Tropicana Trop50

Tropicana Trop50 is an innovative line of juice beverages, delivering the goodness of fruit juice with 50 percent less sugar and calories, and no artificial sweeteners. We tried the Some Pulp orange juice pictured and found it to be just as flavorful as the more sugary, calorie-laden juice. Bob even liked it more than our ordinary juice!

Check out the True Resolutions feature on the Trop50 Facebook page to discover the "real" reasons behind New Year’s resolutions. Share your secret motivation to earn a coupon for $1 off Trop50 for yourself and 50¢ off coupons for up to 50 of your friends. Whether you submit a resolution or not, you can enter a sweepstakes to win a $1000 gift card.




In accordance to the FTC Guidelines and the WOMMA Code of Ethics, I am disclosing that I received a free product coupon to facilitate this review. All opinions are, as usual, strictly my own. 

Marvel Avengers Global Twitter Chat - TODAY!

TODAY– January 31st 2012 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT– join writer/director Joss Whedon in a Global Fan Chat about the highly-anticipated feature film Marvel’s The Avengers, which will open in theaters on May 4, 2012.


The 30-minute live tweeting event features writer/director Joss Whedon and cast members Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson). Fans can participate in the Q&A by following the @Avengers, Marvel’s @Agent_M and the #Avengers hashtag. Participants will get to see a sneak peek of the Super Bowl spot that will air during Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 on NBC and they will also have a chance to answer Avengers trivia for a chance to win movie prize packs. International fans will be able to submit questions for the talent in their native language through a global translation tool provided by Ortsbo.com.

“Marvel’s The Avengers” is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, NickFury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. 


Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson, and written and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. “Marvel’s The Avengers” is presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures. The film is being produced by Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige and executive produced by Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Jon Favreau, Louis D’Esposito, Patricia Whitcher, Victoria Alonso and Jeremy Latcham. The film is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.


In accordance to the FTC Guidelines and the WOMMA Code of Ethics, I am disclosing that I did not receive any incentive for posting about this event. I am simply a HUGE fan of Joss Whedon's many, many excellent productions (most of which ended much, much to soon) and an all-around comic geek girl. If they wanted to ply me with Avengers swag, I'd be totally into it but all opinions are, as usual, strictly my own. 

Classroom Valentines from Minted

Card and gift-giving occasions are always such a challenge. Remember how I totally dropped the ball on holiday cards this year? I have such great intentions of making beautiful handcrafted goodies for Roo and Jasper to pass out too all their friends, basking in the glow of love and admiration from other parents and teachers… but that seldom happens. We are ALWAYS doing stuff last-minute, although I must admit it does usually turn out okay.

Friends and longtime readers know my fatal flaw: I am a tardy girl, always have been. I know this is not something to be proud of and I am trying to instill a fear of lateness to my kids as best as I can. They are both natural-born dawdlers, preferring to "go with the flow," as they say. In a way, I like the fact that they get so rapt in their imaginations that they lose all track of time; their creativity is truly boundless. But when mommy's constantly fighting the clock, having two stragglers in tow has a tendency to make our tardiness even more palpable, especially when we have to come up with something in a hurry. So, what are we going to do for Valentine's Day this year?

In lieu of spending the night before V-Day cutting out thousands of tiny construction paper hearts and having the kids decorate stacks of cards, we'll be ordering our classroom Valentine's Day cards from Minted. I like the fact that you can customize them with your kids' names and photos, change the colors, etc. And I'm still going to make Roo and Jasper sign all of them– 40 each. Better them than me…


Here are our top contenders:

Work of Art, Robot Friends, Chatter

Which design would your kids like best?

Remember:  You must order personalized classroom Valentine's Day Cards by February 7th to receive them in time for your kiddos to hand out on February 14th!

In accordance to the FTC Guidelines and the WOMMA Code of Ethics, I am disclosing that I received a gift code to facilitate this review. All opinions are, as usual, strictly my own.