My kids are cracking me up lately!!! They want me to sell my car and keep this VW Tiguan that I am driving from Concours Motors…I wish I could too! Besides all the bells and whistles like comfy seating for 5…2.0, 200 H.P. engine and the cool glass ceiling….It has plenty of room to haul things around…three big softball bags, groceries, A plant, 2 dogs, 3 kids, 4 adults….hmmm that’s all I can think of at the moment but that stuff has all been in this thing in the past week!!! Not all at the same time…and I hope they aren’t mad at Concours about the dogs and smelly softball gear! Here’s another thing…it’s a smaller SUV but just as many guys as ladies have checked it out so ANYONE can drive it! Head on out and at the very least take one for a test drive at Concours Motors!!! Oh and if it’s the maroon one….sorry about the cheez-its under the back seat! Dang kids!!! Concours Volkswagen 1400 West Silver Spring Drive Milwaukee (414) 290-1400 www.concoursvw.com

Super, lazy cuteness!!!!!

Twice just today (07/27) I was asked about my Kaerek Home that I moved into in March. Both by co-workers that gave me grief about not inviting them over yet to see my “palace” that they hear so much about. I guess maybe it is time to do some inviting of my friends at work over to see the crib. Now that I think about it though it’s like that perfect girlfriend that you really don’t wanna bring around your buddies. You really don’t know why you don’t want them around one another you just know they maybe shouldn’t! I’m kidding but this is the love of my life right now outside of my kids. I truly built my dream home and a place I really never would see myself leaving. And I am SO happy that I decided on Kaerek Homes to embark on this house building journey with. It can be scary all of the things that go into the design, building, financing etc and they were truly the best throughout it all! Good news for them is if I am in this house for the long haul I’ll be back over to get all of my products for the remodel!!! www.kaerekhomes.com 11600 W. Lincoln Avenue, West Allis (414) 321-5300

Yesterday, McDonald’s announced some MAJOR changes to their Happy Meals.

#1.)  MANDATORY FRUIT. Before, kids could choose between fries or apples.  And, shocker . . . kids almost universally chose fries. Now, every Happy Meal automatically comes with BOTH fries and a fruit or vegetable.  It’ll usually be apples but it could also be oranges, raisins, pineapple, or baby carrots.

#2.)  FEWER FRIES. Before, Happy Meals came with 2.4 ounces of fries.  That’s been cut by more than HALF, down to 1.1 ounces of fries.

#3.)  NO CARAMEL DIPPING SAUCE. Kids who did end up with apples before got a package of high-sugar caramel dipping sauce with them.  That’s been cut.

#4.)  MILK IS THE DEFAULT DRINK. Before, a small soda was the default drink.  Now 1% milk is what comes with the Happy Meal, unless a parent specifically requests soda.  Fat-free chocolate milk is also a new option.

Overall, these changes make the Happy Meals an average of 20% lower in calories, 15% lower in sodium, and 20% lower in saturated fat.  The changes will start rolling out in September.

Between this and the government regulators enforcing restaurants to post calorie counts on menus my question to you is… do you think this will change the way we eat?

Did you need fast food chains changing their kids menu to feed your children differently?

If you see that your favorite thing has a high calorie count will you be less likely to order it?

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So I was looking over the list of all the new foods coming to the Wisconsin State Fair and my mouth won’t stop watering now!  Here is the full list and which booth you can find them at in case you are curious.  All I can say is….YES PLEASE!!