The title of this post says it all. After almost 20 years of marriage I still refer to the master bedroom as “my bedroom.” I chose the bedding color, the furniture (with input from the husband), and the wall art. What…
Category: Musings on the Home
Musings on Dinners as a Family
Eating dinner as a family is becoming a thing of the past! Well, that statement might be a little extreme, but in our family we do struggle to eat together. We do the: – eating two dinners — one before…
Shark Grab-n-Bag Scooper
I posted earlier this week about my interview segment with Lesli Foster from Channel 9. I had a fun time putting the Shark Grab-n-Bag Powered Scooper through its paces. I used the Scooper before Lesli and David, the cameraman, got to my…
School Lunch Planning with Phil Lempert
I love Phil Lempert’s style. It’s no nonsense. He tells it like it is. If Phil endorses a product I know it is a good one. I tuned in to a free webinar at the beginning of September. Is it…
Shark Grab-n-Go Powered Scooper
I was sent a product to review for WUSA Channel 9 in Washington, DC. It was a Shark Grab-n-Go Powered Scooper. The product will be featured in Thursday’s Try It segment. Check it out! I’ll also post and tweet a…
My Swiffer Was Not Up to the Job
I’m on Weekend #3 of the Great Bedroom Decluttering. I can think of about 1 million other things I would rather be doing than coughing up a lung on the accumulated dust in my girls’ bedrooms. It was brought to my…
Blinds.com: Raising the Bar for Blind Safety
As a new mom I was hyper concerned with safety. Danger lurked around every corner for my baby. I sterilized bottles and pacifiers. I kept medications out of reach. I safety-proofed the house top and bottom. I thought I was…
I’m Going to TypeAMom!
I started writing for TypeAMom almost a year ago. In fact here’s one of my first articles on homework. Almost a year later I am now the Preteens Editor at TypeAMom. I write from the experience of surviving one preteen and…
I Need Coffee STAT!
Yesterday I was complaining about papers. Today I’m tackling mornings. Aren’t you glad you joined me this a.m. for my rant on everything morning related? Mornings…I get through them with a little help from my friends coffee and light bulbs. Light…
Real Simple: Solutions to Every Day Problems
From Real_Simple… There is finally a solution to rock hard brown sugar! Real Simple suggests throwing two marshmallows in the open bag of brown sugar so the next time you make oatmeal, the brown sugar will be just as soft…
