College For You?

Most of you probably don't know that I attended college as a very non-traditional student. I went as a full time student for one year and the rest of the time I was going a variety of ways. I've done the community college thing, I've done the part time student thing, I've done the non-traditional weekend college thing. I've pretty much went to college any ...continue reading

How Can I Protect Myself From Cervical Cancer?

I'll be honest -- I've got a lot of cancer running in my family tree.  Now, they are all different kinds of cancer, but cancer nonetheless.  That is why I try to keep on the newest and greatest research and vaccines that are out there for both me and my kids. The HPV vaccines that are out right now are for girls/women ages 9 - 26 and help protect against ...continue reading

Bing Teacher Appreciation

Most of us know the sorry state of education funding whether we have kids in school or not.  I live in IL where the budget is calling for a 17% cut in education spending.  Our schools aren't getting the money from the state like they are suppose to.  I won't find out if Will will get preschool from the public school (even though he qualifies for it with ...continue reading

Tropicana Juicy Rewards

If you read Lisa Cooking, you would know that I am a Tropicana Juicy Rewards ambassador.  I'm writing over here about the rewards program, because I think the readers on this blog would also be interested in this even though it is, sort of, food related.  The program is actually pretty easy to use.  You find codes on the side of Tropicana Orange Juice, you ...continue reading


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