Felt blah this morning and watched a DVR’d Scandal, then moved on to My Strange Addiction with the lady with the 5-inch toe nails, the 15-inch finger nails, and the two body guards to keep pedestrians from stepping on her…
Category: Musings on Family
ORGANIZATION: A Clean Kid’s Bedroom Is a Myth, Right?!
4/3/2014: I would never publicly shame any of my children by posting photos to social media. I have threatened to remove all items from their rooms except for bed and bedding. I have never followed through on these threats, except…
BIRTHDAY/HOLIDAYS: Birthday Party Planning and Organizing for Babies and Toddlers
Party Theme Ideas for Babies and Toddlers For the first birthday parties for each of my babies, the theme centered around the paper goods. That was it. Sounds odd doesn’t it? But if you had seen the cute 1st Birthday…
REVIEW: Review: 2006 Toyota Sienna
PROS…as of 2014 Passenger side sliding door in the 2006 Toyota Sienna is great for kids. Easy to get in and out of van. Also great for carpool drop off and pickup as my kids can easily get out of…
I Hate Midterms and Finals! They Stress Me Out.
This photo has everything: -Mom dressed in baggy clothes. -Three kids gathered around the kitchen table doing crafts. -Mom looking anxious about Easter egg dyeing. -Cluttered bulletin board and mom calendar. -Kids’ crafts stuck to kitchen window. I took no…
Gift Guide: Summer Learning Activities
More often than not, I had kids at three different schools. That’s 3 sets of emails, different days off, multiple health and safety alerts, and a slew of grading notices from three schools. At one time, I had 1 kid…
5 Gifts Your Tween Will Actually Use
When you have tweens, you can forget about strolling the aisles of your local Walmart or Target. While tweens are adamant about what they don’t want, finding what they do want is tough. Tweens do not want toys…of any kind.…
The Finder of Lost Stuff
One of our family mottos is nothing is every lost…missing permanently…but never lost forever. I AM the finder of lost stuff. I usually find whatever it is that is missing in a place where someone (usually me) stashed it for…
5 Post-Surgery Tips for Knee Surgery — Meniscectomy
DH and I both had knee surgery, more specifically a meniscectomy, a few years ago. Same knee. Same surgeon. His was a sports injury, mine was not. The key advice from me post surgery is: Follow the doctor’s postop advice…
This Part of My Life Is Called…Rushing
To borrow a line from the Pursuit of Happiness…”This part of my life is called…rushing.” Rushing. Dashing. Flying. Scrambling. These words describe my day-to-day life. I’m a wife…a mom…a work-at-home mom…a taxi driver…a housekeeper…an errand runner….a laundress…a maker of lunches…a…
