We ALL wish that cancer was GONE once and for all. One particular form of cancer that has affected my family is breast cancer. My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor and I am thankful every single day that she beat it. It’s an awful disease and when I found out that Valvoline Instant Oil Change was helping to Wipe out breast cancer, I was excited to partner with them to tell you about a wonderful campaign they have going on during the month of October! While I partnered with Valvoline Instant Oil Change for this project, as always, all opinions expressed here are my own!
If you follow me on social media, you know that my family recently spent some time in New York City. A good bloggy friend, Melissa from The Staten Island Family, invited my family to her son’s Bar Mitzvah. When she first told me that an invitation was heading my way, I was really excited and when it dawned on me that it fell during my kids April school vacation I got wicked excited. None of us have ever attended a Bar Mitzvah before and I thought it would be a wonderful thing for my family to experience. And it was even more wonderful than I could have imagined. Her son impressed the hell out of us with all the Hebrew passages he read (there were a lot) and a speech he gave, which was far beyond his years.
Since it was school vacation week, I wanted to extend our trip by a few days and make the most of our visit. My husband and I go down to NYC a few times a year, but don’t usually take the kids with us. Since they came with us this time, we wanted to make sure they had an amazing time. I decided to go to my trusted resource, TripAdvisor, to see what we should do while we we there.
Are you ready for the Ski season? The mountains are becoming dusted with snow and several resorts opened their doors Thanksgiving weekend. I love taking our boys to ski over the holiday breaks! It is a fun outdoor activity that is a blast to do and you get good exercise. Not to mention the stunning views you see being surrounded by stunning snow.
Conagra Brands sponsored this post, but the opinions are my own!
Do you ever have nights when you plan out a great family meal, but then everything goes wrong? You know those nights…you’re running late, there’s traffic, you get a flat tire, practice runs late – you know what I’m talking about! You finally get back home and everyone is starving, but by now it’s late and there isn’t enough time to get that fancy pants meal on the table. Thankfully there are Banquet or Marie Callender’s Pot Pies to the rescue!
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I think it’s safe to say that we all wish that cancer was GONE once and for all. One particular form of cancer that has affected my family is breast cancer. My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor and I am thankful every single day that she beat it. It’s an awful disease and when I found out that Valvoline Instant Oil Change was helping to Wipe out breast cancer, I was excited to partner with them to tell you about a wonderful campaign they have going on in October! While I partnered with Valvoline Instant Oil Change for this project, as always, all opinions expressed here are my own!
My hubby and I love to snack on chips & salsa when we’re Netflix binging or catching up on some DVR. It’s our first go-to snack and we love it because it’s quick and easy. The thing is, it can be tough to find really good fresh salsa in the grocery store. And by really tough, I mean basically impossible. Until now. I recently had a chance to try some salsa from Nola’s Fresh Foods and I’m hooked!
It’s fall here in New England and now that the chill is back in the air, it’s time to switch back over from iced to warm drinks to help me stay warm. My go-to beverage is coffee, but every now and then I like to get a little fancy….I just don’t like to pay the fancy prices.
Cue the McCafé beverages from McDonald’s!
My husband and I have a running joke about the fact that my youngest son is just like me. And in so many ways he is. From the fact that our feet are always cold to the fact that we both sleep with a fan and a sleep mask on every single night. Another thing we both share is our dislike for eating first thing in the morning. Frankly I could wait until lunch to eat, but obviously I can’t send my little guy off to school everyday without something in his tummy. That sort of forces me to get a little creative when it comes to a light breakfast. I generally make him a smoothie because it’s filling, but not overly heavy. One other thing that he and I have in common is our love of all things pumpkin! I decided to make him a “Lighter” Pumpkin Pie Smoothie recently and it was a huge hit. With both of us.