Red white and blue desserts, flag cake, patriotic party foods for 4th of July

Looking for fun red white and blue desserts and patriotic party foods for Memorial Day? Here are recipes for flag cake, RWB party foods and snacks and kid-friendly Remembrance day snacks.  Red white and blue desserts, flag cake, patriotic party foods for Memorial Day - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

Memorial Day party games: Patriotic American history activities for kids - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

Looking for Memorial Day party games and crafts for kids? Here are U.S. history activities and educational patriotic party games. Use these for 4th of July parties and American history lesson plans, too. Don't make games too competitive so everyone can have fun without pressure to win.Memorial Day party games: Patriotic American history activities for kids - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

 

Graduation open house party cheap and easy: Festive budget graduation party

 May and June are busy with graduation open houses. If you have a graduating child, here's a guide to plan a graduation open house party cheap and easy. This festive budget graduation party guide has tips on purchasing, preparation, serving and clean-up tips for a perfect open house that even a busy DIY parents can enjoy!Graduation open house party cheap and easy: Festive budget graduation party - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

Spring Break staycations: Cheap, kid-friendly mini vacations at home

 Is "summer vacation", "Spring Break"--or any break time-- an oxymoron for you? Maybe you can't afford a vacation. Are you sick of hearing about your neighbor's trip or your kids whine how "everybody" is in Hawaii-- as you repair broken windows and work overtime to cover others' vacation time? There's triple misery: too broke to play, plus resentful kids feeling deprived, plus endless work. Well, here's stuck-at-home first aid. Try these Spring Break staycations and cheap, kid-friendly mini vacations at home.  Spring Break staycations: Cheap, kid-friendly mini vacations at home

Breastfeeding in bathroom pic shows public nursing haters are real boobs - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

People really latched on to Tamar Shugert's "breastfeeding in bathroom" picture, said BuzzFeed March 12. The viral photo showed Shugert nursing a baby in one stall and her husband trying to eat spaghetti in another. The image milked an on-going debate and fed a new one. The on-going question is whether moms should nurse in public or in restrooms. Shugert's photos asks if they even can breastfeed in the bathroom. The photo proved that public nursing haters can be real boobs.  Breastfeeding in bathroom pic shows public nursing haters are real boobs 

Free printable Catholic liturgical calendars with 2015 holidays and holy days - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

Liturgical calendars guide the Catholic and Orthodox Christian church year. They show when holidays, holy days, saints' feast days, movable feasts and seasons occur. Parents and teachers can use them plan devotions and activities, Homeschool families can follow the calendar at home. Here are free printable Catholic liturgical calendars and church season activities.Free printable Catholic liturgical calendars with 2015 holidays and holy days 

   

Free meals for veterans and US Marine Corps Birthday November 10-13, 2014

Happy 239th Birthday to you, United States Marine Corps. November 10, 2014 celebrates almost 2.5 centuries of USMC service, reported Business 2 Community on the USMC birthday. Many restaurants are offering free meals on Veterans Day, November 11 for vets and active military. Some freebies start on November 10.  Free meals for veterans and US Marine Corps Birthday November 10-13 - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

Save big money on shopping with Meijer mPerks

Michiganders, if you're not using Meijer mPerks already, I just have one question--WHY NOT?? Don't know what mPerks is? Well, you know Meijer superstores, right? Meijer is the quintessential budget store and pre-dates Walmart, dollar stores, discount stores by about 50 years. You can't live in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois or Kentucky and not have heard of Meijer. You have Meijer stores there too. It's one thing you miss about shopping on vacation in places that don't have Meijer.Save big money on shopping with Meijer mPerks - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

 

Free Printable Personal Organizers, Planners and Calendars

Do your prefer good old paper and pencil planners to smartphone calendars? Maybe you bought an expensive personal organizer, like a Franklin Planner. Good for organizing, if you actually use it. And pretty expensive when you have to buy refill pages every year. So here are Free Printable Personal Organizers, Planners and Calendars

How I Lost 100 Pounds With Fat Burning Food Swaps

I was a chubby child, normal weight in high school and thin in young adulthood. I weighed 110 pounds when I got married and 117 pounds when I went in for my first prenatal check up with my first child. Through four children, I gained 22 pounds per pregnancy, lost it immediately after childbirth and stayed at normal weight. Then, after giving birth to two stillborn babies in 2000 and 2004, taking the antidepressant Paxil and starting early menopause at age 40, I doubled my weight. Right is me in 2011 when I began dieting, though truthfully, not very seriously.



Then I got serious late in 2012.  I learned a lot about weight loss and body reshaping. As I learned new things, I put them into practice. Then the weight started coming off in earnest. I have lost 100 pounds, dropped from size 20 to 3 and shaved off 14 BMI points.How? Several ways: the most important being a total eating makeover. I didn't stop eating or cut out major food groups. That's crash dieting and not healthy. I didn't have surgery or take drugs. Those are temporary band-aids, and don't produce the real changes needed for weight loss.



Literally, I ate my way to thin by swapping less healthy, fat-building foods for healthy fat-busting foodFat-Burning Foods I Ate to Lose 100 Pounds

alternatives and natural herbal supplements. Here are my top 26 fat burning weight loss food from A to Z.