Name: Mirassou Pinot Noir
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Price: $8.99
Description per label: Offering intense flavors of cherry and plum with delicate floral notes and hints of vanilla. This versatile wine pairs beautifully with salmon, poultry, or risotto.
Review: This pinot noir possesses three of my favorite things; great flavor, cheap price and high alcohol content. It tastes better than most pinot noirs that cost 2 to 3 times as much. The label sells the wine short when suggesting the pairings. This wine does not need to be paired with anything other than you and a glass. Served slightly chilled, this is a wine for all occasions including drinking alone in the dark or when your boozier girlfriends come over to play because it won’t break the bank.
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This is one of my all-time favorite pictures of me with the original Hot and Healthy Mom. She is my daily inspiration. (Please note my brother’s Michael Jackson jacket hanging off that rather dated stroller.)
Enjoy your day, moms!
“A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” ~Tenneva Jordan
“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.” Oscar Wilde
“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” Aristotle
“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” ~Chinese Proverb
“A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after.” ~ Peter De Vries
“The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.” -James Fenton
“The doctors told me that I would never walk, but my mother told me I would, so I believed my mother.” -Wilma Rudolph, American athlete
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” ~Elizabeth Stone
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Around every Mother’s Day, the Social Security Administration releases the past years top baby names. When I was pregnant I spent countless hours searching the internet for baby names (I’m sure you did too). This year, though, was a bit of a let down. Maybe it’s because I have put my breeding days behind me but these names never seem to change. Mia is the only one that looks new. Another weird thing is that Jacob has been #1 for 11 years. I don’t know one little boy named Jacob and I know A LOT of kids. Strange.
| Rank |
Male name |
Female name |
| 1 |
Jacob |
Isabella |
| 2 |
Ethan |
Emma |
| 3 |
Michael |
Olivia |
| 4 |
Alexander |
Sophia |
| 5 |
William |
Ava |
| 6 |
Joshua |
Emily |
| 7 |
Daniel |
Madison |
| 8 |
Jayden |
Abigail |
| 9 |
Noah |
Chloe |
| 10 |
Anthony |
Mia |
| 11 |
Christopher |
Elizabeth |
| 12 |
Aiden |
Addison |
| 13 |
Matthew |
Alexis |
| 14 |
David |
Ella |
| 15 |
Andrew |
Samantha |
| 16 |
Joseph |
Natalie |
| 17 |
Logan |
Grace |
| 18 |
James |
Lily |
| 19 |
Ryan |
Alyssa |
| 20 |
Benjamin |
Ashley |
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Get a chemical peel..or 4? After two back-to-back pregnancies my face was an uneven, blotchy mess so I decided to try a chemical peel. At first, I was a little nervous because I didn’t want to look like a molting monster and scare the kiddos. As it turns out, the peeling process was relatively uneventful and very easy to cover-up with some heavy duty moisturizer. For maximum results, the docs will push for the series of peels. I opted for just a single treatment ($125) because, well, I thought $400 was a tad too much for just rubbing a cotton swab all over my face a few times. The peel really did even out my skin and took about 5 years off my mug. Okay, maybe not 5 but at least 2. I get one, just one, every 6 months or so.
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Name: Mirassou Pinot Noir
