Embracing MomminessEmbracing MomminessI had a career in marketing and loved it. When I had my first child, I couldn't bring myself to go back to work full time. Instead of working in marketing, I'm embracing momminess. Articles
Two new nieces arriving from China soon
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My sister-in-law and her husband just arrived in China to adopt two new little girls, Zoey and Kate. It's unheard of for China to approve the simultaneous adoption of two kids unrelated to each other, but since they're special needs kids, China made an unusual exception. The adoption of Zoey ...
Happy New Year
0000-00-00 00:00:00 It's time to say good bye to 2008. Hopefully we'll all have a prosperous, safe, and memorable 2009. Tonight we're at Great Wolf Lodge having a great time with our kids and my parents. I hope you, too, are having fun with your family and friends as you ring ... More About: New Year , Happy , Happy New Year , Year
Are you Blissfully Domestic?
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Head on over to Blissfully Domestic and tell us how you've been blissfully domestic this past week. Once you're there, be sure to check out all the great links already submitted. If you don't have anything to submit right now, a new post goes up Monday night at 9:00pm.
Don’t talk about your kid’s butt when he’s around
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My parents are up visiting for a couple days, so we went out to dinner tonight. On the way to the restaurant, my dad, who was sitting in the passenger seat as I drove, and I were discussing how Little Man needs to wipe his own butt after he goes ... More About: Talk , Butt
I am Blissfully Domestic
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Well, the past day or so has been a bit crazy. It's been so crazy that I don't feel very blissfully domestic right now. Caring for a sick baby is certainly domestic, but it's not of the blissful variety. My poor little 13 month old son started throwing up yesterday evening. ... More About: Domestic
What I got for Christmas
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Now comes the "what I got for Christmas " post. For a couple of weeks leading up to Christmas, my husband had told me that I would really like my present. He said over and over again that I would think it was really cool and that he had to ...
A family Christmas
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas . We did. It was a bit hectic, but what Christmas isn't, really. Anytime we have to fit in time to see family that is spread out over several states, we feel like we're stretched a bit. This year, we spent Christmas Eve and ... More About: Family
Not quite done
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Today we are spending the day at home. I've got some last minute stocking stuffer shopping to do. When I get back, we are going to bake cookies for Santa as we watch all the fun Christmas movies on television. Later this evening, we are going to our church's Christmas ...
NORAD is tracking Santa’s route
0000-00-00 00:00:00 NORAD is tracking Santa! You can follow Santa's path throughout the world as he delivers his presents to the good little boys and girls. Virtually all of Europe is done already. It's amazing how efficient he is. At the moment that I'm writing this he's in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which means ... More About: Route , Tracking , Norad
Merry Christmas
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Merry Christmas to you and yours. I hope your day has been filled with joy. More About: Merry Christmas , Merry
Checking in
0000-00-00 00:00:00 It's been a crazy past few days, which is why I haven't written any posts since Monday. Between my daughter's therapy, buying teacher gifts, class gift exchange gifts, my son's school events, and getting ready for family Christmas parties, it's been so busy here that there were times when I ...
Definitely conversation starters
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Multiple births are pretty amazing on their own, but these two stories go above and beyond amazing. First, a set of twin boys were born not only on different days, but on different months and years. How so? One was born at 11:51pm on December 31, 2008 and his twin brother ... More About: Conversation
John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s son dies
0000-00-00 00:00:00 It seems Travolta and Preston's son, Jett, suffered from seizures. According to TMZ, Jett had a seizure and hit his head on the bathtub. Wow. How sad. More About: John Travolta , John , Kelly , Dies
Am I the only one who is frustrated by this?
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My kids got some great toys for Christmas, particularly my two younger kids. My 13 month old got this really cute shape sorter elephant that I really like: My 3 1/2 year old daughter got this adorable Fisher Price Little People camping set: Aren't those two adorable toys? Here's the problem, though. ... More About: Frustrated
My little artists
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Both Little Man and Little Miss Throwsafit spend some time drawing today so I thought I'd post a couple pieces of their artwork. Little Miss Throwsafit drew a whale which I think is pretty darn good for a 3 year old. I think she meant to draw a fish, but ... More About: Artists
Will it happen?
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Hubs and I are hoping to go snowmobiling later today, but it all depends on whether we can get the belt changed in my machine. I'm crossing my fingers. If we do, I'll take my camera and post photos later today. Update: Steve changed the belt and my machine is running fine. ...
The return of the victory garden?
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Might there be a revival of the victory garden? Honestly, I had heard the term but didn't really know where it came from or exactly what it was until I read this article by Bill Lamont. Victory Garden s date back to World War I and World War II when the ... More About: Return , The Return , Return of the
My email subscription form works again
0000-00-00 00:00:00 If you are an email subscriber you've probably noticed that you haven't gotten any updates in a long time. My Feedburner email delivery service stopped working and I couldn't figure out why. I never removed the from from my sidebar because I kept telling myself that I'd fix it. Being ... More About: Email , Works , Form
That was not what I expected to see when I picked up our pizza
0000-00-00 00:00:00 We ordered pizza from our favorite pizza place for dinner last night. Since it does not deliver - drat - I volunteered to go pick it up. That's not a big deal where we live because it's just a few blocks down the street. I was chatting with the girl who ... More About: Pizza
Not a good parenting moment
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Have you ever had one of those parenting moments when you felt like you failed miserably? I had one this morning. I overslept. Instead of waking up at 7:15 am, making coffee, and then going upstairs to wake up Little Man, he woke up me at 7:48 am. His bus arrives ... More About: Parenting , Moment , Good
Four reasons to add margins
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Yesterday I posted the daily devotional from the Purpose Driven Life about whether your life has margins or is marginless. Today the devotional offers four reasons why we should try to widen the margins in our lives. Here are four immediate benefits you’ll receive by building margin into your life: 1. Peace ... More About: Reasons
Gratituesday
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I participated in Gratituesday a few weeks ago but I kept forgetting to participate after that. How ungracious of me. But today I visited Kim at It's a Dog and Pony Show and she reminded me. My Gratituesday post is going to sound really superficial but I'm grateful for my new ...
Do you have margins in your life?
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I get a daily devotional from the Purpose Driven Life everyday. Most days I glance at the subject line and if it looks interesting, I'll open it. Many days don't interest me that much. I can't tell you why the subject line "Margin or Marginless?" caught my attention today, but ...
An informal New Year’s Resolution
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I never really make New Year Resolution s, at least resolutions that are big and require a lot of commitment, because I know I won't really follow through. I've got three little kids, two dogs, one husband, and a business, so I'm busy. But I can still make an informal one. ...
Government protectionism gone too far
0000-00-00 00:00:00 The US government is bound and determined to protect us right into a miserable existence. Have you heard about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act? It goes into effect February 10, 2009 and it mandates that everything made for kids under the age of 12 must be tested by a ... More About: Government
Home at last
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I haven't been gone that long, only since Saturday, but it feels like it's been a week. We were at my parents' house for an extended family Christmas party Saturday night. We left Saturday morning instead of Friday night because of a snow storm that hit us Friday afternoon. Then ... More About: Home
Super Secret Spy
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My kids love The Backyardigans. I confess I enjoy it, too. I love the singing and dancing, but my favorite part is how the show focuses on the kids' imaginations. The backyard turns into whatever they imagine. One of my 6 year old's favorite episodes is Super Secret Spy. He loves ...
Pining for snow
0000-00-00 00:00:00 A foot of snow fell up north. We haven't been able to enjoy it because we are currently living downstate. From what I can see on Weather.com and Accuweather.com they're going to get another 3-6 inches tonight. We don't have any snow on the ground where we are right now, just a ... More About: Snow
Making a paper airplane
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Little Man was interested in making a paper airplane after we saw the airplane dropping the skydivers last night. Our first one was very basic and didn't fly at all. Next stop was YouTube where I found this video that boasted it had the goods on how to fold "The BEST ... More About: Airplane , Paper
Little Mr. Mismatch
More articles from this author:0000-00-00 00:00:00 Yesterday afternoon I had to go to the grocery store. After cajoling my older son into changing his shirt because the one he was wearing had splatters of the various foods he had eaten all day, we headed for the door. That was when I remembered Littlest One had been ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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