My dad gave up eating meat a few months ago. Since our usual Easter dinner meal was the traditional ham, I needed to find an alternative for this year's dinner. I always order salmon when I eat out mostly because I love it and always figured it must be hard to prepare. Something about cooking fish always made me nervous since there is nothing I hate more than dried out, overcooked fish. Turns out ...
Random Acts of Kindness with American Family Children’s Hospital and Toyota
It's been a month since my father-in-law had his stroke and we've certainly spent a lot of time in hospitals over the last few weeks. On Wednesday, I had the opportunity to visit a hospital for a happy reason thanks to my partnership with Toyota. In celebration of Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17th, Toyota sent over $2,500 for me to purchase some items American Family Children's Hospital ...
How to Survive Winter in Wisconsin
I grew up on the East Coast spending most of my time in Connecticut and New Hampshire, so you know I was no stranger to snow, cold and all the fun that winter can bring. When I moved to Wisconsin, I kind of expected that winters would be about the same. Boy, was I wrong! I find Wisconsin winters to be colder, harsher and longer than their New England counterparts. Since winter in Wisconsin seems ...
Microdermabrasion At Home: My Before and After
If you've ever wondered if you should try microdermabrasion at home yourself, I have my own first-hand experience to share with you here thanks to my partnership with Trophy Skin. Trophy Skin makes a variety of high-quality devices that you can use at home to help improve your skin without a visit to the medispa. Most of their devices are either to help with anti-aging or acne. I selected the ...
Zoganic – Removed for Non-Payment
Something to Consider Before Investing In or Purchasing from Zev Ostreicher or Zoganic.com Sadly, Zev Ostreicher, the owner and founder of Zoganic.com decided to skip out on paying a number of the contractors he hired, including me. We had a legal contract that included me performing services for him and even a non-compete clause saying I couldn't work with his competitors. I completed the work, ...
The Best Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
Cookies are always a big hit around here. Who wouldn't love a handheld dessert that is warm and gooey and yummy? One of our favorite cookies to munch on is the oatmeal cookie. The key to making the very best oatmeal cookie is the ingredients. I'm so excited to be sharing my very favorite oatmeal cookie recipe with you! [amd-yrecipe-recipe:2] ...
Things to Do in Rosemont Illinois
You've seen my family make lots of trips down to the Windy City (that would be Chicago for you out-of-towners!). While Chicago does get a lot of attention for all of its offerings, there is a smallish western suburb of Chicago that also offers a LOT of things to do - Rosemont, Illinois. We were recently invited down for a sponsored trip to get to know everything Rosemont has to offer and all I can ...
Holiday Gift Guide: Gift Ideas for Teens
Gift shopping for kids is easy. Heck, when they are really young, you can pretty much give them an empty box and they are thrilled. But once they become teens, the real shopping challenge begins. Short of having them pick out all of their own gifts, what's a parent to do? Worry no more. Here is a list of 20 Gifts for a Teenage Boy and 20 Gifts for a Teenage Girl. HP Stream Laptop -- ...
Ninja® Intelli-Sense™ Kitchen System with Auto-Spiralizer
This post was created in partnership with Ninja® Intelli-Sense™ Kitchen System with Auto-Spiralizer™. I received complimentary products and compensation to facilitate my review, but all opinions within are my own. If you stop by here often, you probably saw me raving about my Ninja Cooking System. The folks at Ninja were nice enough to send me another fun appliance to try out. This one also has ...
Celebrate the Holidays Safely
This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com on behalf of Erie Insurance. Growing up, the holidays were always a really big deal in our family. From Thanksgiving through New Year's Day, we had one family get together after another and those weeks always felt like a whirlwind of parties, celebrations and lots of eating! Most of my memories are of fun and joyous celebrations that went off pretty ...
Easy Potato Corn Chowder
This easy potato corn chowder makes a great dinner! We have been trying really hard to eat at home more. With all of us having busy schedules and needing to be in three different places at any given time, that can be a challenge. One of the things we have found is that having easy recipes that can either be prepared ahead or slow cook all day make it much more likely ...
Get Your Car Ready for Cold Weather
Winter is almost here and colder weather can present certain unique challenges when it comes to operating your automobile. Is your car ready for winter? Taking steps to make sure your car is cold weather ready can help keep you out of potentially dangerous situations later on. Since many families (including mine) tend to take longer road trips during the holidays, having your vehicle in ...
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