Trick

There is nothing 'fun' about fun-sized candy bars which are priced to sell and staring me in the face whenever I enter a convenience store. Large bags mixed with Snickers, Three Musketeers, Butterfingers and more are saying 'buy me.'. And with these recessionary times it only makes sense to stock up for self and any potential Trick or Treaters. My friend Miranda purchases her candy on the day of Halloween because she just can't stand to have it in the house as it's too much 'fun' to eat. I purchase candy I have no desire to eat, which means no chocolate. I've bags of Mine n Ikes, Mary Jane's and Fun Dip. No little goblin will turn their nose up to this stuff and I won't eat it because it's not my preference. If I had a bowl of fun-sized M&M's in the house they would last maybe two days and I'd feel terribly guilty when I was staring at the empty bowl they were placed it. Then I'd convince myself that I needed to run ten miles to burn off all that sugar. I do hide the Fun Dip from my kids, this stuff is pure colored sugar. Kids on sugar equals a crazed parent. I try to keep most sugar consumption to daytime hours when there's a chance of working it out of your system easier by doing homework and chores. Yes that's it homework and chores. Maybe Halloween should happen earlier in the day so our sugared kids can do homework and chores after consuming massive amounts of their sweet 'loot'. If I'm supplying the costume and candy it's only right, right?

Buzz words

• Playoffs
• Hoagie
• Mid Terms
• Registration fee

Right Now She Could Be

• Polishing silver
• Looking for her earring backing
• Packing for a business trip
• Soothing a sick child

She Tech

• Phone providers know that parents use cellular products as a safety device for their kids. Here are a list of providers and some services. Most providers offer these services free of charge.
• AT&T MEdia Net Parental Controls; blocks mature internet content games and downloads. www.wireless.att.com
• AT&T Smart Limits allows parents to specify when show can be used. It blocks texts and sets a dollar limit on downloads.
• T-Mobile Web Guard blocks access to mature themes.
• T-Mobile Family Allowance gives and takes away extra minutes, downloads and texts.
• Verizon Content Filters: allows different levels of internet access; teen, young adult and child.
• Verizon Usage Controls: sets limits on when phone can be used including who can call.
• Verizon Chaparone 2.0; locates subject through a text message.
• Radar: mymobilewatchdog.com monitors who is communicating, seeing pictures and texts that are being transfered is also available.

She can turn an old cell phone into a starter phone with a prepaid plan by calling her carrier and asking about a SIM card.

She questions

If her life was a movie what would it be called and who would star as her?

She's not so sure

Kabbalah Water at $5.00 a bottle is specially blessed water that supposedly healed diseases and prevents illness.

She site

She can bid on celebrity owned clothes and support children's charities at www.ClothesOffOrBack.org

She can create her own signature coffee by taking a short quiz and logging onto www.theroasterie.com

She travel

• She can find a bike whenever she's traveling at www.rentabikenow.com
• She can find what's happening in certain cities with the hyperlocal news report found at www.everyblock.com
• Spirit Airlines has a nine dollar fare club which sometimes offers fares lower than nine dollars for a small initiation fee. www.spiritair.com

Staying healthy why traveling is crucial. Here are a few tips to stay well while away from home thanks to Yahoo Shine.

Be careful with the hotel's free breakfast as many options offer lower cost foods.

Find a grocery store and stock up on healthy essentials, especially probiotic yogurt and water remembering to drink lots of it.

Stay consistent with bedtime and wake up time.

Remember the lighter the suitcase the less back pain you will have so pack light.

She's not so sure

A meat cake? It's possible, decorated in mashed potatoes and made with meatloaf along with a ketchup glaze. Yum, see it and get the recipe at Blackwidowbakery.com

She saves

• There are options to purchasing pricey cable television packages. Noggin and Nick Jr. can be viewed online, games and videos included at www.Noggin.com and Nickjr.com
• Instead of Netflix, Redbox offers most up to date movies and TV shows at a rate of one dollar a day. www.Redbox.com

• Get more She Prep at www.ShePrep.com