…
Category: Cooking/Eating
Got Your Milk Mustache?
I never understood the power of influence until my son was about 18 months old. He and I were alone during the day while my husband and the older kids were at school. For lunch I would make him “toddler”…
How Green Is Your Valley?
A local friend posted about green. She asked how each of us interprets “going green.” I kind of wrote a novel…so I’m posting it here. Recycling As far as green goes, we’re doing a little. We recycle, which is way…
KaChow…Kung Fu Panda 2 [Giveaway]
As a child, I did not love Cracker Jack. I thought it was sticky. Chewy. Gooey. Too sweet. And generally blech. BUT, I loved the little tiny toy jammed down in to Cracker Jack box. I would dig my fingers…
I Need To Find a Better Hiding Place [Giveaway]
I need a padlock on the freezer. Or a new hiding place. I didn’t do a very good job of hid. It took my husband and kids only a few days to eat all of it. I had one. That…
Paint It Purple…Juice Style [Review]
I have a vague memories of drinking juice as a child. I probably drank the sickly sweet orange-juice like liquid the milkman delivered to my grandmother’s house in England. Note…it likely had little to no actual orange juice, but I…
Spicing up Dinner with Filler Free Spices [Giveaway]
I’m not an adventurous cook. If I deviate from a recipe, well let’s just say the end result is not pretty. My husband is a better cook. Grilling is his thing. Between the two of us we make a decent…
Get Revved up with Big G Cereals! [Giveaway]
I’ve fought the good fight. You know the fight where you tell your MIL to not send over sweets and candy bars and — oh my goodness — chocolates. I’m not against candy. Everything is good…in moderation. It’s the moderation…
I Play Chef for My Kids
It should come as no surprise to people who know me that I put things off. My procrastinaton genes run deep. Very deep. In the fall I said I would do roundup posts for all the articles I have written…
Date Nights…Western Howard County
Date Nights? Do you remember them? I have vague memories of when going on date nights was very easy. Lately with kids in a multitude of activities and general family exhaustion from our hectic schedule, date nights are few and…
