I lure them in with the chocolate

by Mir | Oct 16, 2017 | Groceries, Hot Hot Hot!

Convincing my college kids to pursue actual nutrition is… an uphill battle, at best. So I buy things like Carnation Instant Breakfast which is really just fortified chocolate milk powder, I know, but it’s 1) compact, 2) inexpensive, and 3) something...

For your hipster toddler’s BBQ

by Mir | Oct 13, 2017 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!

I can’t stop laughing at this. I mean, we have a grill outside, and when my kids were little, yes, we had a plastic kiddie grill for them, too, but when only the finest replica will do, I guess this is what you get: Amazon just marked down the Theo Klein Weber...

The holidays are coming, believe it or not

by Mir | Oct 13, 2017 | Product Talk

Hello! I am not dead. I know you’re relieved. Life has been a little nutty of late. (Haha! That’s implies that sometimes life isn’t nutty. Ah, wishful thinking!) I don’t know if you know this, but it’s already the middle of October. How...

I remember when they didn’t have color

by Mir | Oct 10, 2017 | Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear

I’m old enough to remember when White House Black Market actually only sold clothes in black and white. My first reaction was “… the heck??” and that rapidly gave way to “Oh, but this stuff is really nice!” Nowadays they sell all...

I remain a sucker for all things LEGO

by Mir | Oct 9, 2017 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!

Did I love LEGO as a child? I did. Did my children love LEGO when they were small? Of course. Did my son continue requesting ever-larger and more complicated LEGO sets well into the double digits? He did. And do we partake in every LEGO theatrical release with...