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Hillshire Farm has a brand new product coming and they sent some for us to try. The Grilled Essentials come in several flavor varieties including Italian Style, Grilled Chicken Breast (unseasoned), Lemon Pepper, Hardwood Smoked and Garlic & Herb. These aren’t going to be on store shelves until early September, so I was excited to try them so Continue Reading …
Pay it forward. My mom may not have used that phrase when she was alive, but she sure did teach us to live that way. Pay it forward. Do something nice for someone, help someone, do a good deed- for no other reason than to do it. Watch what happens- it’s pretty neat. Its contagious. Continue Reading …
The Help is an amazing novel written by Kathryn Stockett and turned into what I think will be THE movie of the summer by her childhood friend Tate Taylor. I’d heard of The Help for a long, long time before reading it- always good things, and I knew I had to read the book before I saw Continue Reading …
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After 37 years on this earth, I am someone’s hero. Why? Because I met LIGHTNING MCQUEEN. Well, really, I met Owen Wilson, when I had the chance to interview him during the Cars 2 press junket on June 18th with the other mom bloggers I headed to LA with. But he IS Lightning McQueen. I Continue Reading …
We are off to see Winnie the Pooh’s advance screening this morning- I can’t wait to watch with my kids!! Here’s a cute spoof on Harry Potter and a trailer for you to enjoy…
This Pooh Cake is just the sweetest cake I’ve seen. It looks awesome, and not complicated to me…which is key. I may try to make it for my kids’ family birthday party. We’ll see. Maybe we’ll just make the cake to celebrate the movie’s release on July 15th! Any day is a good day for cake, Continue Reading …
Download TheHelpBookClub kit now for great questions, discussion ideas, drinks and snacks!! You can find a recipe for pie… and learn to make the “Skeeter” while enjoying a game of bridge!!
Emily Mortimer chatted with us during our trip to LA about her experience voicing Holley Shiftwell for Cars 2. She was sweet, funny, engaging, and oh, so real. Holley Shiftwell didn’t have a major part when this movie began production, but the powers that be saw the potential in Holley and Mater’s interactions and dialogue Continue Reading …
While in LA for the Cars 2 premiere, I had the opportunity to participate in group interviews with some of the stars, including noneother than Mater himself, Larry the Cable Guy. Larry (Mr. The Cable Guy?) was just so down to earth, so funny, and I loved listening to him talk about Mater, about the Continue Reading …
