Wisconsin Mommy

Five Ways to Reduce Your Flu Risk

This post is part of my Wellness Wednesday series brought to you in sponsored partnership with Aurora Health Care. It's been so warm here this fall that it's easy to forget that we are already heading into flu season. We tend to think of flu as being the thing you catch when there is snow on the ground and a freezing wind blowing through the door. But it really has very little to do with the weather and a lot to do with whether or not you are exposed to the flu virus. But there are

Lighten Up Your Favorite Noodle Dishes with No Yolks

This post was sponsored by No Yolks as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. It seems that Fall has finally landed in Wisconsin. Now that the weather is a bit cooler, we love eating meals that are a bit heartier than the typical summer salads we had been enjoying. But we don't necessarily want heartier meals to mean heavier. We do try and keep meals as low fat, low sodium and low cholesterol as possible. BUT we do not want low

Tips for Finding a New Doctor

This post is part of my Wellness Wednesday series brought to you in sponsored partnership with Aurora Health Care. Last summer, my husband had an unexpected job change that put him at a new employer with a new benefits package. The insurance company that his employer used did not include the health network we had been with for as long as we've been married. As sad as I was to have to find new doctors for Jay and myself, it broke my heart to tell Josh that he could no longer see the

Celebrate National Curd Day with Culver’s!

This celebration of National Cheese Curd Day is sponsored by one of my favorite restaurants - Culver's! Not sure why I'm such a diehard Culver's fan? Read on!! Moving to Wisconsin from New England in 2000 introduced me to a whole bunch of new things I never knew existed before (or knew by a different name). Drinking fountains were now "bubblers", my husband constantly referred to the ATM as the "Tyme Machine" which made me giggle, Kohl's was new to me and was a grocery store as well as a