I once won a contest, and one of the prizes was a $250 gift card....to Bloomingdale’s.

This is hilarious. The examples of screaming kids at the market are making me guffaw past my sore throats and sniffles. Punishment is taking them out of the store? REALLY? What do you think they were trying to do in the first place? Kids HATE grocery shopping. I mean, adults don’t really love it either, but we gotta…

I had to stop in the middle of filling out my CA ballot last night because I kept raging at the number of propositions that actually could have been handled by our Legislature. I mean, WTF California Senate and Assembly? DO YOUR JOBS and stop making us do it for you. I swear, it’s criminal how little politicians have…

This the rice cooker we bought when I got married 12 years ago. My mom also tried to give me the same exact model. It still works like a charm, and I’ve even cleaned all the paint and flowers off of it in an effort to clean the kitchen grime off all my appliances. The trick is to use the finger measurement method of…

This the rice cooker we bought when I got married 12 years ago. My mom also tried to give me the same exact model.…

My travel steamer. It’s essential for life on the road. I’ve used it everywhere from the bathroom of an Oregon fast-food spot to the floor of a presidential debate hall.

Also, if I’m the one with the full cart, and you have just one item, I will probably let you go ahead of me.

I have the Contigo SnapSeal mug and it is THE BOMB DIGGITY. I bought them after literally having to take a toothbrush to get some of the gunk out of the autoseal lids, and that wasn’t even enough. My only regret is that I already have a 24 oz (for me) and a 20 oz (for my husband) and probably will be unsuccessful in…

I have the Contigo SnapSeal mug and it is THE BOMB DIGGITY. I bought them after literally having to take a…

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Yes......but you’re forgetting the effect sugar-crazed children have on parents. And nobody wants that.

This is where having your financing figured out before you even walk in the dealership door comes in. I’ll never finance a car through a dealership again.

Hmmmmm good point....

This is an insanely helpful tip. I’ve had the same cell phone number for...gosh...since I was in junior college! So, that’s...hm...17 years?! OMG. I’m old.

Wait, what was I saying? Oh yeah. I’ve been thinking it may be time to change my cell phone number because of the number of spam calls I get now.....

SHOCKED.

I do that, too, as well as read books from the Kindle lending library. I mostly re-read my favorite books over and over again, though.

My childhood home was very close to a hilly area in Southern California. We once came home from school and as my mom was unlocking the door, we heard the rattle from a baby rattlesnack that we hadn’t seen against the patterned tile. So, my mom beat it to death with a stick.

Kids, this is what happen when you drink and tweet. #themoreyouknow

Wet a paper towel and put it over the rice while reheating in the microwave.

I started doing this a couple of years ago with Costco’s 6+ pound package of ground beef. I try to divide it into equal portions, then beat them into flat squares. Not only do they fit in a freezer better than the rolls I used to put them in, they also defrost faster this way.

My mom used to make what she called chop suey, packed with shrimp, broccoli, cauliflower and other veggies, fried tofu tied together with a sauce she made from liquefying the heads and shells of the shrimp.

Managed to drag my husband to Chipotle twice this month for their kids eat free promotion on Sundays. Guess it worked, because he had been avoiding Chipotle like the plague. Ba rump bump!