Superplexus a Big Hit with Middle School Students

The deadline for recipes for the next Pillsbury Bake-Off is just seven days away! If you like to fiddle around with ingredients to make your own recipes, I highly recommend that you check out the rules for the contest and submit a recipe. You never know. I was in the Bake-Off in 1996 and it…
Visiting Rehoboth Beach, Delaware? Looking for tasty, interesting food? This past weekend I answered, "Yes!" to both questions and found myself at Greenman Juice Bar & Bistro on Sunday afternoon for a late lunch. While it feels off the beaten path, it’s very close to all of the beach action, one street over from the…
I can’t get enough of the BBC series, "Lark Rise to Candleford". Waiting for Season 4 to be available on DVD is difficult! Knowing that Season 4 is the last season is tragic. What is it about this series that has captivated my attention? There’s a hint of "Little House on the Prairie", which was…
I admit it. I’m a bit jealous of Kindle-owners. My husband has a first generation model and hasn’t grown tired of it. When we went to the beach recently for vacation, he and my mother-in-law (she has one now, too) didn’t have the usual 3-4 books packed, just their Kindles. Cameron even has a waterproof…
I love free stuff! In particular, I get a kick out of receiving free items in the mail. This trait probably comes from my mother, who collected and sent away all sorts of boxtops, UPC codes, etc. to various companies when I was a kid. (I loved my Cinnamon Toast Crunch bowl with my name on…
Happiness is a blender that is powerful enough to make a perfect smoothie (with large frozen strawberries involved) and is also easy to clean. If you are a smoothie, milkshake, or frozen mixed drink fan, I’m sure you will agree. The first blender we had lasted only a few months and in the YEARS since…