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.…
Category: Musings on Reviews
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…
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…
Book Review: She Still Calls Me Daddy
I recently discovered through my good friend, Mariana, that publishers have programs for bloggers. I love this idea. I quickly signed up with Thomas Nelson. My first book for review was a good one: She Still Calls Me Daddy: Building a New Relationship with…
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.”…
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…
Snikiddy Snacks
There are snacks and then there are SNACKS. I prefer SNACKS to snacks any day. A SNACK leaves you satisfied and happy, while a snack leaves you with the feeling that you shouldn’t have wasted those precious calories. Snikiddy is…
Hop on Over to TheBlogFrog.com
One of the first sites I happened upon in my quest for more readers to my blog was The_Blog_Frog. Think: froggie sitting on a lily pad waiting with outstretched tongue for flies. That was my blog. My old pad: www.writingmylifeoneblogatatime.blogspot.com. A blog with not…
What Happened to the Girl I Married: A Review
I had two reactions to What Happened to the Girl I Married?: excitement that I get to participate in my first SVMoms Book Club and disappointment that this is the first selection. Now, don’t get me wrong. This is not a bad book…
