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Having a daughter who was born in October is fun. We’ve done a variety of activities for her birthday party, including a corn maze, pumpkin patch, apple-themed parties and more. This year my youngest, Little Pea, wanted a Halloween themed birthday party. I’ve always steered her away from that because we try not to embrace [...]
I love it when I start to type my search on Google, and it suggests several phrases to assist me. Sometimes it makes sense. For instance, when I type “Taylor” it suggests “Taylor Swift” or Taylor Lautner.” Totally plausible. Other times, Google’s suggestions defy common sense, and leave me in a puddle of my own [...]
I have been getting into crochet lately. I find it easier for me than knitting, and I can easily make such interesting stitch patterns. What I don’t have these days is the patience to do a huge blanket, or even a long scarf. So hats have been my fad for the past few months! I [...]
The average American woman weighs about 162 pounds and wears a size 14. Average. According to that statistic, I am slightly below average (1-2 sizes to be exact). I am on the high side of normal BMI, but by no means am I significantly overweight. Of course, I would love to be in better shape, [...]
I got a call from a local newspaper reporter, who asked about ideas to save money on your Super Bowl Party this year. After blubbering for just a few seconds, I came up with a couple of suggestions for her. Our conversation got my mind going in a million different directions with ideas for parties! So, I [...]
But then, I realized it was something else. As I looked at it, I could hear myself say: “I know some things that you young women have yet to learn. See those wrinkles between my eyes? I earned those.” I don’t say that to be snooty, but as an encouragement. You see, when I was [...]
I was looking at BlackFriday.net, (I do love my Black Friday shopping) and found this really cool infographic showing the hottest toys throughout this century. My 10-year-old daughter and I spent a while looking at it, as she asked me about the toys I loved as a child. I hope this brings back as many [...]
Ah, the colors of Fall: Deep orange, bright yellow, fiery red, soothing brown… and hot PINK. Yes, that’s right- pink- bringing to mind the fact that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at some time in their lives. (source) This truth has been made real to me, as I’ve watched [...]
Since I have become a Working (Outside the Home) Mom, our family routines have been absolutely turned on their head. I have found solutions, like Once A Month Cooking, and creative laundry solutions to cope with the change, and we’re taking each new challenge as it comes. Once challenge that faced me AT work, was [...]
(and by “been there,’ I mean, I went to the Hanes Pink site and made a t-shirt. Thankfully, I haven’t been through cancer. But there’s nothing guaranteeing I wont someday.) Several months ago, my husband and I got some news that was potentially devastating. My sweet mother-in-law told us that she had been diagnosed with [...]
I’m just not the manicure-every-week kind of person. It’s expensive, and who has that kind of time? But I do like to have cool nails every now and then. We know the drill, though. Unless you get the “good stuff” you’ll be peeling off chips in a day. Well, I have a secret to wearing [...]
Next week, hundreds of blogging, vlogging and screaming streaming women will converge on Times Square, NY, armed with digital cameras, video cams, and webcams to take the new media world by storm! The She Streams Conference is the first of it’s kind, exploring the future of social media, with a heavy focus on online video, [...]
When this Northeastern Italian/Irish gal married her Southern husband , she got a proper introduction to southern food. I went from saying, “So… you just eat the pinto beans by themselves?” and “What the heck is Chow Chow?“, to insisting on stone ground cornmeal for my homemade cornbread and singing praises for beans in a [...]
All moms work. HARD. But when you work outside the home each day, dinner can be a significant challenge. Honestly, I thought that sometimes it was difficult to get dinner on the table as a Work-at-Home Mom. But now, since I get home around 5-5:30 each day, it kills me to get dinner on the [...]
