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The Winner of the Perry Files!
The winner to last week’s Disney Giveaway is Patricia Wojnar Crowley! Congratulations Patricia, I hope you enjoy the Disney DVD about Agent P and all his crazy friends and enemies. We really loved the...
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Summer Reading List (Infographic)
Summer officially starts in our house this afternoon. Last night my daughter and I stopped at Half Price Books to find the book Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones. She also wrote Howl’s Moving...
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This really is a real blog and Free Tickets to Hotel Transylvania
It only seems like it’s nothing more than ads, reviews and promotions. Wanna get a free prescreening of Hotel Transylvania this weekend? Click here to get tickets to see the movie at the Mall of...
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Listerine Smart Rinse Sweet Smart Challenge
We are excited to be participating in the Listerine Smart Rinse Sweet Smart Challenge. Wow, what a mouthful! If you’ve read my blog for more than a year you might have read this little ditty about ex#2...
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How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
I’ve been thinking a lot about zombie attacks lately. Maybe because Halloween is just a couple of weeks away (seriously, when did summer end?) and because lately I have seen more and more of those...
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Fun Halloween Statistics
Halloween is less than a week away. As I write this it is snowing but next week it looks to be perfect trick or treat weather. What follows is some fun statistics about Halloween. Costumes, candy and...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools Discourages Halloween Celebration
I’m not surprised that the St. Paul Public School District would frown on Halloween. It’s too bad but not the least bit surprising. Years ago, maybe decades, Joe Soucheray said that St. Paul (or maybe...
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Listerine Smart Rinse Challenge part 2
It’s been 28 days since we started the Listerine Smart Rinse Sweet Smart Challenge and what a difference 28 days can make. Getting my kids to brush was second only to potty training in frustration. Why...
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How To Change Your Furby's Personality
If you haven’t gotten a Furby yet then it’s only because you don’t have a 9 year old daughter. If you had a 9 year old daughter you would have a Furby or possibly two. We got a Furby. For those of you...
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Got Milk? Breakfast Blitz! Support Breakfast Programs at Local Schools
Join in the Got Milk? Breakfast Blitz Sweepstakes! EVERY MILK PURCHASE* BETWEEN NOW AND FEBRUARY 17, 2013 WILL HELP SUPPORT BREAKFAST PROGRAMS AT LOCAL SCHOOLS AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO WIN TICKETS TO...
View ArticleRain, Rain, Go Away — Please?
It’s been raining here in The Twin Cities for the past ever. My basement barely dried out from the winter thaw when it was flooded again by all the rain. We’ve had storm after storm, the thundering...
View ArticleWhat does the Fox Say?
By now you’ve seen this video called What Does the Fox Say. It’s catchy, it’s well produced and it’s almost as annoying as that Friday video by what’shername? I apologize if you haven’t seen this video...
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Freaky Old Spice Mom Ad
So this latest viral video is either really funny or really creepy depending on how much of a helicopter parent you turned out to be. It’s about mothers and their sons who grow up to use Old Spice. I...
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Where are You Going This Summer?
Hard to believe it’s already summer especially since it snowed a fair amount just a few weeks ago. But, Grand Old Day is today and that means summer has officially begun. Last summer the daughter and I...
View ArticleToday is The Day of Positivity!!
Today is apparently The SpongeBob Day of Positivity, a day in which to celebrate SpongeBob Squarepant’s most admired quality – eternal positivity! I know this because my inbox is filled with all kinds...
View ArticleSingle Mom’s Who Celebrate Father’s Day
Recently there’s been a fiery discussion on social media about single moms who celebrate Father’s Day. In other words, in addition to being celebrated by their children on Mother’s Day they also are...
View ArticleFailure of Saint Paul Public Schools, Solutions Not Suspensions and Teachers...
Last week a teacher at St. Paul Central High School was brutally beaten when he tried to help to break up a fight between two students arguing about football. The teacher was slammed into a concrete...
View ArticleTHE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE Bird Island Experience at Mall of America
Where: Mall of America Rotunda When: Saturday, April 2, 11am–5pm The Angry Birds Movie will take over the Rotunda at Mall of America® for the Bird Island Experience, featuring a Digital Arcade, Nest...
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Clowns Banned from Halloween
Let me get this straight, clowns banned from halloween because they creep people out too much?!?!?! Apparently out east clowns have been banned from Halloween because of all the recent creepy clown...
View ArticleThe Teal Pumpkin Project
I’m so thrilled to learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project! About 5 years ago I learned my daughter had severe tree nut allergies. Overnight everything became a lot more difficult and the worry never...
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