Goodbye my friend

This is was my friend Kelly. She was like a big sister to me when we worked together a million 18 years ago. She was the kind of girl you ...

Be a better parent challenge - Day 31 - Parent the kids you have

Congrats everyone! You've made it an entire month, and damn it, I hope you're all better parents for it. Or I've completely bor...

How do I love thee, Let me count the ways

Gabs I love the way you cup my face and kiss me when you are trying to make a sincere apology I love the way you summons me from across the ...

Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 30 - Find your system

Today is Challenge #30: Find your system - and I want you to tackle creating your own system of how you work your mornings and evenings, o...

Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 29 - Read and Learn

I am super duper sick today! I mean like cold sweats, runny nose, sore throat, ball of mush , I keep losing my balance and getting dizzy. I ...

Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 28 - Get your kids involved

Today's Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 28 - Get your kids involved Today's Challenge #28: Get your kids involved should help m...

Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 27 - Celebrate good times

Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 27 - Celebrate good times Today's Be a Better Parent Challenge #27: Celebrate good times - big ...

A Goal, A Hop (or 7) & a little about the TRUTH!

Good Friday my friends! I am blog hopping like a madwoman. I have a goal of 1000 followers by my Birthday September 25 and I'm only a li...

Quickest Update ever!

Trying to reach my 1000 follower goal by my birthday (September 25) so if you are on this blog visiting please help me out and follow or sha...

The House that Built Me

I'm feeling a little nostalgic for my home and my parents. Who knows maybe it has something to do with my girls and all these firsts f...

Be a better parent - Day 26 - How to say sorry

 Yesterday's Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 25 - Get Some Sleep was pretty easy , for once, to adhere to. The girls have been going ...

Daddy the superhero

Every morning, I keep seeing the Mommies attached to their hysterical children, clinging to their legs/waists for dear life and sobbing unco...

Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 25 - Get Some Sleep

Today's Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 25 - Get Some Sleep is pretty self explanatory. We are all better parents when we get some sl...

Sisterly Love; Absense makes the Wee Hearts grow Fonder

Bella & Gabs @ first day of Kindergarten pick up! Awwww! It seems for the wee ones, absence does make the heart grow fonder. My girls ar...

Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 24 - More about choices

Yesterday's Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 23 - Give 'em choices  How did that work for you? It worked ok for me. As long as I k...

Proud Mommy Bloggers Unite

I was recently talking to a fellow Mommy Blogger over the whole Mommy Blogger name, are you proud to be a Mommy Blogger or are you embarrass...

Be A Better Parent Challenge- Day 21-23

Friday's Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 20 - Keep a journal I'd love to say I did a fabulous job but that would be a total lie. ...

Monday Minute

*Favorite 80s flick? All time favorite absolutely has to be 16 Candles! How my heart swooned for Jake Ryan as a teenager:) Sigh* *One genre...

Winner of the Giveaway for the Get Moving; Family Fitness game for the Wii

Congratulations to entry # 31; Janetfaye.The winner was chosen using Random.org. I will contact the winner via email! You have 48 hours to r...

Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 20 - Keep a journal

Yesterday's Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 19 - Let the other parent parent I did try it. It was really the wrong day to try it beca...

Throat Punch Thursday;Bring it on , You Skanky Bitch edition

We've been traveling and out of sorts but we are back and we're bringing the Throat Punch with us! This week's throat punch goes...

The Begining, the End, & a lot of Deep Breaths Inbetween!

Last night, I came slightly undone from a book( The Night Before Kindergarten) and then I proceeded to have a complete meltdown when Bella m...

Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 19 - Let the other parent parent

Yesterday's Be a Better Parent Challenge - Day 18 - Get happy! was fantastic and timely. I was feeling a little overwhelmed by the big K...

Trepidation running amuck

So, tomorrow my Bella starts the big K (DUMDUMDUMDDUMDUUUUUM) Kindergarten! I knew I might be emotional tomorrow, and I still suspect am po...