Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a Happy New Year! Best wishes for a joyful and prosperous 2009!

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Hey! I’m still here!

I cannot believe it has been EIGHT DAYS since I last updated this blog. You guys, I am so sorry! I promised my husband that I would take a much-needed blog break back on the 19th, and I guess I really did. I know some people write posts ahead of time and schedule them to [...]

Halloween Memories-with photo goodness!

1999-Ryan on the left, dressed as the “Rugrats” character Tommy wearing his Reptar costume. Nathan on the right as the red Teletubby-Po, I think. They loved those costumes and wore them for a long time after Halloween was over, just to play in around the house!

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Are you going into debt to pay for food?

I am shocked every time I purchase any food item at how high prices are. I struggle every time I think about making a weekly menu, because I want to serve a variety of healthy foods to my family, but the fact is, Hamburger Helper is still affordable, and a pound of chicken breasts isn’t. [...]

Menu Monday-the beginning of a new lifestyle for me

My dear readers, MomCooks had herself a bit of a stern lecture at her doctor’s office last week. Because of my completely sedentary lifestyle and lack of any attention paid to my diet, I have gained twenty pounds in the last year. My weight is now approaching the 200 pound mark, and for someone who [...]

LOL Food

This is not the way to get a frozen Coke to drink on a hot day!

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A Note to my MomCooks Readers

Dear much-appreciated readers of MomCooks:

First, I want to apologize to you for how the content just, well, stopped. My last post here was, wait, that can’t be right, was it really…July 18th? Oh, that is just bad. Bad, bad blogger. I wasn’t even home when that post published, I had written it a few [...]

Complete Barbecue Meals for your Family

It’s shaping up to be another warm day here in Michigan, and the last thing I feel like doing is preheating the oven and cooking something at 400 degrees. Solution? Cookout on the Grill! The barbecue grill is a wonderful invention. When the weather is warm, you can leave the stove altogether and head outdoors. [...]

Viral Video Prize Giveaway from Half Of Me

The blogger in this video calls herself PastaQueen. Doesn’t she look amazing? She’s going to be at BlogHer signing her book “Half Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir”, which is also included in the Half Assed Prize Pack she’s giving away. The Prize Pack includes:

* A $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com * A signed [...]

LOLCooking: Fryin A Tortilla

Introducing LOLCooking here on MomCooks! Instead of getting upset when I make a mistake in the kitchen, I’ve decided to embrace my imperfectness, photograph my boo-boos, and post them here for everyone to see. With an appropriate caption, of course. I’d like to thank I Can Has Cheezburger? for the inspiration.

All I wanted [...]