motherhood

10 Things We Love About Molly

Seven years ago tonight, I was having a hard time getting to sleep.  I knew that the next morning, I would be headed to the hospital bright and early to give birth to our daughter, Molly.  (And what an interesting delivery that ended up being!) In honor of the seventh birthday of our baby girl, [...]

Lunch Time Democracy (aka Easy Way to Decide What’s for Lunch)

Sometimes, I get kind of burnt out on having to make three meals a day.  I know, that’s my call in life right now, but it just gets a little monotonous. Last week, as our pantry and fridge were looking a bit on the empty side, I was just not really feeling like making lunch.  [...]

7 Quick Takes: June 17, 2011 (Vol. 84)

~ 1 ~ Next week, I am going to be co-hosting a Twitter party with Blogelina on the topic of Blogger Networking.  So, be sure to be on Twitter with the #blogelina hashtag next Thursday, June 23rd from 9 – 10 pm EST.  You need to make sure to RSVP (at the link), and during [...]

Enter The House of Discontent (aka Give Me Your Waffle Order)

I’ve been busy with a variety of projects lately, including putting together a blog networking group.  So, I hope that you will read one of my posts that cracks me up.  (Is it wrong to crack up about my own post?)  This post was written in the dead of winter (February 1, 2008) when my [...]

Simplify Your Family Life Giant Ebook Sale

If you’re looking for my first day of Spring Spruce Up in the Craft Room either scroll down or check out my Spring Spruce Up post (day one) through this link. Corey from Simple Marriage and Mandi from Life…Your Way have brought together some of the top authors in the family life space with 30 [...]

Being a Yes Mom

Are you a No Mom? Do you find yourself saying no to your kids requests and ideas far more than you say yes?  Are you often telling the kids why a particular idea won’t work, without giving them the chance to try it out for themselves? Know what?  I’m that Mom sometimes, and I don’t [...]

Saying Yes to Cooking Help (Even When I Don’t Want To)

I have mentioned many times before about my lack of cooking experience growing up. I did do some baking (even pretty young), but always things like cookies.  (And even then, it was only peanut butter cookies and chocolate chip cookies.)  As a parent, I have a better understanding of one of the reasons I probably [...]

Helpful Homeschool Hints: Cut The Kids Some Slack Too

In the last Helpful Homeschool Hints, I wrote about cutting yourself some slack.  And, this week – I say to cut the kids some slack too. I’m sure you do, and I think I do too.  However, I had to especially think about this one day when I was in the bathroom.  Yes, the bathroom [...]

10 Signs that I’m a Grown Up

There are many times when I think about life and say, “Hang on — you mean I’m not a teenager anymore?”  I still feel young, but then things happen that make me realize, “Hey – I’m not a kid anymore, no matter how young I may feel.” So, while peeling potatoes today, I started thinking [...]

Will You Still Love Me If I’m Not Mary Poppins?

One of my favorite scenes in Mary Poppins is when she has just met the Banks children, and she measures them with a tape measure which is printed with attributes about them right at their heights.  When Mary Poppins is then measured, the tape measure reads, “Practically Perfect in Every Way.” I’m here to say [...]

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