Thanks to Stop & Shop’s Consumer Advisor Andrea Astrachan for the following helpful tips. A link to Andrea’s monthly column online can be found here. (If – like me – you don’t have a Stop & Shop/Giant in your local … Read More
It’s called the Magellan Maestro 4250. Earlier this summer, I was working on a summer get-away type article where one of the recommended items was a GPS. I reached out to Magellan and they were kind enough to send me … Read More
K=Kim (me); M=Michael (my four year old son)… K: I’m so glad that you and Sean are my sons. M: Well, I’m not glad that you’re my mommy. I want another one. K: Oh really? Tell me who you’d like … Read More
Last Thursday, I was fortunate to attend a Stop & Shop hosted luncheon at Sarabeth’s. (I’ll write more about that later…I’m just waiting for some pictures.) While there, Sarabeth herself demonstrated making her “famous” chocolate chip cookies. While doing so, … Read More
Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, school consultant, and author or co-author of eight books. Many years ago when I was volunteering with a children’s group, I was given his classic bestseller, Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of … Read More
Back in May, I wrote a post called “A Final Farewell” – One of My “Good Cries”. It was about Dr. Randy Pausch, a college professor who was dying of pancreatic cancer. He had given a popular, inspiring lecture about … Read More
Okay, not really. I DO have a soft, fluffy towel that I won’t let anyone else in my home touch though. I’m even careful about not snagging it with my engagement ring. (Lately, I’ve noticed that I have snagged many … Read More
When my husband and I take the kids away on vacation, I always look for three things…two for the kids (a children’s museum and a zoo) and one for me (the local food)! (My husband isn’t left out though…he already … Read More
Earlier this year, in I Resolve to Make My Own Goals in 2008, I wrote about two personal goals that I had made this year (weight loss and learning to drive). Yesterday, I did my body test on the Wii … Read More
My son Michael is fascinated with WALL.E. When the movie opened, he went with his father and some friends. When he came back home, he taught his little brother to say “WALL.E!” like the robots in the movie and started … Read More