The husband and I subscribed to My Points a billion years ago (okay a few years ago) and I never really understood why the rest of my web addict friends didn’t as well. And then an affiliate marketing genius friend of mine says “Oh, stay away from My Points. They’ll spam you to death.” And [...]

I’ve been previewing the upcoming series Word World and I must tell you that I’ve finally found a show on TV (well, soon to be on TV anyway) that I’d actually let my kids watch. It’s an incredibly innovative addition to the preschoolers TV lineup that’s coming to PBS Kids in the fall of this [...]

After scouring the internet all weekend looking at party invitations for our son’s upcoming 5th birthday I was overwhelmed. Even more so, I was shocked by the prices some companies were asking for a mere thirty pieces of paper. I’m sure the quality was good and the designs were very attractive but spending $100 for [...]

My husband says that I’m “vocabularious” so I suppose it’s only natural I would gravitate towards SATees, which are these terribly clever shirts (and onesies) for babies and children with very sophisticated adjectives printed on them. The idea is that you pick an adjective that describes YOUR child so of course, I had no choice [...]

There are things about me that are extreme, to say the least. My feet are not just narrow, but are a size 9.5 AAAA. My vision is not just bad, it’s “can’t walk across the room without my glasses” bad. And my boobs are not just ample, they are, quite frankly, huge. The thing is, [...]

Saw a commercial for this new fruit-plus-vegetable juice and figured it might be a good buy for our vegetable-hating son. But would he drink it? Am I the lamest mother ever for trying to sneak in grape-flavored carrots? Who cares!? He liked it! We tried the grape flavor. Tasted just like strong purple grape juice [...]

One of the many great things about having an 11 year old stepdaughter is having someone with whom to share my love of Harry Potter. The release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has long been counted down in our house and since school is out now, we decided to attend the [...]

Hi! Guess what I’m doing? Laundry! The wet, stinky, pee kind. Want to know why? Because when my in-laws put my daughter to bed last night, they didn’t make her change in to her Huggies Night Time Pull-Ups and when I went to change her my dense, darling husband said, “Oh, she’s a big girl, [...]

A positive attitude will take you only so far in life. There is also action, fact, and proof. I have not had a pregnancy end in giving birth, so for me, maintaining that positive attitude is tricky. I want to believe that everything will turn out fine and at the end of this ride, I [...]

For me the mark of a great author is someone makes me want to go out and read everything they’ve ever written, and I’ve been doing that with Janet Evanovich’s books for years. Books in her “Stephanie Plum” series make me literally laugh out loud at least three times per book. So anytime a new [...]

When we recently relocated, we used Rent.com as a resource to hunt down an apartment in our new city and state. As a website, Rent.com offers some nice options letting you search for the features you are interested in, such as bedrooms, min/max price and or course the ever popular location finder. One cool bonus, [...]

As is the case with many couples these days, when my husband Graham and I moved in together a few years ago, we found ourselves owning two of everything. Two toasters, two microwaves, two coffee makers…the list goes on. Almost three years later, we’re still trying to compile two single person’s households into one couple’s [...]

I went on a job interview once, where the majority of the interview was me discussing what sort of food I liked, could cook and what restaurants I liked in the Bluegrass of Kentucky. During the course of the interview, the owner of the company says “You have to try this.” and goes in to [...]

When self-tanners first came out I was in high school. I had a good friend who left her fate up to a bottle the day before prom. She freely applied the tanner over her entire body hoping to have that “sun-kissed glow” in her strapless dress. Her glow turned into what can only be described [...]

If you search the internet for information on bamboo flooring, you will find mixed reviews. There are those who are unhappy with their flooring, saying that it scratches easily and needs frequent refinishing. Then there are the people who love it and list the various pets they have walking on it and the various things [...]