I’d say just about everyone who reads me knows about this new life of mine and it’s a life of chaos and I’m constantly on the go.  I’m also remarkably lazy when it comes to doing dishes but I love cooking and I’m also quite the fan of eating.  The thing is, I have two kids (five and two) who like to grab their plates and run into their playroom to watch TV while they eat dinner.

I know I’m supposed to keep them at the table but they’re FIVE and TWO and I’m just happy they’re eating what I’m giving them so if it takes a cartoon or three I’m down with it.  The issue here is that I don’t like them running off with glass plates (dur) and most paper plates immediately bend in half the second they grab them causing my gourmet meal of nuggets and mac and cheese to crash down since they’re fans of the one-handed grab, ultimately causing us to eat off the floor.

Okay, so I typically carry the plates in there for them.  I’m the one using the one-hand grab and I’m the one who has a tendency to have the plate drop in half and then we’re all eating off the floor.

I have really nice floors.

So Hefty gives me a shout and asked me if I’d be interested in getting some free paper plates to review and I was all about it.  I checked out their Facebook page and saw that Hefty has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation™ on a quest to plant 10,000 trees, one for every ten new “Like”s on Facebook so I went ahead and liked it and you should too.  Seriously.  I know you’re all on there anyway because we banter and all you have to do is click through here and like that page and you’ll be doing the world a huge service.

Let’s all do the world a service.  There’s too much drama all around.  Maybe if we can help plant enough trees everyone will just dedicate one day to stop all the fighting and we can have a nice picnic underneath them using the new super durable Hefty Basics paper plates while listening to John Lennon.

Give peace a chance.

You can also enjoy a sandwich and some chips.

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They’re brown and remind me of paper grocery bags and they’re super sturdy.  I can pack on the nuggets and mac and cheese and carry each plate to my boys in their playroom without having to worry about them bending in the middle or having the moisture from the food soak clear through the paper causing everything to create a hole and end up on my very lovely kitchen floors.

My dog is pretty pissed off though, he’s a fan of trying to trip me up if I make it as far as the carpet because you can’t apply a five second rule to mac and cheese.  I’m in the process of eating a chicken salad sandwich off one of the plates now.  It’s sitting on my tummy as I type and although I’m dropping my food all over myself my plate isn’t.  I’d like to thank Hefty for giving me the security to eat this sandwich without worrying about my awesome dress but my dog is pretty upset with you right now.  Just sayin’.

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