Here is what I’ve noticed about trying to cook health-giving brown rice in my rice steamer: it takes forthehellever and it is still overly chewy. Plus, I have to know I want brown rice WAY ahead of time, AND then I have to remember to take the steamer out of the cupboard and […]

The danger and joy in buying interesting new snacks for the kids’ lunches is that you may find some new yummitude yourself. I imagined the taste of these Rold Gold Cheddar pretzels would be something like Kraft mac and cheese, but they are more like Doritos. (And since they are made by Frito […]

Unless you are watching the old Sesame Street (and I do recommend that as the first strike for sanity rights), you are going to have the stupid Elmo’s World theme song going through your head:
“La la la la! La la la la! Elmo’s World!
La la la la! La la la la! […]

Paul read yesterday’s post about Night of Olay, and he said, “You should spend more than that.”
He knows I am a little vain about my skin. If I am in a large group of women, I will be comparing myself unfavorably to Miss Two-Grapefruits Chest and to Miss Two-Grapefruits Buns and to Miss Pulled-Together […]

I started using Olay moisturizers to prevent wrinkles when I was twelve. TWELVE. And my only concern at that time was that I had wasted so many years. I was an…anxious child.
I’m out of my dewy teens and into my intense-mirror-peering thirties, and I still use the Night of Olay Firming Cream. […]