The Musings from Me family is now under one rooof. The Lancaster crew got back in last night. The teen and I had a leisurely night and day of peace and quiet before the Richmond group came running in to the house.…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
#Volleyball
Another weekend, another volleyball match. This weekend the teen didn’t just practice she played and played and played game after game. Infact the preteen played as well. How nice to have two kids playing volleyball on the same weekend. Only…
Conferences, Conferences, and More Conferences
Over a year ago, I had barely heard of blogging. I had a blogspot blog that I started when I created a blog for a design class. I let the design blog lapse, while continuing to write on the personal blog. The posts…
Cottonelle: Team Over or Team Under…Hmmm
Are you a roll the toilet paper under or roll the toliet paper over? Cottonelle needs to know… I am definitely a roll the paper over the roll. I have been known to fix a toilet roll at a friend’s…
Review & Giveaway: BABW Alvin & the Chipmunks
Build-a-Bear is just a magical place. After many years of watching my children make a Build-a-Bear at parties or on special visits I finally made a bear!! I had a bunch of coupons and special offers begging for me to…
Simplifying My Life: Baby Steps…
It wasn’t so long ago that I was all but disconnected while outside the house. My only connectivity a nontexting, noninternet cell phone. Oh and did I mention it was a broken cell phone?? It worked but the screen was shattered.…
Why I Am Not Going to Disney Social Media Moms Conference
It seemed so straightforward. The 5 of us would head to Disney for the Disney Social Media Moms Conference February 10-13. I would do the conference while Coach Dad took the kid, the preteen, and the teen around the parks. We…
Kim Crawford Wines Launches Artists’ Lounge
I don’t know about you but I love walking around an art gallery alone. Now don’t get me wrong, I treasure spending time with family and exposing my children to new experiences, but there are always the distractions of who needs…
Cervical Cancer: Pearls of Wisdom
Thank God cervical cancer has not hit my family — is all I can say. Cervical cancer is a brutal, unrelenting disease that strikes indiscriminately. Cervical cancer kills thousands of women in the U.S. each year. I participated in a conference…
A Giveaway to Help Mom Be the Chief Memory Officer
If you are on twitter as much as I am, you will notice the plethora of hashtags. On any given day, who knows how many are buzzing around. This week’s hashtag #CES and #KZone. #CES is the The Consumer Electronics Show…