Decorating with Teen Daughters: RoomMates Wall Decals, Books, & Shamzees

Hobbit wall decal

My daughters are growing up sooo fast and now, when they need to reorient their world, they move around their own furniture and tell me about it later. Since there aren’t but so many ways to change a room (inexpensively), here are a couple of ways my girls have added their own touches to their [...]

Lunch w/ the National Center for Learning Disabilities #Dyslexia

National Center for Learning Disabilities

Recently I attended a luncheon put on by my Philly friends Whitney and Colleen to learn about the work of the National Center for Learning Disabilities and their dyslexia education program. We watched clips where popular TV shows highlighted the issue of dyslexia and heard from Dr. Sheldon Horowitz about some of the issues people with [...]

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Les Miserables Masters the Big Screen with Powerfully Graphic Force

Les Miserables Review

Anger. Hate. Hope. Love. Fight. Flight. The whole gamut of passionate emotions lit up the big screen last night as I viewed the new musical-based movie Les Miserables, headlining Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried. This classic tale follows a script based on the historical novel written by Victor Hugo in 1862, [...]

How-To: Peanut Butter Blossoms Chex® Mix Recipe

Chex Mix Recipe

Take me to a party and the first thing I grab for is the Chex® Mix Bowl. In fact, if you want to know my favorite treat to make over the holidays, it’s the good old-fashioned Original Chex® Mix Party Mix baked in a large roasting pan, drizzled with a mixture of butter, Worcestershire sauce, season salt, onion [...]

CuddleUppets Make Thanksgiving Travel Easy Peezy

CuddleUppets

My daughter, even at age 14, loved it when CuddleUppets came to our house this last summer. The soft blanket and the cute soft puppet head are fun for play and for sleeping. AND, now we have a trip ahead of us next week, I know what will be in our car -the CuddleUppets Green Crocodile. If [...]

Project You Back-to-School Edition

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Quaker Oats Rules the Breakfastsphere

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I could probably sum up my entire life’s experience with Quaker Oats in one sentence: Quaker Oats rules the breakfastsphere. I say that because I love the cereals Quaker Oats puts out (especially the Oatmeal Squares). And, of course, I love the quick grab instant oatmeal and handy chewy granola bars that are just classic [...]

Celebrating World Arthritis Day October 12, 2012

As I feel my age more and more and my joints get stiff and my hands feel achy on rainy days, I realize that it’s time to research aging symptoms the same way I looked up ways to handle new babies, how to deal with toddlers, what to do about middle school and now how [...]

digest diet shake

When you get to my age (43), you have typically tried most diets out there, punctuated by spurts of annual gorging otherwise known as the time of year from Thanksgiving through New Year’s. And, now that life is busier than ever, I am having to learn how to fit in exercise, dieting AND blogging around [...]