Remember when school lunches were packed in a paper bag? These days many schools enforce, or at least encourage, a no-waste lunch policy, meaning no disposable plastic wrap or bags. I can’t argue with the benefits to the environment – and reusable containers do end up being cheaper in the long run – but there are so many choices for lunch boxes now that it
Worth Every Penny: PUR 18 Cup Water Dispenser
For years we used the ubiquitous Brita pitcher that sits on just about every kitchen counter in America. Our tap water is perfectly safe to drink, but it is far from delicious. The Brita filter definitely improved the flavor of the water, but the looooong filter time drove me nuts. If you use the pitcher you know that you can’t just fill it and then
Worth Every Penny: Sport-Brella Umbrella
When my daughter first started playing soccer, I noticed other parents hauling coolers and chairs and tents across the field, and I thought how silly it was to encumber themselves with so much stuff for a one hour game. I’ll never do that, I smugly told myself. But I quickly learned that standing under direct sunlight at the hottest time of the day for an hour does