My apologies for this late post; I had meant to do a follow-up to my Managing Our Family Calendar with Cozi.com post by last Friday, but as often happens with busy families, we got very….busy! I did want to make sure and mention a few other things about the Cozi.com site, though – some tools [...]

If you know me or have been reading my blog for a while, you may know that my family and I can get pretty silly.  We love to spend time together making jokes, goofing off, and creating fun memories together. When I heard that Primrose Schools was sponsoring a Family Dance-Off Video Competition, I immediately [...]

In September I was able to attend the Type A Mom blogging conference, where I met Robbie Cape, CEO and President of Seattle-based website Cozi.com, and their Social Media Director, Carol Schiller.  I had already heard a little about Cozi.com through buzz around the blogosphere; the company generously supported many bloggers’ trips to the mega-conference BlogHer.  [...]

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 [...]

As part of Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty, the Self-Esteem Fund was established with the goal of bringing self-esteem education, awareness, and workshops to 5 million girls globally by 2010.  Every Dove product purchased helps add to the Fund, and this Fall, Dove is taking a moment to tell their consumers:  “Thank You for Making [...]

Would you be shocked to hear from a book-lover such as myself that I’ve never read (nor even heard of!) Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox?  I bear a bit of guilt about that, really I do, especially now that Wes Anderson has made such a highly-anticipated, and just as highly-praised, motion picture of the story. If [...]

Recently One2One Network (a fabulous word-of-mouth marketing group I belong to) asked me to spend some time on Fancast.com and share my opinions here on my blog.  Since it’s a service I have seen advertised on TV and was curious about anyway, I was happy to oblige. Fancast, a child of Comcast, touts itself as “THE [...]

It’s been 20 years since I first fell in love with Harry Connick, Jr.  His smooth, dreamy vocals on the When Harry Met Sally… soundtrack echoed my own romantic teenage moods, and I became a fan. No longer a teenager, but still subject to the kind of day-dreaming that invites a smooth-jazz mood, I was happy when [...]

In celebration of the launch of a unique new media company – Moxie Media (unique because it’s the brainchild of six creative women bloggers) – my family was recently visited by the company’s traveling mascot, Moxie Mona. Moxie Mona is not to be confused with any particular wonder.woman – she has her own style and flair, [...]

Safeway isn’t “Safeway” in the Houston metro area – here the store is known as Randall’s.  As disorienting as that was when we first moved here, I quickly realized that several of the corporate standards carry over, including their unique line of healthy food for adults, Eating Right. Safeway has taken the recognizability of the Eating [...]