The dingy walls. The fraying carpet. The mismatched craft supplies. The beaten up teacher’s desk. If you have a child in school, you know exactly what I am talking about. About 5 years ago, my children’s elementary school had a…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Surviving and Living
Last week was quite a week. Last week was the second week of school…it felt like week 40. No honeymoon period for us. We are full tilt in to the whole school thing. Volleyball practice. One of the kids made…
Getting All MacGyver with It
I’m your man…uh…mom….I mean woman for the job. As a mom of 3, I entered the blogosphere late…very late. My youngest was already 5 years old. Can you say scramble? That’s right I had to scramble and race and forage…
Clothes to Fit Your Size? Yes! [Review]
On the rack. Off the peg. Fits like a glove. Stylish. These are all terms that make me think of fashion. I would dearly love to get all “Project Runway” when shopping for clothes. I’d love to “Make it work”…
Tween Style…Is That Normal?
A friend asked about my tween’s knee socks. The knee socks are bright. And by bright I mean neon. Sometimes striped. Often with a repeating pattern of frogs or Nemo fish. The socks could be argyle or plaid. But, for…
Kindergarten, Preschool, Work… Where Were You? 9/11
It was an ordinary Tuesday morning. Nothing out of the ordinary… I woke up after my husband left for his teaching job at as local high school. Once up, I woke up my 5- and 3-year-olds for school. Breakfast, teeth brushing,…
Peace of Mind with Carbonite Backup
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carbonite for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. A few months ago everything in my corner of the web was hunky dory. That is until I heard that my…
My Kids Would Love to Do This!!!
Coffee. Juice. Soy Sauce. Lasagna. What do these 4 items have in common besides tasting good? Stains and lots of them. Ever try to get juice out of a kid’s shirt? Or a pasta sauce stain out of a crisp…
Seizing Family Time with Family Movie Night
Readers of this blog know that I am all about family time. With a teen on the cusp of adulthood, I grasp at family time any way I can. Even my youngest is now 8. Still a little boy, but…
Can You Find More than Just a Good Deal?
It started at BlogHer. I never thought of myself as a deal person, much less a deal blogger. But this year’s BlogHer was all about deals, coupons, good finds, discounts, and affiliate programs. As I moved from aisle to aisle…
