WOW I made it to the final round of the Hillshire Farm Sandwich Showdown! I can’t believe it. Now I am up against Lisa @crazyadventures and it looks like she’s got a crazy good recipe she’s gonna whip up. While we are waiting to start, we syke each other out. we stalk Ree Drummond (I really love this woman.) We sent the Hillshire Farm guy after her! We get our picture with Ree (OMG she remembers meeting me last year[...]

When I signed up for the Hillshire Farm Sandwich Showdown at Blogher I never imagined I would make it to the Semi-Final round but I did!  It’s round 3 and I’m up against Renae @madamedeals Liz @lizzydear and Lisa @crazyadventures, some really tough competition! Only 2 of us will make it to the final round. My nerves are shot lol. My recipe for round 3 was inspired by a local Pittsburgh restaurant called Pirmanti Brothers.  At Pirmanti’s the put the[...]

So I made it through round one of the Hillshire Farm Sandwich Showdown at Blogher and it was fun! Now I was up against 4 new bloggers for round 2. My recipe this time was one someone gave me at breakfast the morning before when we were on the Kodak Bus Tour. Turkey Wrap Ingredients Flour Tortilla Hillshire Farm Deli Select Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Cranberry Sauce Cheddar Cheese Lettuce Tomato Spread the cranberry sauce onto the tortilla, then add[...]

While I was in NYC for Blogher I was asked to participate in the Hillshire Farms Sandwich Showdown and I had the best time!  I love cooking competition shows and have always wanted to do something like that and this was my chance. The showdown consisted of several rounds in which we had 2 minutes to create a sandwich with Hillshire Farm Deli Select lunch meats and then we were judged by some pretty tough kids and Padma Lakshmi from[...]

The second Type A Mom Conference is coming up in September and you don’t want to miss out.  I attended last year and I have to say it was one of the best conferences I have attended.  Ashville was beautiful, the topics were very relevant, the people were wonderful and the town hall discussion was something I have ever seen at another conference.  I also believe that Type A Mom was the first conference to offer activities (KidCon) for children while[...]

I just got back from my longest road trip as a blogger and I am exhausted and exhilarated!  My journey began last Thursday when I departed for Nashville to attend Blissdom. I was so excited to go back to the place where it all began for me, Blissdom.  Blissdom is where  I met my bloggy friends in real life for the first time just 3 short months into blogging.  Although I have seen these fantastic women throughout the last year at[...]

I have always enjoyed traveling but never really got to do much of it.  We would goto the beach each summer and that was about as far as I would get.  I have always  wanted to travel more and since I have started blogging my wish has come true.  Over the last year I have been fortunate enough to visit the following places Nashville, TN ~ my first blogging conference  Blissdom! It was so exciting to meet all of my[...]

I’ll be the first to admit, I don’t take care of myself like I should.  I know I should eat better (and less) and cut back on my Pepsi but I don’t.  When I found out one of the companies that I was going to meet at Blog World Expo was Genesis Today I was very excited about the prospect of filling my body with good stuff! That prospect was squashed when I tried the juice and didn’t like it.[...]