We live in Tucson, Arizona, famous for our omnipresent sunshine, except for a couple of months during the summer when we get our Midsummer Monsoons. What the Monsoons mean is that there is a period, from the end of June to the first couple weeks of September, where it could conceivably rain every afternoon. While this is true in theory, …
Mommy Reality #13: The Grocery Store
This week has been intense. Jen lives in the Southwest and had a flash flood rip through her neighborhood and in one short hour turn it into a swampy submerged river area (pictures to come). Celeste lives in the St Louis area and has been seeing some scary rioting in her area. Through all of the craziness though we have …
Kid Approved Busy Bag
A few months ago I participated in a co-op with a group of women to make “toddler” busy bags for our families. This busy bag has been amazing and has managed to entertain not only the toddler, but ALL of my children with it’s contents. I wanted to share how to make a few of the items with you today. …
The Best Zucchini Bread Recipe EVER
The Best Zucchini Bread Recipe EVER I am a sucker for fresh farm stand produce. Last week my children and I stopped at a farm stand on a local Indian reservation and picked up the most beautiful squashes and zucchini. My children were excited to pick up this produce, because they are avid zucchini bread fans and together over the …
Man-day: Someone Hates Cheerios Dad. . .Seriously?
OK, First of all, Peanut Butter Cheerios now exist! It’s like taking Captain Crunch and softening the edges so that it doesn’t cut across the roof of your mouth like gravel. Yay! Oh yeah, and the part of the announcement everyone has been talking about, Cheerios Dad: The overall consensus is that this is fully awesome and long overdue in …
When Photos Fail: My Mommy Reality
This week Celeste my Mommy Reality partner in crime has challenged us to share our photo fails. If you missed it, here is the challenge and her own photo fail: Now, to share my photo fails. First off, we have my Samantha having a less than stellar photo experience with Santa. She is actually trying to get away from him …
Mommy Reality Challenge #12: When Photos Fail
Boom. Here we go again! In last week’s Mommy Reality Challenge, Jen commanded that we expose the contents of our purses to the world! We had many participants! Some of you posted your purse pics in a blog post which you linked to the “Mommy Reality” post, and some of you posted pics with the #mommyreality hashtag on Twitter, Google+, …
Scam, Scam, Scammity Scam
This last weekend I received a call from a talent development agency wishing to “audition” my children for television and modeling parts. I laughed, I thanked them, I told them no, and then I promptly hung up. I later told my sister about the call, because my nephew has let it be known that his life’s wish is to have …
Man-day Post: Econ 101, Now With More Mexican Cattle
Here’s a little side note from Jennifer’s article on BlogHer which I hope you have already taken the time to read. Do you ever have moments when information just clicks? Something that takes a really large issue and brings it into a single local issue and suddenly everything makes sense? I’ll show you an example. Here are some Mexican Cows …
Announcing The GREAT Blog Staycation 2014
I have shared with you before how much I love the SITS Girls. Not only have I been lucky enough to attend one of their Bloggy Boot Camps, but every Saturday they hold a #sitsblogging chat on twitter. I have made many great friends and connections through these Saturday morning chats. One Saturday about 2 months ago a few of …
My Southern Arizona Border Tour Article Is Live On BlogHer
Two weeks ago I announced that I would be going on a tour of the southern Arizona border for a syndicated piece I would be writing for BlogHer. The article is live and you can visit here to read and comment on it. You can also read the original post I wrote that was featured on BlogHer about the humanitarian …
Mommy Reality Challenge #11- Invasion Of The Purse Snatchers
Last week, we announced that there would be some changes to the Mommy Reality Challenge. We are sad to be losing a member of our Mommy Reality team, but Carolyn from A Lavender Life has made the decision to step away from her role as a Mommy Reality host. We will miss you, Carolyn! We also announced that the winner …
A Mother Always Finds A Way
Many of you will recall the dating post Jensguy wrote about recently, wherein he mentioned ice blocking as a cheap and economical date. He further explained that this is something he would like to do with our family. When he said family, I believe he meant he would be particularly pleased to see not only his children, but me (his …
My Food Face Photo Mommy Reality
I can’t believe that we have made it to week 10 of the Mommy Reality Challenge! I have had so much fun seeing your pictures, meeting your family members and learning about your own version of Mommy Reality. Each of you who have participated over the past 10 weeks have become dear friends and I look forward to seeing your …
