This post is sponsored by Mondelez. Summer is flying by. I feel like we just finished the last school year and started our summer. And yet, as hard as it is to believe, the new school year will be starting before we know it. Pretty soon it will be time to get backpacks ready,…
Archives for July 2015
Homemade Non-Toxic Sunscreen With Essential Oils
I’ve been very interested this past year in making more natural, non-toxic products for my family. With my family – and personal – history of skin cancer, protecting my skin and my kids’ skin from the harmful effects of the sun is of great importance to me. While I believe that wearing sunscreen is an…
No-Bake Tapioca Mini Pies With Gingersnap Crust
Many thanks to Kozy Shack® Enterprises, LLC for sponsoring today’s recipe and encouraging me to try a new, unique treat for summer with Kozy Shack® Pudding. Ask my husband and my 10 year-old-son what their favorite flavor of pudding is, and they won’t hesitate to say “Kozy Shack® Tapioca Pudding!” Not just tapioca. It…
The Beach Days of Summer #PSF
There’s something relaxing and rejuvenating about spending a couple of days at the beach…even if the visit is short. Since our stop in Florida this week was a quick one as we start off our summer of travel, we tried to fit as much in as possible during our stay. I had to laugh…
July Blog Prompts {12 Months of Writing Ideas} #BlogPrompts
I’m blaming my vacation (and the last few weeks of vacation prep) on the fact that I completely forgot to post July’s blog prompts on Sunday. So we’ve got a mid-week Blog Prompts. It’s summer. It’s all good, right? Here are a few prompts for the month of July (and, yes, I’ve got vacation…
10 Things You May Not Know About Ironing With Starch
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Faultless/Bon Ami Company for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. I’m sure that my Grandma Betty would be disappointed to know that in the last 20 years of marriage, I have not used starch once. In fact, when I asked my husband…
2015 Kia Optima Review
Kia sent me 2015 Optima SX to review for a week. Just one week….although I would have loved to have kept it longer. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Stock photos of the Kia Optima are courtesy of Kia. The more cars I drive, the more I feel like I notice about each…
Teenager: Uninterrupted {The First 6 Weeks With Invisalign Teen} #InvisalignMom
I am a member of the Invisalign Mom Advisory Board and Necco is receiving her treatment for free I can’t believe that Necco is already over a month into her Invisalign treatment. I snapped this picture on Day 1, right after we got home from the orthodontist. Her Invisalign aligners were a new thing…
Mexican Tortellini Salad #PinterestRemakes
Around here, summertime cooking tends to be very different than school year cooking. The kids have swim team practice most days until 6:15 pm, and the time I have to get dinner ready and feed the family is even shorter than when they’re in school. Not to mention the fact that the afternoon and early evening…
Wendella Boat Tour of Chicago’s Architecture #PSF
When I was in Chicago a little over a week ago for my sister’s wedding, my family took a little tourist break. Here are a few of the photos I took with my phone of Chicago’s Original Architecture Tour® with Wendella. About Chicago’s Original Architecture Tour®: Departing from the Wendella Dock at Trump Tower,…