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Such a mom…

Make sure, if you wash your hair, to get all the soap out.

If you get lost on a hike, stop, find a tree, and hug it. Blow your whistle really loud and stay put.

Drink plenty of water, all day long. Anytime you are by a water fountain or sink, fill your bottle.

Put your sunscreen on [...]

On the brink of summer…

I can smell the Coppertone. I see us at the local kiddie amusement park, Heritage Square, baking in the shadeless lines so the kids can ride the Mixer. Another summer of sidewalk chalk and popsicle-stained patios (and hands) and the phrase “we’re grilling again tonight”. Another summer of thinking I can make it to [...]

Who says you can’t get fresh seafood in Colorado?

Courtesy: Joel

You Know the Kids Have Completely Taken Over When…

1. Your three-year-old sees the container of salt in the cupboard and says “Hey! It’s Velma!” And you genuinely agree…Thereafter anytime you open your cupboard you think “Velma!”

2. Your mom gives the kids some Harry and David alphabet gummy candies. Not only are you, the mommy, eating them more than the kids [...]

$1.78 Value Card Special

Grocery Store Clerk: Small-Suburb-of-Denver* King Soopers, how can I help you?

Me: Hi. I was there this morning and I believe I did not make it home with all my groceries.

Clerk: What was the name of your checker?

Me, not expecting this question and wishing I had glanced at her nametag: Uh, [...]