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It’s that time of the year.  We aren’t ready for summer to end, but we’re heading into autumn.  This is a great smoothie recipe that I got from a Family Fun magazine that combines the sweetness of summer peaches with the warm flavors of fall.  The best of both!

Back to school season is always hectic, and Country Crock wants to make your life in the kitchen as seamless and easy as possible. The Mexican Beef & Corn Casserole is the quick and delicious go-to meal to whip up for the hectic school & work week.

Country Crock sent me some products and ingredients as inspiration to put my own spin on a recipe they provided.

I’ve always thought my son was a superhero deep down – and now he has the shirt to prove it!

Mangoes were on sale at the store last week for 48¢, and I had just gotten a package delivered with some Lung Ching Dragonwell green tea from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf thanks to a Klout perk.  So when I was flipping through my August issue of Woman’s Day and saw Joy Bauer’s Energy Smoothie recipe, featuring green tea and mango, well I knew I had to make it.

In celebration of educators everywhere, Dollar General is teaming with Procter & Gamble® to honor our nation’s schools and teachers who make a difference in the lives of children through its Every Day Heroes program .  The Every Day Heroes campaign honors educators who teach students to be their best by offering great savings on school supplies and other products for the heroes closest to our hearts.

Amber asked for Chicken Salad the other day for lunch.  “But not just boring chicken salad Mom, make it interesting.”  So I did some searches and found a recipe to adapt from on WomansDay.com.  It seems lighter than a traditional chicken salad due to the sour cream I think, and if you’re like some of my readers who think mayo is of the devil, I would think you could substitue the small amount of that with more sour cream also.

Food is a major part of every family’s daily routine and our attitudes toward it shape our kids from a very young age.  It seemed appropriate that just as I was asked to do a sponsored post from Happy Family about personal humorous experiences around food and kids that I happened to be looking through pictures from our past cruises.

If food is a major part of the every day, it’s a HUGE part of cruising, at least for our family . 

We’re having guests for dinner on Sunday evening and so I decided I should start making some treats today for dessert.  I figured we’d just have some cookies or bars and ice cream to round out dinner.

I’ve been craving something sweet the past few days, so I went into the pantry to see what I could make for Sunday evening and maybe indulge my sweet tooth at the same time.  I walked out with a jar of peanut butter half a bottle of honey, sprinkles, some powdered sugar and the container of Cheerios.

Graduation here in the United States seems so different from what I’m used to back in Canada.  Now granted I haven’t been to a graduation in Canada… well since I graduated from high school, and that goes back over 20 years ago!  But when we received our first “Graduation Open House” invitation after we moved to South Dakota we saw what a ‘big deal’ high school graduation is here.

I want to introduce you to the new Home Collection by Post-it Brand and Scotch Brand, available exclusively at The Container Store.

For the first time ever, 3M’s Post-it Brand and Scotch Brand have teamed up to create a complete line of home organization products, all of which are available through The Container Store.  The line includes more than 15 new products and simple solutions to tackle everything from reminders and to-do lists to family schedule planning to displaying children’s artwork at home.