As September comes to a close, you should be well into your Back-to-School routines. If your family is anything like my family your routine goes something like this: Wake up - Get ready for work - Get kids ready for school - Make kids breakfast - Take your breakfast to go - Make coffee - Spill coffee - Change pants - Get kids out the door - Get you out the door - Work all day … [Read more...]
Aqua Adventure Summer Camp Lunch – Rubbermaid LunchBlox
Things I love about school being out for the summer: Way less traffic during my rush hour commute Things I don’t love about school being out for the summer: Constant “I’m bored! There’s nothing to do!” comments from the smalls The fact that I still have to work (which my kids just can’t seem to understand) All of the places I used to retreat to during my … [Read more...]
Memories are just a sniff away with New Air Wick® Life Scents
It may come as a surprise that the most cherished thing you will find in my kitchen is not my stand mixer, waffle maker, or grill, but a tattered, faded, and flour-caked sheet of paper that holds the recipe for my Great Grandmother’s famous snickerdoodle cookies. Line by line, hand-written in blue ink is a cherished recipe that has faded with time, but will be forever etched in … [Read more...]
{Giveaway} KitchenAid Stand Mixer
I'm going to tell you a little story. I need you however, to sit down and brace yourself as this story will shock you, horrify you, and leave you in complete and utter amazement. I have a brand new (albeit 2 years old now) KitchenAid Stand Mixer sitting in an unopened box in my garage... It's been there for yes, 2 years... And yes, I had to buy it because I absolutely had to … [Read more...]
Beat the heat and get out of the kitchen
I absolutely love summer, and out of sheer fear of winter rearing it's ugly head early, you will never catch me complaining about the heat. That said, right now it is hot, hot, hot! Multiply that by at least 42 and you have the temperature inside my house. Needless to say, the last thing I feel like doing after a long day at work is cooking, and further heating up my house. We … [Read more...]