Need the perfect gift?

by Mir | Sep 22, 2016 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

I think I mentioned this here once before, but the folks at KindNotes were kind enough (see what I did there?) to send me a sample, a while back, and left it with my girlchild in her dorm as a surprise for after we left. She loves it. What could be nicer than your own...

Looking for an Instant Pot deal?

by Mir | Sep 20, 2016 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

I have not yet caved to the Instant Pot craze—despite being billed as a “non scary pressure cooker” that can do a million things in very little time, I am still partial to my crock pots—but everyone I know who has one raves about it. And right...

Stride over to this day of deals

by Mir | Sep 19, 2016 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear

If you love Stride Rite shoes for the kids, but don’t necessarily love the prices, well, today’s your day to save—they have almost a hundred different styles marked down to just $19.99, today only. Just use coupon code SHOESDAY on the eligible items....

Funny story!

by Mir | Sep 15, 2016 | Hot Hot Hot!

And by “funny” I mean “not actually all that funny.” I currently have an eye infection, for reasons which are unclear. I mean, these things happen, sometimes. My teenage daughter regularly drops a contact lens on the floor, blows on it, and...

Bake it up, Rachael Ray style

by Mir | Sep 13, 2016 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

There are a lot of things I don’t love about Rachael Ray—the fact that she declares everything “yummo,” how she once made a “vegetarian” dish on 30 Minute Meals using chicken broth—but I as someone who actually cooks and bakes...