I have a new favorite insulated tumbler and it’s NOT an Arctic Thermos! While, the Yeti, Arctic, and RTIC are still great products, my new go-to is the KODI tumbler, from HEB. (this is an updated post – original post: April 14, 2019) What is a KODI tumbler? HEB is a local Texas grocery store …
Patti Tucker
Perimenopause Can Suck It #5: It’s All The Rage Perimenopause rage – hormonal anger – can SUCK IT! Can I get an AMEN? Mrs. Tucker is a sunny gal, y’all. Easy to get along with. Full of happiness and optimism. Silly². Except when she ain’t. Witness: Part One: Perimenopause Part Two: Perimenopause Part Three: Perimenopause …
Hot chocolate benefits abound, y’all! I’m going to break the benefits down for you, so you no longer have any guilt when drinking this cup o’yum! Ooooowhee, Oh, Mrs Tucker! loves her some delicious homemade hot chocolate. Today, I’m gonna give you the top 10 reasons for you to love homemade (not Swiss Miss) hot …
Camping or Hiking Enthusiast? If you are, ya gotta eat. Stanley food jar for the win! Have I ever mentioned that while I love me some fancy-pants camping equipment, I’m not so much a happy camper, at least not roughing-it camping, you know, just a tent, in the woods, alone with the bears. ~gasp!~ It’s …
May is Melanoma Awareness Month: Check Yo’Self! Each year I like to bring attention to the fact that it’s important to check yourself for skin cancer. Not a particularly fun topic to nudge you about, but a necessary and serious one. That’s what we skin cancer survivors like to do, you know: nudge you! Check …
Easy Cake Filling For an easy cake filling try a pudding cake filling. It’s amazingly versatile and easy to make! Once you try this orange filling for cake, you’ll find you’ll want to include it in your rotation of options when baking. It’s. That. Good. A few years back, I found a scribbled down a …
Cheeseburger Pizza! Or, how I hear it in my head: CHEEESEBURGER PIZZA!!! It’s holy smokes worth making. Summertime = Burger time! Burger time is my favorite time of the year (well, that and cake-time, champagne-time, cookie-time…). We’ve already covered grilled corn and grilled taters with onions, so why not burgers via a Grilled Burger Pizza? …
What I’ve Learned: Wild Blueberries vs Cultivated Blueberries Did you know there are two types of blueberries: wild and cultivated?! Say what what? Those tiny blue spheres of yum fall into two groups? I’m ahem years-old, and I had no clue until recently. NO CLUE! Where the heck have I been living? In a strawberry …
Have you ever eaten or made goulash? Who hasn’t, right?! It’s so ingrained in our collective cultures that I think everyone has a special version of goulash (American or Hungarian) in their family’s recipe files. What is goulash? For those of you who haven’t had goulash (and are wondering what is this foreign sounding meal?!), …
Theragun Elite Review Ooolala, who doesn’t want a Theragun! ~OR~ You have no idea what a Theragun is, but you are intrigued. Either way, here is my unpaid, unsponsored, Theragun Elite review after a year’s use. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links at no cost to you. ~ (source: AMAZON) What is …