Years ago, I made a wooden pumpkin craft at a church event. I have kept that pumpkin and displayed it every October-November since then. Last night, as I lay un-sleeping in my bed, I realized that I could re-create that craft for my kids with hardly any cost. I couldn’t wait to try it…
Mornings – Photostory Friday and Give Me Your Best Shot
My mornings start at 5:00 am. My first alarm goes off and I check to make sure that my oldest daughter is awake and getting ready for her early morning seminary class before high school. I go back to sleep until 5:40 am, when I take up my position at the front window, watching for…
Postpartum Depression – My Story
Today, 5 Minutes for Mom and a handful of other blogs are posting about postpartum depression and a very important campaign to both raise awareness and funds for Postpartum Progress. Janice asked if I would share my story of Postpartum Depression on her post, and after writing it down – something that I had never…
Tales of the Snake Family and Kids Who Don’t Want to Clean
My 6 year old son is a story-teller. Here’s the 1st paragraph of his latest book: “Once upon a time there lived a snake family. And all they did was watch movies. And sit around. When their parents told them to clean they would not listen….” After some hysterical laughing, my husband and I looked…
First Homecoming – Photostory Friday GMYBS
I’m not sure when my daughter got this old, but last Saturday KitKat went to her first Homecoming dance. Luckily, her first fancy school dance was an easy one on me….none of her friends were interested in going with dates, so a big group of girls went to the dance together. I was stunned when…
The Challenges of Working at Home and Taking a Day Off
I am convinced that there is nothing quite like working at home. As much as I love what I do – I write all day long, I get to interact with amazing people all over social media and my business trips feel more like extended girl’s nights out – I have a tendency to work…
How to Avoid Cleaning the House in 10 Simple Steps
When my kids were little and taking care of them (and my house) was my only job, I remember thinking ahead to the day when all of my kids would be in school and I would be in an empty house for 6 hours each day. When I was in the middle of the toddler…
Pumpkin Pasties – A Harry Potter Recipe
When the last installment of Harry Potter came out in theaters this summer, my oldest daughter, KitKat, got together with a few dozen of her friends for a huge Hogwarts-worthy Harry Potter party. The kids all dressed up in costume and decorated the house like the Great Hall, and all the food they served had…
Twitter vs Facebook – Which Rules Social Media?
I read a compelling article this past week about the drastic changes that social media has seen in the past 10 years. I was shocked to realize that there was no Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube on September 11, 2001. How different would the experience of 9/11 have been had the people in the middle of…
2011 Product of the Year Awards
With a family of seven, I do a lot of shopping. In fact, as much as I try to plan my trips and combine my lists so that I only have to make a trip to the store every once in a while, I will inevitably forget something and have to make another trip. Which,…
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