Carving out a little "me time" is absolutely vital to maintaining the stamina you need to parent well - in addition to staying sane. When you're lucky, that me time will fall into your lap unexpectedly, like when your friend offers to take your kids with her to the park for the afternoon. At other times, you'll need to plan for it, whether it's getting up ten minute before your kids, or choosing to do something for yourself without feeling guilty about it. This Friday, Dunkin' Donuts wants to help. They're giving away free donuts with the purchase of a hot beverage (like coffee or tea) in honor of National Donut Day. So be a little selfish and keep the freebie for yourself! It might not be the full dose of "me time" that you need right now, but it's a start. **Resources for Parents in Need of "Me Time"** * 10 Ways to Carve Out "Me Time" * Share Your Top "Me Time" Strategies * 30 Self-Care Strategies for Single Parents * Find Time to Exercise as a Single Parent **More Thrifty Thursday Links** * ... Starbucks Corp. replicated many coffee retailers by increasing the price of packaged coffee. Q: I read that Dunkin' Donuts is planning a $400 million initial public offering, or IPO. With close to 10,000 locations worldwide, shouldn't the company be worth more than that? (The Associated Press) A Maine lawmaker accused of pointing a loaded gun at a man outside a Dunkin' Donuts has been transferred to psychiatric hospital. Authorities say Rep. Frederick Ladd Wintle of Garland was examined at the jail Monday. Kennebec County Sheriff Randy Liberty says that as a result of the examination, Wintle was transferred to a psychiatric facility in southern Maine. NEW YORK | Coffee drinkers will soon be getting another jolt at the supermarket: The company that sells Folgers and packaged Dunkin' Donuts coffees has announced its second double-digit price increase this year. J.M. Smucker Co. said Tuesday that it will charge retailers 11 percent more, on average, for most ... CANTON, Mass., May 4 (UPI) -- The parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin- Robbins, U.S. bastions of sugary goodness, said it has proposed a $400 million initial public offering. Dunkin' Donuts celebrates National Apple Pie Day by giving away $50 gift certificates to its Twitter followers. But they have to guess the apples used in Dunkin' Donuts apple pies. Share Ads are often meant to provoke the viewer (think baby-faced Brooke Shields with nothing between her and her Calvins) but sometimes viewers feel a little too provoked. Here is a list of fifteen controversial advertisements that... Read more Dave Sloan is CEO of Treehouse Logic, which offers a hosted design tool solution that enables customer co-creation. You can reach Dave at dave@treehouselogic.com and follow him on Twitter. Do you like to conjure up our own creations in the kitchen? When you eat out are you picky like Sally in When Harry Met Sally? [...] While the government weighs in on how to remedy the nation's obesity epidemic, some food manufacturers show no sign of curbing Americans' taste for over-the- top dietary concoctions.… _By Brian Hamilton_ PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's not that Notre Dame has been particularly bad away from the cozy confines of Purcell Pavilion this season. It's that the Irish have been exceedingly ordinary in general, which sometimes has been enough and sometimes has been cause for agida. What road the No. 9 Irish take against Providence at the Dunkin Donuts Center tonight may go quite a way toward defining prospects for a double-bye in the Big East tournament. Notre Dame has reduced dregs like DePaul and South Florida to atoms on the road, and Providence is a loser of four straight coming in. But the Friars have the explosive Marshon Brooks and the pelts of Louisville and Villanova on their wall. And Notre Dame has averaged just 64.2 points and shot just 41.7 percent away from Purcell Pavilion this season, coming off a 35 percent shooting effort at West Virginia. The door, basically, is just ajar enough for doubt. "How do we bounce back on road again?" Irish coach Mike Brey said. "To get out of this road stretch 2-1 would be pretty darn good, given the way this league is this year." 'Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold' includes product placement expert Norm Marshall, who has navigated Hollywood for decades, quietly adding his clients' goods to movies whenever possible. If you've seen Steve Carell drink a cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee on "The Office," Zach Galifianakis strap on a Baby Bjorn in "The Hangover," Mike Myers takes a swig of Heineken in the "Austin Powers" movies or Lea Michele whip off Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses on "Glee," you may have wondered: Why did that product have to be there? It's not entirely clear what led Frederick Ladd Wintle, a Republican state legislator from Maine, to believe that a local news photographer might also be a drug dealer who's somehow responsible for killing babies. But it appears that he was wrong, and also wrong about some other things. More » Surveillance video shows group of teens destroying restaurant in New York City. The NYPD is searching for a group of young people caught on surveillance video trashing a New York City Dunkin' Donuts (no audio). When you head to a coffee shop, do you check the calorie count before you order? Does the extra fat and calories in whip cream deter you from ordering that hot chocolate? Or, are you more apt to go with the low fat or soy milk with your drinks? Find out some tips for healthier drinking at Starbuck's. -Created by Shamontiel L. Vaughn (Sources: Starbucks' Nutrition by the Cup handout , Dunkin Donuts' Nutrition Catalog , CDC's "Rethink your drink" )
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
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