Is McDonald’s to blame for making our kids fat? Here’s your chance to weigh in (No Scale Required).
Everyone knows that fast food chain restaurants aren’t winning any awards for being nutritionally responsible. But one public interest group is taking it a step... Read More
What to Expect When You’re Expecting…a Teenager
I am not at all certain how, now just shy of forty, that I find myself staring across the dinner table at my seventeen year... Read More
Wake Up And Smell The Decaf: GOYCZ Challenge “A Week Without Caffeine”
This week’s Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone Challenge (GOYCZ): No Caffeine! I was always one of those people who said, “Caffeine doesn’t affect me.”... Read More
Fast Food. What to order when you’re on the go.
Sometimes you have to. You just do. You’re out doing errands, it’s past lunchtime and the kids are starting to whine—something needs to be done... Read More
Five Things I Can’t Live Without. Just One Gal’s Opinion.
This is not groundbreaking stuff. These seemingly insignificant items that I adore and hold in such high regard. And if I were writing this article... Read More
Finding designer kids’ clothing on the cheap. Ca-ching!
Having kids has given me a whole new attitude when I go shopping. I no longer focus on my fashion but instead, my children’s. Of... Read More
Dollar Store Buys: What’s a good deal and what’s a waste.
When I was a kid, dollar stores were retailers full of miscellaneous junk. Often stuffy and full of no-named items, we rarely hit “those stores”... Read More
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone Challenge: Budgeting with cash. A week without cards.
I’d been thinking about making one of my upcoming challenges about money and weekly budgeting by using cash only (no debit or credit cards allowed),... Read More
$3 Crock Pot Recipes: Super Cheap And Super Good
Back in 1999, I received a shiny chrome crock pot from my Aunt Helen that has since remained in the back of my dusty kitchen... Read More
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone (GOYCZ) Challenge: No meat, please. I’m a vegetarian.
I come from a long lineage of non-vegetarians. No one in my family is a vegetarian, nor are any of my friends. I don’t think... Read More
So you want back in. Tips for women on re-entering the workforce.
For a lot of women who chose to go the stay-at-home route, re-entering the workforce is, at best, a lesson in overcoming insecurity, and at... Read More