Cranberry Naturals – a healthy choice in juice!

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As a mom, I really try to limit the amount of sugar my 3-year-old gets on a daily basis. Part of this is limiting the amount of juice she drinks. Of course, she drinks a ton of chocolate milk, but I justify it by thinking of the calcium and vitamins A, B, D & E [...]

Are you ready for the Puppy Bowl?

As hard as it may be for me to believe this, there are actually people who don’t watch the Super Bowl. I mean, even if you don’t care for football, you know they have really awesome ads, right? Well, if even the crazy ads can’t get you to tune in, there is some quality entertainment [...]

Stretch Island Fruit Co. makes fruit snacks healthy and fun

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We all grew up with fruit snacks and fruit roll ups, but how much did we really know about them? Were they REALLY fruit? Or did they just contain fruit flavoring? With Stretch Island Fruit Co. you know you’re getting a great product that contains up to a full serving of real fruit. Stretch Island [...]

Shame on you, Susan G. Komen Foundation

Years ago I was a freshman in college and I was sexually active. I went to a Catholic university, so naturally abstinence was preached and you couldn’t obtain birth control from the campus nurse. Fortunately, I was smart enough to realize that it was best to use something a little more reliable and effective than [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Baseball in January

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The Rise and Fall of Prices

It’s inevitable – the rise and fall of prices. That’s just how the economy works. It’s almost as inevitable as death and taxes. One of my patients told me that when he bought his house in 1967 he paid $19,000 for it. Could you imagine?! I remember being young and the price of a first [...]

Bear Naked, I think I love you

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Who knew I liked granola? I certainly didn’t. In fact I seem to like it so much I keep having to step away from my computer to snack on some Bear Naked Trail Mix. Chocolate Cherry trail mix, at that. I am doing my best to improve my eating. It’s not easy, but when you [...]

Small Steps to a healthier lifestyle

I posted a few months ago that I’m a LiveWell Mom. But I haven’t really acted like one. It’s very easy to talk the talk, it’s just that walk that can be a real bitch. But I am turning things around. Yeah, that sounds a little bit like “talk”, too. But two weeks in I’m [...]

How to plan a Disneyland vacation without breaking the bank

We are taking our first big family vacation this coming fall to Disneyland. Money is tight in our household. But we’ve got ways around that. Let’s start with airfare. We’re flying from Denver to Orange County. We’re flying Southwest for a few reasons. The first being that all bags fly free – well, 2 checked [...]

Code Purple – covering, protecting, saving lives.

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Get Activated with Code Purple Did you know that in Africa, a child dies every 45 seconds from Malaria? There are more than 225 million cases of Malaria reported each year worldwide.  This life-threatening disease is caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through bites of infected mosquitoes, but there is a light at the [...]