Author: Jill Berry

Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.

Good News and Bad News

The good news I am quite healthy per the doctor. The bad news I need to lose weight per the doctor. No surprise there. Yay for honesty of medical professionals. Boo for cold hard truth. I do need to lose…

Wednesdays R Us: Multitaskers

Multitasking at its best…coloring a Simpsons poster from Burger King while watching The Simpsons Movie. Excuse my messy family room…it was a snow day. Submitted to Wordless Wednesday, 5 minutes for Mom, The Not-So-Blog Blog, Punky Monkey’s, Wordful Wednesday, Go…

Live Blogging Bedtime

Round these parts we love our jammies so much…we even wear them outside! Considering live blogging bedtime. It would be interesting, no? A sociological experiment? A testament to how ornery my kids are? A glimpse in to my “putting-kids-to-bed” persona.…

Ballas & Hough Dancing with the Stars

Mark Ballas Derek Hough Tune in tonight on ABC at 8/7 to watch Mark Ballas (red shirt) and Derek Hough on the 2-hour season premiere of Dancing_with_the_Stars. Derek is dancing with multi-platinum artist Lil’ Kim and Mark’s partner is Olympic…

Rural Roadkill Report

As a country dweller, not a day goes by when I don’t see a dead animal beside the road. Sometimes I see the same animal for days. The same animal getting smaller as birds peck at it. The same animal…

Scary Phone Call

Kids were eating breakfast. Crafty Daughter was at school. I was checking e-mail, of course. Phone rings. I see Crafty Daughter’s middle school phone number. It was the school nurse. Crafty Daughter had passed out in homeroom. I asked how…

Digital Mom Today Show Style

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Are you a digital mom? I would have to say that I am. I reach out to people in bloggie land by asking questions, asking for comments, and…