I'm home from Stouffer's! I have a pile of mail and packages to go through and I have to take Nathan to "Meet the Teacher" night at the school he'll be going to in the Fall, plus I'm so tired that I fell asleep on both flights home today. Speaking of my flights...I headed to the airport from the hotel this morning with Carmen, Lisa, Deb, and MJ. Carmen was on a different airline, but Lisa, Deb, MJ and I were all flying from Cleveland to Detroit before splitting off for separate connecting flights home. We missed our flight. We got to the gate and the door was closed, the agent had left, and we could see the plane out on the tarmac headed to the runway. An airport employee pointed us back towards ticketing where we had to go to rebook our flights. So there the four of us were in ticketing, MJ on the phone to Northwest, Lisa on the phone to Simon with Publicis PR, and miraculously, there were four unsold seats on the next plane going to Detroit which was in less than … [Read more...]
Hello from the Nestle Culinary Center!
cross-posted from MomCooks: Yesterday, Nestle flew me to Solon, Ohio to attend a day-long conference and roundtable discussion on the topic of Let's Fix Dinner. This morning we started out in the Nestle Baking Kitchen meeting with Jenny from VeryBestBaking.com and eating fresh-baked cookies (YUM). Then we moved into their Culinary Center which is like a huge kitchen with grills and a wood-fire pizza oven station and people chopping and grilling and mixing. There is Pecan-Crusted BACON, people. I am in heaven. We've only been here an hour and I've already been reminded of just how loyal I am to the Nestle brand. I've mentioned before that the only acceptable chocolate chip cookie as far as my husband is concerned is ones made with Nestle Toll House Mini Morsels. Other products made by Nestle include Carnation Condensed Milks, Libby pumpkin, Pria bars, Powerbars, and of course, CANDY. There's a little tray sitting in front of me with mini butterfingers and nestle crunch … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Bedroom Makeover for Boys
I'm traveling to Ohio today, so for your reading enjoyment, I have a guest post from Khara at CSN Stores about how to decorate and organize a boy's bedroom, especially if you have two boys sharing a room like I do. I'll check in from the Cleveland Marriott later tonight! Bedroom Makeover Tips for Boys In every home, there comes a time where the animal decals or transportation themed decor just isn't cutting it for your preteen boys and you want to incorporate a creative bedroom theme that is more appropriate for their age. For young boys that share a small bedroom, space can always be a factor which is why organizing existing or new furniture in a certain way will optimize the area your children have to play and hang out. One way to get started is through the major pieces of furniture that you choose to add such as a bunk bed set, captain's bed or two twin size beds supported by bed frames. Just as in baby furniture, the furniture's comfort, safety, and style of are all … [Read more...]
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