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30 Day Shred- Day 1

Today I completed my first attempt at 30 Day Shred, and honestly? I'm discouraged. I'm not going to start this post off complaining about how I hate Jillian Michaels, because I don't. What I do hate is the fact that I have LET myself get so very out View Post

Journey To Health

Due to recent medical test results that a certain person in our home who shall remain nameless received, we all have to change our terrible eating habits in our home. Said certain nameless person has already changed theirs and is feeling much better, View Post

LeapFrog Summer Camp

Thank you to <http://www.leapfrog.com/en/leapfrog_parents/summer/sign_up.html?utm_source=CG&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=signuppage&utm_campaign=SummerCamp">LeapFrog for sponsoring my post about Leapfrog Summer Camp. To sign up View Post

Memorial Day- 2012

In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt View Post

Going Too Far

  It’s never a good thing when, while cleaning your home, you hear your child mumble to himself in his room, “I have really gone too far”. View Post

Mother’s Day Thoughts

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty If I have learned anything about being a mother, I think the above quote View Post

Laziest Mom Ever

My son’s teacher gave his class a cute little fill-in-the blank questionnaire about their moms as part of their Mother’s Day happies they made at school.  According to my son, I’m quite the lady of leisure.  Apparently, all I do is View Post

Children’s Book Week Giveaway Hop- Ends 5/13

In honor of Children's Book Week, I am partcipating in a book hop giveaway hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer.  If you are looking to enter giveaways for some amazing children and Young Adult books, you will definitely want to check that link out View Post

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