Fueling Your Summer {$100 Gift Card Giveaway!}

Not too long ago, I hosted a giveaway for a $100 gift card for you, my lazy readers.  (And, 'round these parts, I say lazy with MUCH affection!) I'll be announcing that winner VERY SOON!

Well, to continue to help you fuel all your summer road trips, I'm back with another $100 gift card giveaway for you!  This time it's from Shell's good friend, Kroger!

Did you know that every time you shop at Kroger using your loyalty card from The Kroger Co. Family of Stores or 1-2-3 REWARDS® Visa®, you are earning points that help lower your cost at the pump?

WELL, YOU ARE!

Every $1 spent on qualifying items at Kroger earns you 1 fuel point.  BUT!  This summer, to help you get even more fuel rewards, Kroger is offering 2x Fuel Point Weekends, meaning every $1 spend on the weekends equals 2 fuel points!  Woohooo!

AND HOW 'BOUT THIS?! » Kroger shoppers will be able to save up to $1 per gallon at the pump by redeeming up to 1,000 Fuel Points at any Kroger Fuel Center, and at participating stations. « What?! That's right!

Simply download the fuel savings digital coupon just one time and you'll automatically earn double fuel points on all your grocery purchases every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through June 30!

We love watching the fuel points rack up on our Kroger loyalty card and with their partnership with Shell, you can use those points at even more pit stops on your road trip.

My family took an awesome road trip to Hershey, PA already this summer.  (Seriously, go check out that link!)  Now we are saving up fuel rewards for our next big trip in August -- Orlando Florida!

Where will your summer road trips take you?

Answer that question and more in this Rafflecopter form and you can earn multiple entries to win a $100 gift card to Kroger! (Open to U.S. residents only)

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The Kroger gift card can be used for both fuel and grocery at any Kroger location in the U.S., as well as the Kroger Family of Stores.

Disclosure: I received a gift card from Kroger as compensation for this post.  All opinions expressed are my own.

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Wolfdownserfood, Have You Heard Of It? {And A Lazy Mom Tip To Stop It!}

My Dear Lazy Moms,

I'm writing to tell you that I have two preteen boys that have a horrible disease.  The side affects of this disease can be extremely gross and embarrassingly debilitating.  Reactions to an onslaught of this disease can be seen around most dinner tables around the world.  Namely, dropped jaws and staring.

So I'm reaching out to all of you in case you have boys with this same horrid problem.  In the hopes that we can face this thing head on like the champs we all are.

The disease?

Wolfsdownserfood.

Have you heard of it?

I noticed my boys had this disease when they started wolfing down their food several years ago.  Hence the disease name: wolfsdownserfood.

Just tonight it struck them again.  We were sitting at a restaurant minding our own business when out of nowhere BAM!  It kicked in.

Snarling, chomping and drooling they ransacked their first burger in their 2 mini burger kids meal within three huge bites. 

I reacted as I always do.

"Slow down!"

"Stop eating so fast!"

"Your tummy doesn't taste it, your mouth does!"

But alas, they plowed on, this time into the french fries.

Then suddenly an idea sparked!  I'll call it... a stroke of lazy mom genius, if you will.  I decided to use that God-given competitiveness in two sibling boys to my advantage.

"Okay, boys.  On your next mini burger, let's see who can make their burger last the LONGEST.  Taking as small of bites as you possibly can!"

Then Lazy Dad piped up, "You have to include a piece of meat in each bite in order for it to count."

Before we knew it, their wolfsdownserfood ceased as their eyes inflamed with that other sometimes debilitating disease, gottabeatmahbrotha, kicked in.

80+ bites later we declared a winner!

And it wasn't them... it was ME!

Thank you!  Thankyouverymuch!

Oh, and for your viewing pleasure, here are the knuckleheads who have to cope with having this horrible disease on a daily basis.

And yes, that was the best picture I could get of them.

Here were my other choices (in no particular order):

What? Your boys don't do that in restaurants?  I DON'T THINK SO!

We're All In This Together.
Love,
The Lazy Mom

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The Sweetest Place on Earth {I've Now Been There!}

Peoples!

I have now been to the sweetest place on earth and back.  Remember when I told you I was gonna go there and see if the rumors were true?

Well guess what?! SOME of them are! *gasp!*

For instance....

Rumor: street lights that look like Hershey's Kisses.

TRUE.

So, so adorably TRUE, people!

Rumor: It rains Hershey's kisses there.

FALSE.

See that puddle of WATER on the street?  That's all that rained down from the heavens our first day there. *sniff*

Rumor: The smell of chocolate is in the air.

Partly TRUE!

It depends on which way the breeze is blowing from the chocolate plant!

But never-you-mind all the rumors about Hershey PA, here's a fact: Hershey PA is TOTALLY worth being listed on your MUST-DO list!

We had SO. MUCH. CHOCOLATEY. FUN. 

And there's so much to do in Hershey PA that we didn't even get to do it all!  (Oh, darn! Gotta go back!)

At The Hershey Story we learned all about Milton Hershey and how he grew this entire town through his milk chocolate venture.

This museum is top notch and offers hands-on learning for the kids.

For $3, outside of the cost of your entrance fees (adults - $10, kids $7.50), the kids can become Mr. Hershey's Apprentice and earn prizes as they answer questions throughout the displays.

While we found this to be perfect for our aged kids (8, 10 & 11), I would NOT recommend it for kids younger than 8, unless this is totally up their alley.  It was hard for the kids to find the answers in all the displays on their own, BUT there were fantastic workers there that helped them when they needed it.

At the end of the museum, they got to print off a newspaper with their picture in it and received a Hershey's Story coin!

We also had a SWEET time at Hershey's Chocolate World! *wink* *wink*

Here you can find lots of Hershey merchandise, buy attraction tickets (including a trolley tour we heard was worth doing), and take a spin through Hershey's Great American Chocolate Tour Ride (that is absolutely FREE!).

I have to say, I LOVED the cows! (No lie!) And the little jingle they sing really STICKS.  We're still singing it a week later!

Aren't they cute?

*Hi Gabby! Hi Harmony! Hi Olympia!*

And when you get off the ride? You get a mini Hershey Bar!  SCORE!

Buh, buh, BUT!  Did you notice the big Hershey Bar in their hands? That's because I stopped to ask a question to a worker after the ride, and low and behold if she wasn't with Consumer Research and we all scored another BIG Hershey Bar because we were asked to participate in a survey!  DOUBLE SCORE!!

Um, that's a top secret photo of Lazy Dad in the survey room... I was told after I took it that I wasn't supposed to take pictures. Whoops! 

That's right people, you saw it here first... the top-secret-inside-survey-room-thingy at Hershey's Chocolate World... only on I'm a Lazy Mom!

Also while we were there, we took in the all new 4D show - Hershey's Great Chocolate Factory Mystery!  I was truly impressed with it!  It was really well done and worth the money in my opinion.

It's even interactive... the Hershey Bar guy talks to the audience and to specific people in your group while he's animated on the screen. Does that make sense?  (Think Turtle Talk with Crush or Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor at Disney World. Now does it make sense?)

OH! And you totally score some free candy when you leave the show!

Ahhhhhhhh! A random wall of Hershey's Kisses!!!!

Moving on.

Have I even showed you where we stayed at Hershey, yet?

We stayed at Hersheypark Camping Resort!

In their brand-spanking new Two Bedroom Deluxe Log Cabins, mind you!

This one was ours.

And by "ours," I mean, "theirs, but I pretended it was ours."

These cabins are really nice, and much larger on the inside than they seem from the outside!

These two bedroom Deluxe Log Cabins sleep up to seven people, and has some major bunk-bed fun going on in one room!

Loved the big storage drawers under the beds!

It's also fully stocked with cooking utensils and tableware for up to seven people as well!

It has air conditioning and a full bathroom, too.

All you need to do is provide the linens (bedding, pillows, towels, kitchen towels and dish soap) and you're ready to go!  (If you forget anything there are stores close by.)

The whole camping area is super nice and has a great pool!

And people!  Just when you thought I'd be winding this blog post up, I haven't even TOLD you about Hersheypark, yet!  (Hey, I was serious when I said we didn't get to everything in three full days!)

Now listen to me very carefully lazy moms and dads.  This amusement park is not some hokey pokey amusement park.  OH NO!  Don't be deceived!  Hersheypark is as serious an amusement park as any other serious amusment park I've ever been to!

Wait.  What?

IT'S A FOR REAL AMUSEMENT PARK, PEOPLE!

There's like, ELEVEN rollar coasters!

TONS of kiddie and family rides.

Shows!  (The new Western show is SUPER cute, go check it out!)

Character appearances!

 and a full-on waterpark!

No joke.  This amusement park has something for EVERY age in your family.  I was truly impressed!

And, well, I know this will totally shock you.  But Lazy Dad was chosen for to be in that show I pictured up above.

I know, I know... he NEVER, EVER gets chosen to be in shows WHEREVER we go, EVER.  (Oh, and also see here.)

This show was really cute and was a cheesy take off of a 60's game show.  And well, they give you a big Hershey's bar when you win.

Which we promptly ate.  Because "it will melt and all."

Incidentally, did you notice how many times we got free candy after we did various things at Hershey?  After a while you start to feel a bit of some entitlement.

"Geesh, I made my bed this morning, where's my chocolate bar?"

"Uh, I tied my shoes all by myself, so why don't I see a chocolate bar in my hand?"

 Yup.  Gotta fight that entitlement thing everywhere these days.

So there you have it!  Our incredible trip to Hershey PA!  A town I long heard about, but had never gotten to visit before.

The bottom line: Hershey PA is definitely worth a visit!

Disclosure: Hershey PA provided my family with attraction tickets and a complimentary stay.  All opinions expressed are my own, mkay?

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Cake Mix Cookies {A Lazy Mom Recipe}

I never in a million years would have thought the  Lazy Cake Cookies recipe I posted back in 2011 would have taken off the way it did!  But boy howdy, did it!  As of tonight, it's had over 952,000 page views!  Wowie wow-wow!

Not too long ago I received another recipe in my little ol' lazy inbox that was similar to them there Lazy Cake Cookies.  Except this recipe is for individual cookies, not a whole 9x13 pan of cookie goodness.  So OF COURSE I had to share it with you!

This recipe was submitted by Glenda Miller and here's what she has to say about it:

Makes 2 dozen cookies and only takes about 30 minutes total time from start to ready to eat. I used butterscotch chips in the one pictured, but I have done dark chocolate with coconut, and regular chocolate chip as well. Enjoy!

Cake Mix Cookies
1 box of cake mix (pretty much any)
2 eggs
1/2 cup of oil (could probably do a little less and still get the right amount of moisture)
1 tsp vanilla (optional)
butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, or whatever you prefer!

Preheat oven to 350º.  Mix ingredients together with about 1 cup of any chips you prefer. Glenda used butterscotch chips. Add 1 tsp vanilla for more of a homemade taste.

Make into 1" balls and bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

Mm, mm! Thanks for sharing Glenda!

If you have a lazy recipe to share (five ingredients or less) be sure and send it in to me!  Lazy moms everywhere will thank you!

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