WOOWOO!!!! It’s our birthday! It’s our birthday! Okay, so it’s not technically our birthday, but Mommy Reality turned “30 Challenges” today and we’re REALLY excited about this milestone! YEAHHHH!!!! Okay, so really we just found this Bad-motha Unicorn gif and we were dying for an excuse to use it. So anyway, HI!!! Welcome! If this is your first time hearing …
To Ban Or Not To Ban Yoga Pants?
It has been well established that I am a big fan of stretchy yoga pants. There have been many a day where I have both began and ended my day wearing them with no change up in between. I’m going to be straight with everyone. I don’t do yoga. I’m not against yoga, as a rule, it’s just that I …
A Newborn Journey of Firsts with Pampers
Let’s start at the beginning of the story, well at least the beginning of the story for me. I remember being a young 20 something who had just delivered her first baby. I loved this teeny tiny little person whom I had just met. At the hospital I was given the blanket-like Pampers Swaddlers to wrap my precious baby in. …
My First Ask Away Friday!
I am excited to be participating in my very first #AskAwayFriday and to be swapping Valentines Day themed questions with Tiffany of Mrs Tee Love Life Laughter! #AskAwayFriday is a way to connect with other bloggers with a great Q & A session. It’s fun to learn about the people behind the blogs you love and for others to learn …
THE Ultimate Play Group Survival Guide
Yesterday I took my 1 year old daughter Anneliese to a play group that is hosted by a local community organization. I have been attending play groups such as this and ones in people’s homes for 13 years now. I have become a seasoned pro at navigating these events, yet every once in a while something will happen at a …
Man Day Post: The 5 Most Humorous Country Music Songs EVER!
Welcome to another installment of Man-day from Jensguy! I grew up rural. Want to know how rural? When one of my best friends growing up got married, One of my other friends and I noticed that there were cows on the road on the way to the reception, cows that belonged to the family of the guy who just got …
Mommy Reality #29: Share The Love
Hello and Welcome to Mommy Reality Challenge #29! If this is your first time hearing about the Mommy Reality Challenge we are so glad you are joining this great community of Moms who participate in our bi-weekly challenges that showcase all the fun, crazy, and sometimes overwhelming moments that are in every Mom’s life! Please don’t just read. This is …
Jen Discusses Being A Junkie And A Blogiversary
Guess what this week marks? The one year Blogiversary for JENerally Informed! Don’t worry if you didn’t get me flowers or anything, because this date kind of crept up on me too. Last week I was perusing some of my old posts to refresh them and noticed the date on my very first post ever. It kind of stank, but …
The “What No One Wants For Valentine’s Day” List
Hooray it’s February! The month of groundhogs, Valentines and if you live in Arizona it’s Rodeo time! I am hoping you are fully aware of this, but we now only have a matter of days in which to purchase a Valentine’s gift for that special someone in our lives. I know many of you read my What No One Wants …
Now That’s Mommy Reality For You!
Hi there, welcome to my own little snippet of Mommy Reality this week! This has been a long week! It’s only Wednesday, but it feels like it should be next month already….. On Friday my 80 year old mother fell at her home and then on Monday I had the special opportunity to pull an all “nighter” in the Emergency …
Talking Tutus
Talking Tutus I am lucky enough to be the mother to three adorable girls (and one completely darling little boy who we’ll talk about another day). My girls are sweet, precocious, bold and witty with equal parts rough and tumble mixed in. I get great pleasure from watching my little Princesses climb trees and race down the street while dressed …
Mommy Reality #28: The Freaking Refrigerator Door
Welcome to week #28 of the Mommy Reality Challenge! If this is your first time hearing about the Mommy Reality Challenge we are so glad you are joining this great community of moms who participate in our bi-weekly challenges that showcase all the fun, crazy, and sometimes overwhelming moments that are in every mom’s life! Please don’t just read. This …
Just A Mom
Sometimes there are conversations that you are a part of or overhear that leave you thinking about them for days. Last week I was sitting in the children’s section of my local Library with my toddler Anneliese. She wasn’t really interested in having me read her any books, but instead wanted to play with the interactive kid’s structure the Library …
All I Need to Know In Life I Learned From Musicals
I might have been a strange kid, but some of my earliest TV/movie memories are of musicals.The thrill of watching Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and more filled my little heart with happiness. I loved the dancing, the color, the costumes and of course the music. As perhaps would be expected, watching these musical “dramas” provided much learning to …
