What parents should know about the conflicting news on school food
January 27, 2012 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments

The very same week we learned about the push to ban trans fats from Colorado school food, both at lunch and in before- and after-school snacks, another study asserted that junk food in school vending machines has no impact on students’ weight or obesity levels.
It’s confusing. Kind like all the conflicting studies about coffee [...]

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What to Wear This Holiday Season
December 1, 2011 – 5:00 am | No Comment
What to Wear This Holiday Season

Ah, the question that has haunted women, particularly moms, likely originating from the Fall of Man as Eve pulled the first leaf from her closet of nature, looking around, thinking “I have nothing to wear” and feeling certain that the foliage was unflattering in most every way – unfashionable and adding ten pounds in all the [...]

Give back to your school when you purchase from Box Tops for Education Marketplace (win a gift card!)
December 1, 2011 – 12:00 am | Comments Off
Give back to your school when you purchase from Box Tops for Education Marketplace (win a gift card!)

**Contest closed. Congratulations to winner Heidi Olivera!**
For the next 25 days leading up to Christmas, we need to shop so why not do it online for a great cause that gives back to your child’s school?
You’ve probably heard of General Mills’ Box Tops for Education where you earn cash for your child’s school by clipping [...]