I remember the day my period started for the first time. I was 12 and other than hearing the vague and cryptic comments from my friends at school and an older sister who had shared a little bit about their own experiences with me, I was woefully unprepared. I have good parents whom I love dearly, but I think there …
Making Time For Me: Goodness to Greatness
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TryALittleGoodness #CollectiveBias Recently one beautiful and sunny Saturday afternoon as I busily delivered children to and from their various activities, my husband very sweetly and intuitively knowing that I was worn out told me to take a break. Informing me that he would …
Parenting With Purpose
Parenting is a tough gig. Not that I don’t love my children, but there have been a few days where if a traveling circus troop had been willing, I would have packed up my bags and headed out! No not really, but I am not embarrassed to admit that there have been some days where hidden chocolate bars and a …
Avoiding Skunks, Wasting Time, And Other Stories
Avoiding Skunks, Wasting Time, And Other Stories Many of my fabulous blogging friends are well known for doing their “Lately” posts that share a bit about what is going in their lives. I do not think I have ever done a post like that. So today I am going to share with you some of my updates with a few …
Five Reasons You Might Think I’m A Mean Parent
I know not every parent has to agree on how best to parent. There are some things I do with my children when explained that get a few head shakes, but they work for us. So here are a five reasons that you might think I’m a mean parent. I Don’t Film Every School Concert or Play I admit to …
Jenny Appleseed at the Farm!
My children are on Fall break from school for 2 weeks and yesterday we took a family outing to a working farm to pick some produce. It was beautiful and so much fun! I felt like a regular farmer as we picked and harvested all of our goodies! There were sugar peas, broccoli, zucchini, green beans, peppers, squash and pumpkins! …
What I Learned The Month I Went Without A Cellphone
Over a month ago my cellphone had a very unfortunate run in with a bottle of Gatorade. At first I was hopeful that Jen’s Guy could fix it, because he can pretty much fix anything. He suggested a treatment involving a bag of rice and complete submersion of my phone in said bag of rice. This treatment lasted for a …
A Discussion On God And Politics
View PostAvengers Assemble!
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #AvengersUnite #CollectiveBias There is BIG news in the Avengers world this week! On October 2nd, MARVEL’S The Avengers: Age of Ultron is being released to Blu-ray and DVD! Avengers, It’s Time To Assemble! It is no secret that my family are some of …
And They Are Off- Fuel Their Adventures
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FuelTheirAdventures and #CollectiveBias And They Are Off! At least that is how it feels in my home. Because from the second my children wake up in the morning to the second they go to bed at night, they are constantly moving. Sometimes their …
Why Play Matters
Why Play Matters I was asked to participate in a Blog Hop hosted by my good friend Janine of Encourage Play. All month long bloggers across many different genres have been invited to talk about play, what it means to them and how they encourage play with their own children. Playtime is something I feel very strongly about as a …
My Little Fighter
Fourteen years ago I became a mother. This is my shared story of love, loss, strength and September 11th. Mostly it is the beginning of the story for My Little Fighter. Because there are many more stories yet to be written for her. Fourteen years ago I was young and I was pregnant with my first child. It had been …
Five Reasons Why All Schools Should Have Uniforms
Five Reasons Why All Schools Should Have Uniforms Three years ago our family moved to a new school district. I was considering home schooling my children because I wasn’t entirely enamored with our new school district. There was however, a free public/charter school that was within walking distance for our family, but the fact that the children were required to …
Happiness Happens
This week has been a stressful. You know the kind of week that is so rough you find yourself standing in the kitchen at midnight with a spoon in your hand looking for something to plunge that spoon into? Hopefully it’s not just me who does this… And as generally seems to be the case with such weeks, somewhere towards …
