Recently, on the way back from dropping the kids off at school, I stopped to chat with the crossing guard, a friend and neighbor of mine. Somehow the conversation got onto the topic of the food we eat, exercise, and the difficult task of maintaining a healthy weight after kids and middle age. I have…
Cannonball! Wordless Wednesday #linky
The kids had the pool to themselves for an hour….there’s nothing better than doing tandem cannonballs in the deep end with your siblings! This phone shot was taken at the pool in Florida on our last day, just hours before we headed home to Maryland. For more inspiring photos, check: 5 Minutes for Mom, High…
Finding my Mojo – Losing my Mojo
This past week (was it really only a few days longer than a week?!) was the best vacation I’ve had in a long time. Today was the first time in who knows how long since I’ve been sad to see my kids start back to school. Typically, I am eager for all of us to…
Focus for the New Year
As 2011 comes to a close and we welcome a new year, I find myself reflective. 2011 was a tough year in many respects, and not one that I would like to repeat…though I admit that there were many wonderful aspects of this past year. I look to 2012 now with hope and optimism. And…
Christmas in Florida – Photostory Friday
We just rolled in to Maryland earlier today, and BOY is the temperature difference between here and Florida drastic. In fact, less than an hour after arriving back home, snow started falling. I think we were all ready to turn back around to enjoy a few more days of Florida temperatures and sun. I’ve hardly…
How Do Your Kids Spend and Save Money?
One of my kids’ favorite holiday and birthday gifts is always cash, but it’s interesting to observe each of my five kids handling their cash gifts totally differently. Just this past week, each of my kids received a rather substantial amount of money from family members (and in the case of my oldest daughter, some…
Wordless Wednesday on the Beach
My internet out here on the beach hasn’t been working for the last few hours, so I don’t have a linky to put up this week. Thanks goodness for smart phones. Happy Wednesday!
Lessons from the Pool Side
This week at the beach has not only been heavenly. It has been eye opening. Sometimes it takes a vacation and a complete break from work to make needed changes become more blaringly obvious. Here are a few things that my Florida vacation has reminded me about this week: – Eight hours of sleep is…
My Secret Santa Came!
Christmas is officially over. The gifts have been wrapped and unwrapped. As a mom, the gifts that I give to my kids and husband are much more exciting to me than the gifts that I get myself (maybe that’s because I’ve either shopped for myself OR have a bunch of boxes of candy under the…
The Best Christmas Present Ever
Around this time of year, I often hear the question asked, “What was your favorite Christmas present of all time?” That’s an easy question for me to answer, though I’ve got to admit that it was a tough present to get, it was really expensive, and it required a ton of expensive upgrades through the…
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