Editor’s Note: Shae Freeman kicks off this four-part series, “Creative Ways to Get Kids to Eat Fruits & Veggies,” offering advice about how to get the kids to eat the good stuff. Part 1: Popeye Doesn't Really Inspire Kids to Eat Spinach Drinking Their Fruits and Vegetables Most children have no issues with drinking juice all day long if you would allow it. One way to use this to your advantage is by investing ...

Editor’s Note: “Sun in My Clouds” is a work of fiction by storyteller Julia Blues. As the cruise ship sets sail off the coast of Miami, I am sitting on the deck with a glass of champagne in my hand. I have not one worry or care in the world. This is the point thirty six years of life has brought me to. All of the ups and downs have led me ...

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! As many others are doing today, we are reflecting on some of our favorite quotes by the famous speaker and civil rights leader. "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." "Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better." “If ...

Editor's Note: Shae Freeman kicks off this four-part series, "Creative Ways to Get Kids to Eat Fruits & Veggies," offering advice about how to get the kids to eat the good stuff. Getting children to understand the importance of eating healthy is a nearly impossible job. In many cases, parents find themselves making deals or bribing kids into eating their vegetables by rewarding them with junk food. It doesn’t have to be ...

Well. It's official. The new year has begun. All of the kids are back in school and I am able to get back to my regularly scheduled routine.  I slept for the entire day after Christmas. I mean, playing Santa is hard work. But I remember going to sleep on Christmas Eve as a kid, knowing that Santa was someplace flying through the air. And that he would make a stop ...

It's a great day for new swapportunities!  So. Yoplait has a new commercial and they're talking about making a swap. You know...swapping one choice for another. Like grabbing the cheesecake-flavored yogurt instead of the actual cheesecake. So swapportunities are opportunities to trade one decision for a better decision. I thought the concept was something that we should all be doing. Here are a list of possible swapportunities: Swap the juice or soda for water. Swap ...

If we could only work out while we were actually working...well, this chair says you can -- for about $600. Coolestgadgets.com says the seat's patented flat bungee seating system is designed to conform to you, providing you with the perfect combination of give and support wherever you need it, but the coolest part is GymyGym incorporates four discreetly integrated exercise stations in the body of the chair, allowing you to exercise ...

By Bridgette Outten Is it your dream to effect change in your community? Women are needed in various public service roles around the world, according to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Though most of us many hear the term "public service" and automatically equate it with running for office, Clinton said there are many ways women can serve in remarks made to the Women in Public Service Colloquium in December. "Now, of course, ...

Editor’s Note: “Sun in My Clouds” is a work of fiction by storyteller Julia Blues. My old boss rings my phone a couple of weeks before Christmas. He calls to see if I can make cake for their son for his fourth birthday. It takes me a minute to digest it before I can answer. He adds, “You know it was hard for us to let you go.” Now’s my chance to ask because I ...

By Bridgette Outten Editor's Note: Gina Neely is half of the cooking couple who shot to super-stardom with their down home southern recipes and easy chemistry in the kitchen.  Gina is our cover girl for Vol. 1 Issue 4. Down Home With the Neelys is one of the most successful shows in the history of the Food Network, starring Pat and Gina Neely. It wasn't Gina's intention to be one of the most-recognized chefs in ...