Nanny Adventures

Grab your kleenex for this one.  This is an amazing journey of Tara who is a professional nanny who became a bone marrow donor several years ago.
Please read her story over at Regarding Nannies and comment on the blog. consider signing up to be a bone marrow donor as well.  There are several links to [...]

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over at Jerseybites there is a Win It Wednesday, Yoplait Plus Acai Yogurt Gift Bag  available for THREE lucky winners.
You must comment about a healthy eating tip by 11:59 pm EST tonight Tuesday February 23 though.
There is also an added bonus coupon from Yo-Plus is now offering a $1.50 off downloadable coupon for a 4-pack [...]

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My grandmother turned 83 on December 19. In October she won a free month at Curves so she started going in November. Now my grandma is overweight she probably weighs 180ish and is 5′2 or 5′0.  She has asthma, and wears oxygen at night.  She takes like 3 drugs a day..not alot by any means.
So for [...]

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A few weeks ago, my nanny group had a lady come talk to us about nutrition for ourselves and our charges. One of things she suggested was using Barilla’s Plus Pasta . I had bought a box of the thin spaghetti with some regular thin spaghetti.  I had some of the Barilla Plus pasta when I [...]

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 A few days ago Kidlet #3 and I were upstairs working on homework.  I was in the study on the computer and he was at the table doing his work.  Then all of a sudden the music starts playing…yes that music…the ICE CREAM MAN is here!  
 Kidlet asks “Can I have some ice cream?”
Me: “Sure, but [...]

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I have been using water bottles forever it seems like. Well on this season of The Biggest Loser, they had a challenge of eliminating the waste from purchased water bottles. They teamed up with Brita and www.filterforgood.com . During the course of the season they eliminated 32,183 at the end of Week 15.  That is pretty [...]

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