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
Ability Tuesday
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Debbie at Three Weddings is hosting Ability Tuesday today. I'm happy to report that Little Miss Throwsafit has some new verbal abilities. Her speech therapy has been going very well the past few appointments because her vowel sounds have improved quite a bit. Just a couple of weeks ago, the only ...
Special Exposure Wednesday
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I just now realized that I post a lot of my daughter's therapy pictures for this particular meme. Rest assured, Little Miss Throwsafit does many other things besides therapy, so next time I'll be sure to post a picture of her simply being a little girl having fun. For now, however, ... More About: Special , Exposure , Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I spotted this boat on Grand Traverse Bay as we were leaving Traverse City. It was a beautiful, sunny, 86 degree day, and the water looked so refreshing. If we had more time, we would have stopped to let the kids play in the water. (click image to enlarge)ShareThis More About: Wednesday
We have a wedding coming up!
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My brother, Mike, is getting married in October and his fiancee, Kathryn, had her family shower in Columbus, Ohio last Sunday. During the shower, we were asked to give her marriage advice. She got a lot of really good advice about the marriage, but none about the wedding. So that’s what I’d like to do ... More About: Wedding
Webcam photos
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My seven year old sat down in front of my computer because he wanted to see himself on the screen using the built in webcam. I turned it on and watched as he made funny faces at himself. Soon curiosity got the best of the other two and they came over to see what Little ... More About: Photos , Webcam
Reminiscing
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Tonight I was going through a few pictures of the kids on my computer when I stumbled upon these three videos. The first one is of Littlest One when he was about five or six months old and the second is of my husband opening up a very special birthday present. Both are from two ...
Are we ready to party?
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Ready to party on the potty, that is. I have come to the conclusion that Little Miss Throwsafit has been playing me. For several months now I have been making excuses in my head that the reason why she has not been as successful with potty training when it comes to peeing has to do ... More About: Party
I love Facebook
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I know some people have serious complaints with Facebook , but it’s an amazing tool for reconnecting people who haven’t been in contact for years. Can you believe I’m now Facebook friends with my kindergarten teacher from 37 years ago? Unreal! More About: Love
Happy (belated) Mother’s Day
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Little Miss Throwsafit had a fever all weekend so we didn’t get to church yesterday, but Steve took me out to dinner to the Evans Street Station where I enjoyed their exquisite Char Crusted Aged Beef Tenderloin and a glass of Folie à Deux Cabernet Sauvignon. It was fantastic. I hope you all had a ... More About: Happy
Special Exposure Wednesday
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I took this picture yesterday at Little Miss Throwsafit's physical therapy session. That's Karin, her physical therapist, behind her. She was so excited because my son was handing her a little basketball so she could throw it towards the basket that was hanging on the door. It was an impromptu ... More About: Special , Exposure , Wednesday
Going to church
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Now that the canoe season is essentially over, we're getting back to church. Finally. Little Man says he wants to go to Mrs. B's, his teacher's church. I think she already goes to our church actually. I remember seeing her lead the worship team some time last year, but I ... More About: Church
I got the shot
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I finally got a picture of the kids to put on our Christmas cards. For a week I've been wanting to get their picture but something always seemed to happen that prevented me from getting it. Well because today was a snow day, again, all three kids were home and ... More About: Shot
Breaking out the bread machine
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My sister-in-law Kris got me a bread machine last year for Christmas, and can you believe I'm just using it now. Better late than never, I suppose. Since it didn't come with a manual, I downloaded one easy enough at kitchen.manualsonline.com and after going through to familiarize myself, I have ... More About: Machine , Bread , Breaking
The Lights Before Christmas
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Tonight we celebrated Little Man's and Littlest One's birthdays at the Toledo Zoo. We had a party at the Animal Party Room with all we could eat pizza, bread sticks, cookies and cake and then we bundled up and went to the Lights Before Christmas . It was such a great ...
Snow forest
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I stopped at the side of the road shortly after I left to come to my family's Thanksgiving feast because I wanted to take some photos of some beautiful snowy woods: This is one of the reasons why I love living in Up North. More About: Snow , Forest
Happy Thanksgiving
0000-00-00 00:00:00 May you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving . Many people don't know the true history of Thanksgiving, which is actually the story of Squanto. If you haven't read it, you can read it here. It's an amazing story. Today we're fixing wild turkey for our dinner that a friend, Dennis, ... More About: Happy
Turkey Trot
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My parents' development has a yearly Turkey Trot, a 5K run that takes place on Thanksgiving morning. The one mile mark is right in front of their house, so we all shuffled outside at around 9:00am and watched the runners go by. What a bunch of turkeys! No, seriously. My parents ...
An Up North Mommy Christmas Season
0000-00-00 00:00:00 It's now the day after Thanksgiving so I just put up my new Christmas header. My fabulous designer, Natalie, designed it and it's perfect, don't you think? I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with their friends and family. My husband, kids, and I are here at my parents' house for ... More About: Season , Mommy , North , Up North
Works for Me Wednesday
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Ok, I'm going to sound like a commercial here, but I found something I like and thought I'd share it. I went to the grocery store today to get some cleaning supplies. I was out of my multi purpose cleaner. I spotted a bottle with the label Arm and Hammer Essentials ... More About: Works , Wednesday
This is an upgrade test
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I just upgraded my blog myself for the very first time and I'm testing it to make sure I didn't screw it up. More About: Test
We’re experiencing some technical difficulty
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Sorry, folks, but I messed up my upgrade and none of my links work. I'm working on it and I hope to have the site working again, soon. More About: Technical , Difficulty
And we’re back
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Thanks to my designer, I am back up and running normally. Whew. I really messed up that one. Wordpress needs to issue me training wheels with its next upgrade. Thanks, Natalie. More About: Back
Snowmobiling Up North
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Today my husband and I went out on the snowmobile trails nearby and boy did we have fun. I was going to go on my own sled, but since I am just learning to drive and I've never been on these trails before, I decided to hop on the back ... More About: North , Up North
It’s been one year since Kelsey died
0000-00-00 00:00:00 One year ago November 27th, our sweet Irish Setter, Kelsey, died. She was 11 1/2 years old. Kelsey was the first dog my husband and I got together. He really wanted an Irish Setter because of their beauty and majesty. I had some misgivings because my family had an Irish Setter ... More About: Died , Year
Wordless Wednesday
0000-00-00 00:00:00 We have had several snow falls since before Thanksgiving, with the most recent happening Sunday night. We got an additional 9 inches turning our little Northwoods town into a winter wonderland once again. More About: Wednesday
Beef: it’s what’s for dinner
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Pot roast to be exact was for dinner last night, and it turned out wonderfully! And it was really simple to make, so I thought I'd share the recipe. 2 teaspoons olive oil 3 pounds boneless chuck roast 1 onion, chopped 4 medium unpeeled potatoes cut into pieces baby carrots - as many as you ... More About: Dinner , Beef
What’s a great Christmas Cookie?
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Gingerbread cookies! And Sarah at Blissfully Domestic's Blissful Food has a great recipe that's not only yummy but is really low in fat. She tried out a couple different recipes to make sure she had the perfect flavor for the season. It sounds heavenly. Check it out. More About: Christmas , Great , Cookie
I messed up my son’s teacher’s Christmas gift
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Back on November 28th, I ordered my son's teacher's Christmas gift. I got her the cutest personalized note cards from Sarah + Abraham. I was so excited, but it's been about 3 weeks and I hadn't heard anything. Well, I looked into it and saw that Sara left me a note ... More About: Gift
A winter paradise
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I broke out my cross country skis yesterday. It had been about two years since I skied the last time so I took it easy and stayed in our back property to get some practice. It's wonderful exercise for every part of the body but is low impact so you ... More About: Winter , Paradise
Test
More articles from this author:0000-00-00 00:00:00 I updated to Wordpress 2.7 so I'm testing to make sure everything looks and works right. More About: Test 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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