Cookies-Bars

My kids pack their lunch everyday.  Well....actually, I pack their lunch for them, but you get the idea.  They used to buy lunch once a week, but I came to find out a couple years ago that...

I'm headed "home."  Ohio.  I've lived in Minnesota for five years now, but Ohio will always be home for me.  I grew up there and spent 10 of our 16 years of marriage there.  Now if...

So how was the movie?   You don't know what I am talking about?  You have to know because according to my two teenagers, EVERYONE was going to the midnight show for the new Harry Potter...

How can someone not like chocolate?  It is so far beyond me that it is truly unimaginable.  I honestly believe it is a birth defect.  That is the only reasonable explanation. My 12 year...

Pregnancy cravings are the weirdest. One day I can't eat enough fresh cherries (I normally can't stand cherries) and the next all I want is as many chewy oatmeal raisin cookies my shrinking tummy can fit. These...

What am I going to do in a few months when the new baby comes along and this little trouble maker is left to get into even more trouble?!?! He asked me for a cup of milk and I needed him to wait a minute....

I had been doing so well.  Isn't that how pregnancy weight gain usually goes?  The first 16 weeks and I don't gain an ounce and then one bad week of indulging while our guests are in town and...

What an amazing day it was in Minnesota today!  66 degrees!!!!  If it wasn't for the pools of mud all over my yard from the melting snow, it would have been perfect.  I pushed kids...

Chewy chocolate cookies stuffed with Reeses Peanut Butter Cups?  That will make any day better, right?   Yesterday was quite easily the most miserable day I've had in years.  All of my...

Taxes.  Uuuhhg.  They are such a big, horrible task on the "To-Do" list.   This year, filing was a whole new level of overwhelming since my husband began his own consulting business.  It...

Time for everyone to be honest with me.  Do you sneak your kids Halloween candy as much as I do or am I the only mother who feels it's OK to steal from her own children?  Don't get me wrong,...

"You know, you are never going to win the election...." I can't tell you how often that phrase has been spoken to my face since I began my campaign for Marshall School Board. Granted, I may not be the...

Cookie or candy?  That was my first thought when I took a bite of these bars.  After I finished my portion and could feel the sugar racing through my body, I decided on candy.  Definitely...

I have an amazing 13 year old daughter.  She keeps me very busy with her endless sports, friends and activities but she is just a memorable person to be around.  I love to watch her talk, at...

Let's talk about friends.  More specifically, friends that your children bring into your home.  I'm going to be honest here and tell you that most of those friends I'd like to take by the ear,...