A trip to visit my extended family involves about five hours in the car, so we don't often travel without snacks in tow. Our favorite snack for the road are "Philly pretzels," those soft, fat pretzels that are still hot when you get them--if you're lucky. We like to stop at the pretzel bakery near Continue Reading
ArchivesMay, 2010
31MayWeird Holiday Monday: Sew Barefoot Edition!
June 1 is National Go Barefoot Day! Like my kids need any encouragement. I'm not going anywhere barefoot until my toes look pretty, though. I wonder if my daughter has any good nail-polish colors I could use? TODAY ONLY! 10% off China Glaze Nail Polish at SallyBeauty.com Enter code 555966 in your shopping bag. Valid Continue Reading
29MayUnforgettable Memorial Day Sales
Welcome to Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer! Memorial Day is famous for great sales on everything from cars to furniture to mattresses and more. And our Memorial Day page is filled with great deals--so remember to stop here before you shop! You'll find deals this weekend--in stores and online--for summer gear like Continue Reading
28MayPopup Blocker
It may be the end of the line for our pop-up toaster. That toaster doesn't owe us anything. It's over twenty years old; my husband had it in his apartment before we even met each other. For a long time it sat in a box in the basement as we used a toaster oven for Continue Reading
28MaySummer Travel Outlook Improves
by Doug Desjardins Travel industry analysts are forecasting an increase in summer tourism this year but expect only a marginal increase as a slow economy continues to keep consumer spending tamped down. To start things off, the American Automobile Association (AAA) is forecasting a 5.4 percent increase in travel for Memorial Day Weekend compared to Continue Reading
28MayWelcome to the Shrine
My mom has always been a huge baseball fan. At some point she started collecting things like signed baseballs and autographed books by her favorite players. And when my sister moved out after getting married, Mom took over her room and turned it into what we called "The Shrine." She even had a blue-and-white pinstriped Continue Reading
27MayOh, Canada!
I have enough Canadian friends over at the forums at FamilyCorner.com to know that Canada has been the Rodney Dangerfield of coupon shopping for far too long. They get no respect there--and almost no coupons, either. My Canadian buddies have long lamented that many of the deals we've enjoyed in America are not applicable where Continue Reading
27MayOur Furry Friend
Our neighbors have a dog, so we don't have to. (With my allergies, that's a good thing.) My teenage daughter loves dogs. I'm guessing that when she grows up and moves out, I'll never be able to visit her without doubling up on the inhalers. Currently she has to borrow someone else's pets to get Continue Reading
26MayFlip-Flop
It's that time of year again--I'm finding flip-flops, instead of sneakers, all over the house. I'm really not sure why I bother buying shoes for the kids. It seems like they never wear them anyway; I'm always tripping over shoes in the unlikeliest of places. I don't trip on my own, since they don't leave Continue Reading
26MayWaiting for Mr. Fixit
We've really got to get better at do-it-yourself home repair over here. The other day I was a "prisoner in my own home," waiting for the plumber to show up. The kids had discovered that the drainpipe under the kitchen sink was draining right into the bucket of recyclable cans and bottles that sits in Continue Reading
25MayDo You Work Clean?
Are you a neat cook, or a messy cook? I love to cook, but I'm not so fond of the cleanup. I'd probably make a lot more complicated meals than I do if I didn't know that at the end of dinner there would be a pile of pots, pans, bowls and knives to wash. Continue Reading