Cheez-its on the Airplane

I just got back from a month-long trip that involved approximately twenty-four hours of airplane travel. More about that later. But here’s a quick story for now: We were on a (relatively short) two-hour early-morning leg of our trip and I was passing out snacks to my kids. I listed the possibilities that were in

Snack Fail

About once a week I bring an after-school snack to a group of kids that live at the homeless shelter. I try to get them something that’s good, but at least slightly healthy. I mean, I’d like them to enjoy the snack (and think that I’m cool), but I want to make sure they get

I’m Hangry

I’ve been using the “My Fitness Pal” app on my phone to try and diet… I mean MAKE A POSITIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGE. Otherwise known as: Trying not to eat so much dang FOOD. Sigh.  First of all, I’ve discovered that this app IS NOT MY PAL. In fact, I think I HATE that slender leaping

How to tell that you’ve been eating at McDonald’s too often

I picked up Happy Meals for the twins in the drive-thru and passed the food to the backseat while driving to keep them quiet for five minutes. What, like YOU’VE never done that?! Little Boy opened his and exclaimed: “Awww, a FART GUN?! We already HAVE a fart gun.” Sometimes you look at your kids and