Those of you who follow my Facebook Page (And if you don't already, you should go like it now. It's okay, I'll wait!)  know that we've been battling yellow jackets over here at Wisconsin Mommy Manor.  Jay tried spraying them will eight - yes, eight- bottles of Raid, but the yellow jackets were not deterred. After I got stung on the ankle while watering the garden, I put my rapidly swelling foot ...

Now that we are well into summer and it is finally sunny and warm in Wisconsin, we have been spending time splashing around in the pool.  I have a few items that are absolute must-haves if you are going to spend time in and around the pool. (I was sent samples of these products but received no incentive to recommend or talk about them.) I'm pretty passionate about sunscreen, especially on my ...

When I was a kid, there was a small shoe store in town that gave away gum with each pair of shoes you purchased.  The gum was Bazooka Joe and I thought it was so cool that each piece had a little comic strip in the wrapper.  The only thing was I was only allowed to chew sugar-free gum and Bazooka Joe was definitely not sugar-free, so I was not allowed to chew it.  At the time, that seemed ...

I love summer, really I do. But my floors? Um, not so much.  Summer means gardening, fresh cut grass, flowers, splashing in the pool and lots of in-and-out through the slider door.  (And lots of stuff tracked back in through that slider door.)  Gardening means dirt, lots of dirt. Fresh cut grass has a way of getting tracked all through the house and is especially bad when wet feet from the pool ...

Going to the movies is still one of my favorite pastimes. While I love checking out the newest kid movie with LJ, sometimes I just want a good belly laugh that doesn't have any animation in it.  There are a few actors who I know are going to make me laugh no matter what and Vince Vaughn is near the top of that list for me.  I still crack up every time I watch The Break-Up or Wedding ...