Author: Tammy Litke

I had the wonderful opportunity to review a Stainless Steel Digital Kitchen Scale from Surpahs.com.  Ever since I used the Weight Watchers program to lose over 30 pounds about 11 years ago, I’ve been in the habit of weighing my food to ensure a correct serving size.

I’ve been using this scale for a couple of weeks now and I love it.  It has many more functions than my previous kitchen scale did.  It’s constructed sturdily, looks sleek on my kitchen counter top (it’s just over 1/2 inch thick!), is easy to wipe down and clean and has four stable feet so it doesn’t slide around.

Grapevine Mills is the largest outlet and value retail shopping destination in North Texas, and it just happens to be about 15 minutes from my home!  They are celebrating the unofficial start of summer with unbeatable savings during its annual 4-day Memorial Day Super Sale Weekend from Friday, May 23 through Monday, May 26.  With summer travel plans on the horizon, shoppers are sure to find great deals on the perfect merchandise for any getaway at Grapevine Mills’ selection of more than 180 stores.

For those of you who haven’t been keeping up with my blog, we just graduated our 18 year old daughter from high school this past weekend.  It was a bittersweet moment for me as we’ve rarely been apart for the past six years as we’ve homeschooled her since seventh grade. 

BLENDED
In theaters May 23, 2014
Warner Bros. Pictures

BLENDED marks the third comedy collaboration between stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, following their successful onscreen pairings in the hit romantic comedies “50 First Dates” and “The Wedding Singer.”

It’s about time spring has arrived to most parts of the country, am I right?!  I was really shocked that last week when our friends flew in from South Dakota for our daughter’s graduation that they had to de-ice the plane on May 16th, that’s just craziness!

After a winter like this, most of us are ready for a change. Spring is a time for renewal and planning — for some wedding bells will soon ring, while buyers and sellers are anxious to get into a new home. Tax refunds may even spark the desire to buy a new car. Spring can be exciting, but major life events have insurance implications.

You may have noticed that I haven’t posted in a couple of days on my blog, and that’s because we’ve been busy with guests and celebrations celebrating our daughter’s high school graduation!  I can’t believe that my baby is finished.  We had a grand time pulling out all the stops for her though, and I can not wait to show you all the things we did.

Even though we only recently moved to Texas, Amber is a really social person, and has managed to make quite a few friends.  We also had some guests fly in for the event and we as parents invited some of our new friends.  It ended up being quite the crowd congregating on our back deck.

We had a chance to go to the Scarborough Renaissance Festival this past weekend.  What made it even more exciting was bringing my parents along with us.  My dad and mom are Faire newbies and it was fun to introduce them to this cultural event.

This is a total girl post as indicated by the blog post title, so if there are any guys reading this well you can just move along now until I put up another post.

I didn’t have much appreciation for card shops until I became an adult.  As a kid greeting cards barely got read and then I’d toss them.  I found myself tucking away cards as I got older though, the first Valentine’s Day card my husband sent me when we were dating, the first Anniversary card, my first Mother’s Day card; and then it was just any card I received from anyone.  Somewhere along the way I realized life is short and fleeting and when someone takes the time to find the ‘perfect’ card to send me, I want to have that card to look back on in years to come.

If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know I don’t tout myself in any way as a ‘healthy’ food blogger.  I definitely like discovering new healthier packaged foods that are on the market but I rarely make food from scratch, usually using convenient options instead.  I try and serve sweets and snacks in moderation but I’m not unaware of the fact that I have a long way to go when it comes to feeding my family a more wholesome and natural diet.