The sky is falling! The sky is falling! My mother read Chicken Little to me over and over again. Though I can no longer find the book at my parents’ home, I have fond memories of hearing…
Tag: food
Wordless Wednesday: Meeting a #BlogHer12 VIP
Talking Breakfast with the Sun Back in 2011 — doesn’t that seem ages ago? — my family and I had a glorious 10 days in southern California. Both business, so that I could attend BlogHer, and pleasure, so that we…
An Easy Dinner with Pillsbury Artisan Pizza Crust #myblogspark [Giveaway–Ends 9/24]
I’m a cook in name only. I cook 3 meals a day for my family. I want to prepare healthy meals, but I lack an interest in cooking. Are you like me? From time to time I cook a recipe…
Keeping Breakfast Simple & Fit [Giveaway] #breakfastlove
Is there anything better than breakfast? I could eat breakfast for dinner, lunch, and well, breakfast. Eggs and bacon, pancakes and waffles, omelette and frittatas, you name the breakfast food and I will eat it. And, of course, I’m all…
Back to School: Easy Lunches with Del Monte Fruit Cups #SmartSnack
I have systems. Plans. Methods for organization. My systems have systems. I file the school papers. Clip them together in stacks. Hang the papers from the fridge or bulletin board. I sort old papers so that old papers don’t get…
A New Chip from Pillsbury…Baguette Chips [Giveaway]
I looked high and low in the pantry. Searched shelf after shelf. Looked in boxes…and bags. All I needed was to find one bag. An empty bag would do. But, alas the children in this house have devoured every last…
No Child Should Have To Go Hungry…Ever
Hunger. I never think about. Oh, I’ve certainly been hungry before. I could definitely afford to ignore those hunger pains, but have I ever experienced true hunger? No, not even close. There was always food in the fridge during my…
Skip Cooking, Get Dinner from @KFC_Colonel [Giveaway]
I’m not a good cook. Don’t let the apron in the photo fool you. Before you say “but, surely you exaggerate?” No, really. I’m a horrible cook. In 22 years of marriage, my husband has said the following words to…
Menu Planning: Recovery from Wisdom Teeth Surgery
She’ll need to have all four wisdom teeth out. Here’s a referral to an oral surgeon. I’ll admit that this information caught me off guard. My Teen had been brace-free for about two years. When she got out of the…
I’m Not a Coffee Afficionado, But I Know Good Coffee [Giveaway]
Back in my work-in-an-office days, one of the office perks was free coffee. To call this freebie a perk is a stretch. This free coffee was delivered by the box load ready for brewing in the office kitchen. It served…
