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Nonna Joann • March 24th, 2010 • Nonna's Relations
How fast things change. It just goes to show you the power of the Internet. I would have never guessed in a million years that my Happy Birthday to My Happy Meal blog would create an international stir. (Pictured is my Happy Meal on its first birthday.) In the past week, I’ve been interviewed for [...]
Tags: 1-year old Happy Meal, Happy Meal Mom, Urban legend
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Nonna Joann • December 26th, 2009 • Nonna's Relations
I can’t believe the first decade of the millennium is almost over! So much has happened in the last ten years (for me, most in the last half of the decade). I “retired” in April of 2004 from my job at a local TV station. My retirement lasted about 6 months, when I began writing [...]
Tags: baby bites, Happy New Year, picky eater, The Forest Feast
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Nonna Joann • May 5th, 2009 • Nonna's Relations
I dug around in the basement to find this old commentary on the Proverbs 31 Woman, before I left on my trip to California. This week, I’m with three of my grandchildren, while my daughter and son-in-law are away. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to run “Wishing I Was Wonder Woman” again. I wrote [...]
Tags: baby bites, mother's day, picky eater, wonder woman
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Nonna Joann • November 13th, 2008 • Nonna's Relations
Thanksgiving is only days away. If you want to have a “Natural Thanksgiving” now is the time to think about it. A natural Thanksgiving sounds easy enough, but it takes some forethought. For the last 30 years, our Thanksgivings have been as natural (chemical free) as possible. Most Thanksgiving dinners are loaded with ingredients the Pilgrims [...]
Tags: baby bites, cranberry sauce, fruit mold, GMO, MSG. HFCS, picky eater, sugar, sweet potato, Thanksgiving, toddler picky eater, whole foods
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Nonna Joann • August 26th, 2008 • Nonna's Relations
Today’s blog is devoted to Joy and Guy’s wedding. Saturday, Joy my youngest daughter, married the love of her life, Guy. Many out-of-town relatives come for our celebrations, so we cram as much as possible into a few days. We began the wedding week with a bridal shower and ended the day after the wedding with [...]
Tags: celebration, family, kids, picky eater, wedding
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Nonna Joann • July 22nd, 2008 • Nonna's Relations
I thought waiting for a baby was difficult when I was the one pregnant. The last 4 weeks seemed as long as the first eight months! But, I think it’s even harder when you’re waiting for a grandbaby. We now have 7. Some came to us by way of adoption, some biological. All are loved. Each grandbaby [...]
Tags: baby watch, family, grandchildren, new baby
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Nonna Joann • July 7th, 2008 • Nonna's Relations
I wouldn’t have believed it if you told me a few years ago, that I’d be making casseroles for my dogs. I thought I was feeding them the most nutritious of dog foods. In fact, it was a brand sold in whole foods stores. I mused about it in my book, Baby Bites, “There’s something [...]
Tags: baby bites, dog food, healthful meals, picky eater, processed food, whole food
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