Though August in Houston is more brutally hot than anywhere else I’ve lived, it’s also time for my daughter’s marching band to begin their drills.  For as many as 12 hours a day she and more than 250 bandmates alternate between workshops inside and rehearsals outside, always keeping an eye on their water intake and [...]

My youngest son is almost 3 and is a bona fide Distracted Eater.  He has the hardest time sitting still for any meal, and in fact prefers to graze from his plate as he does laps around the dining table or pretends to be an airplane in flight.  I never put much stock into buying [...]

     The Kroger Co. Family of Stores, General Mills, NBC’s hit TV Show “The Biggest Loser” and other key sponsors are partnering to donate up to $1,080,000 to Feeding America this year through the Pound for Pound Challenge. Here´s how you can help: Visit www.pfpchallenge.com/Kroger to make your pledge to lose weight and to [...]

One thing I’ve learned about moving across the country is that products you may be used to “back home” aren’t necessarily available in your new location.  “Do you have _____ there?” has become a common part of conversation with friends and family back West – whether it be a store, restaurant, or favorite items found [...]

In April, our family was able to review the amazing chocolates and fruit confections from the new WONKA EXCEPTIONALS line of candies.  We fell in love with the rich, creamy chocolate and the flavorful, fruity confections, and now keep an eye out for them whenever we’re at the store.  (I like to keep a stash of [...]

Mrs. Prindable’s has been creating gourmet chocolate and caramel covered apples longer than anyone – 25 years, in fact.  They use only the highest quality, freshest ingredients for their apples and other handmade confection gifts.  With a reputation for excellence and an overall amazing gift-giving/receiving experience, Mrs. Prindable’s apples are offered online and through catalog, and during the holidays at [...]

Last Monday at about 12:15 in the afternoon, I received a package of new WONKA Exceptionals chocolate bars and fruit confections for review on my blog. My 16yo daughter happened to be home sick from school, and I let her try a few of the candies. Her reaction?  She literally ran to her Facebook page [...]

Cheerios has been a staple in our house for many years.  Breakfast, lunch, dinner – doesn’t matter, it’s a cereal we love to eat any time of day.  We’ve often used Cheerios as one of the “first foods” for our babies, and our toddlers have usually had a bag closeby for snacktime.  It’s hard to [...]

Though I have scaled waaaaay back in my online work with companies and review panels, there have been a few opportunities I felt were just too great to not offer to my readers.  This is definitely one of them! Now through February 9th at the Safeway family of stores (which includes Dominick´s, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Vons, [...]

My desire to feed my children healthy, balanced meals has always been much greater than my discipline to actually do so. You want chicken nuggets for dinner again?  Hey, if it means you’ll eat, then go for it. Most of my children are older now, though, and it’s easier to talk them into more sophisticated [...]