Author: Tammy Litke

It has been a long, LONG winter for some of you.  I just saw pictures on Facebook yesterday where someone posted it snowing AGAIN (or maybe that would be still?!). 

A long winter has a two fold effect.  One it seems hard to stay healthy, especially once the cold breaks and allergies start flaring up.  And Two all the ‘hibernation’ pounds don’t want to leave for bathing suit season.

Mother’s Day is just a week and half away!  I’ve already got my Mom her gift, but I could with great confidence bet you that my daughter and/or husband have not yet purchased a gift for me.

They’ve done pretty good with suggestions in the past.  Like the time they got me a KitchenAid Ultra Power Tilt-Head Stand Mixer, or the year I received an Oster Waffle Maker, there was even the time they came up with the Keurig special edition brewer all on their own with no help from me!

I have enjoyed drinking the different teas from Mighty Leaf Tea for a while now You might remember back at Christmas time I highlighted a gift giving package perfect for the colder weather. And back in 2011 I shared about their Iced Tea. I always feel like I’m going on a taste adventure when I brew up a cup of Mighty Leaf Tea whether it’s hot or cold!

Over the years I have enjoyed many movie versions of the story of The Wizard of Oz.  On May 9th another fun Oz movie is being released, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return.  This 3D-animated musical is based on the adventure books by Roger Stanton Baum, the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum. A continuation of one of the world’s most popular and beloved fairy tales, Legends of Oz finds Dorothy (Lea Michele) waking to post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow (Dan Aykroyd), the Lion (Jim Belushi), the Tin Man (Kelsey Grammer) and Glinda (Bernadette Peters) from a devious new villain, the Jester (Martin Short).

I’ve got to tell you prior to last year I had NO idea what Cinco de Mayo was even about.  If you are in the same boat let me quickly recap what I learned:

Cinco de Mayo celebrates the legendary Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, in which a Mexican force of 4500 men faced 6000 French soldiers.  Long story short, the Mexicans won and so they party.

But the more the merrier, right?!  I’m all about celebrating and hosting a party because that equals fun times no matter what the occasion. 

I can hardly believe that in less than three weeks my baby is going to graduate! You could say that May is going to be Par-Tay month around here, as we’re planning on living it up from Mother’s Day to Memorial Day. But that also means that I’m going to need a bunch of stuff to get my home ready.

When you’re at the stage of life when your children start graduating high school, you look back at all the years and wonder if you’ve prepared them to be out on their own. We tend to focus on things like cooking and cleaning (and I can admit that we haven’t done too stellar in that aspect of teaching in our home), but it seems to me by listening to my daughter’s friends that many millenials haven’t been taught much financial management, if any at all. Seeing as there is a gap between men and women (even college educated ones) in the subject of financial literacy makes me want to give her an even bigger head start while she’s young.

I have always had a problem with growing my nails. When I was younger it was because I would bite them (okay, well perhaps not just when I was younger). I also had some issues with some acrylic nails in my 20’s, where after I had them done my nails just became brittle and would always break when they got to a certain length. That had me ripping them off when I didn’t have clippers handy. I know, I know you don’t need to tell me how bad that is! And then I found nail wraps. Oh, I was in my glory. As long as I had them on, I was not biting or ripping and my nails were starting to grow back to an acceptable length (translation: not nubby stubs).

I cannot believe that it’s only 3 weeks until my baby graduates from high school.  I’m seriously behind on the party planning.  It’s a good thing my parents are coming in a week before the big day, because I’m going to need my mom’s help to pull Amber’s graduation party off smoothly.

Doozers is the first Hulu Original for kids! The animated preschool show from the Jim Henson Co. (“Dinosaur Train,” “Sid the Science Kid”) and DHX Media encourages kids to design and create. Inspired by the “Fraggle Rock” characters, it features the four Doozers kids from Doozer Creek, known as “the Pod Squad,” who put their ideas into action.

Doozers premiered yesterday (April 25th 2014) on Hulu, and is  executive produced by Lisa Henson, Halle Stanford, Steve DeNure, and Anne Loi.