Telling It Like It IsTelling It Like It IsI write blogging tips and tricks learned as I go, articles on Relationships, Family, Children, Teens, Marriage, Blended Families, Parenting, and much more! Articles
Boyzone - I Love You No Matter What
2008-01-31 13:00:00 I must have been living under a rock between 1993-2000 to have somehow missed hearing about the Irish boy band called Boyzone , featuring Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately as lead vocalists. It was only a few months ago that I had an opportunity to hear one of their songs on the radio, ?No Matter What?, ... More About: Personal , Love , I Love You
Doggone Dogs!
2008-01-30 23:24:00 Yesterday was an extremely windy day here in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, with wind gusts reaching 50 miles per hour. I’m in a bit of a panic right now because our two dogs are missing from our backyard. Yesterday I arrived home to find our back gate propped open, and the locked latch still attached to ... More About: Dogs
Sometimes Kids Can Drive Parents Nuts
2008-01-29 13:00:00 I guess it just goes to show that sometimes as a parent you can do everything possible to help ensure your kid is excelling in all areas of life, especially in school, and no matter what you do or how closely you watch their activities, they can often find themselves in trouble anyway. Argh! I ... More About: Personal , Education , Kids , Parenting , Children
Favorite Entrecard Card Dropping Discoveries
2008-01-29 00:30:00 Since joining Entrecard, I have paid very close attention to whether the traffic brought to my site would bring more subscribers and comments or just a flood of useless card dropping with rarely a return visit, and I must say I have been somewhat surprised by the response. Not only have my subscription numbers increased, ... More About: Card , Blogging , Favorite , Discoveries
Happy Anniversary My Love
2008-01-25 13:00:00 Today is our 5th Wedding Anniversary ! Exactly five years ago today, on a frigid winter day, I walked down the aisle in a small country church in Texas to get the official title of ?wife? stamped on my forehead to my best friend and husband. I didn?t even have to load him up with alcohol ... More About: Personal , Marriage , Love , Dating
I?m Going To Be A Grandma
2008-01-24 13:00:00 It?s hard for me to imagine that I?m going to be a Grandma since I?m only 47 years old, but in about six weeks from now my first grandchild will be born. We already know it?s going to be a bouncing baby boy, with a name yet to be determined. I say it?s hard for ...
Helping and Enabling - Is There A Difference?
2008-01-23 13:00:00 Is there really a difference between helping and enabling? What is enabling? What are the causes and effects of this behavior on both the ?enabler? and the person being ?helped?? Helping is doing something for someone else that they are unable to do for themselves. Enabling is doing things for someone else that they can ... More About: Difference
Why Are Women So Strange and Men So Weird?
2008-01-21 13:00:00 If you could name the top ten things that bug you the most about men or women, what would they be? Did you know that men and women speak in completely different languages, so much so that we may feel we are speaking to someone from another planet? Yep, it?s true, and here is the ... More About: Weird , Women , Strange
5 Blog Carnivals in 1-Soup To Nuts Blog Carnival Reminder
2008-01-19 16:30:00 Just a quick post to remind you to submit your five different posts to the Soup To Nuts Blog Carnival , that will begin serving on January 30th. If you missed my previous post about this blog carnival, please take a moment and read it because this is the first time I?ve ever found a blog ... More About: Carnivals , Blog Carnival
Don?t Be That Girl
2008-01-17 16:30:00 If you haven?t yet heard about the book ?Don?t Be That Girl ?, authored by Travis L. Stark, M.D., you?re in for a real treat. You may remember the handsome and charismatic Travis, from his appearance on the hit reality show The Bachelor: Paris, where he dated 25 beautiful and intelligent women in hopes of finding ... More About: That Girl
HPV Vaccine: My Child - My Decision
2008-01-14 13:00:00 When Texas Governor Rick Perry appeared on my television last year discussing the HPV vaccine and his initiative to get it mandated into Texas Law, thus making it mandatory for all girls entering the 6th grade to get the Gardasil vaccine manufactured by Merck, I was none too happy about it. It?s not that I?m opposed ... More About: Vaccine , Decision , Child
Giving BlogRush the Flush - Will Entrecard be Next?
2008-01-13 00:46:00 The time has finally come to flush BlogRush down the toilet, adding it to the long and growing list of social networking sites further contaminating the sewer system. I was too quick to jump on the BlogRush bandwagon, hoping it would bring quality web traffic to my blog, but I?ve been sorely mistaken. Bye-Bye BlogRush! Take ... More About: Flush , Giving
A Wordpress Dental Blog - My Newest Ambition
2008-01-11 13:00:00 I have been considering the possibility of starting a dental blog for quite some time now. There really aren?t very many dental blogs, and those that I have found are primarily targeted towards getting people in need of dental work to choose their particular dental office for treatment. I have yet to find any dental ... More About: Wordpress , Dental , Blog , Ambition
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! 1 Carat Diamond Stud Earring Giveaway
2008-01-11 02:43:00 Have I got your attention Ladies and Gents? I’ve just learned about a 1 Carat Diamond Stud Earring Giveaway! These Diamond Earrings are valued at $1518.00 and are 14 karat gold. And the best part is, the contest is only for Bloggers! How cool is that?! Not only are these earrings stunning, but you ... More About: Holidays , Hear
Win A FREE Custom Wordpress Theme!
2008-01-10 15:01:00 In case you haven’t heard, Dane Morgan is running a contest, where some lucky person will win a FREE Custom Wordpress Theme! Hey Dane!, I want one! I’ve got some secret plans going on right now, so I’m on the mad-dash for a wickedly cool custom Wordpress theme! Pick me! Pick me! Serious though, ... More About: Reviews , Wordpress Theme , Blogging , Free
Why Visiting The Dentist Could Never Be More Hysterical
2008-01-10 02:18:00 I couldn’t help but have a bit of fun, and share this hysterical video with you, of Bill Cosby’s take on visiting the dentist. Being in the dental profession myself, this video never stops making me laugh until my teeth stomach hurts. I’ll have more to say about the dental profession and the part I ... More About: Dentist
Relationship Deal Breakers - Non Negotiable Boundaries
2008-01-09 13:00:00 How many relationship deal breakers do you have on your list? Do you even have a relationship deal breaker list? What about your now-dating teenage children, do they have a relationship deal breaker list? Do you and your dating teenagers know and openly discuss what a relationship deal breaker is? Ask yourself: What are the things ... More About: Personal , Religion , Family , Abuse , Parenting
Digg - Another One Bites The Dust
2008-01-07 21:09:00 I really don?t understand the appeal of Digg , and why it?s talked about so much as being an enormous help to build web traffic to blog sites. Of all the social networking sites I participate in, I have to say that I?m just not diggin? Digg at all. Case in point: Just a little while ago, ... More About: Blogging
5 Blog Carnivals in 1! Soup to Nuts Blog Carnival
2008-01-07 16:59:00 (Blog Carnival s are the best thing since sliced bread) Do you participate in Blog Carnivals ? Yes? No? Have I found one for you! 5 Blog Carnivals in 1! Can you believe it? You can submit 5 of your blog posts to the ?Soup to Nuts Blog Carnival?, and the deadline for submitting your posts is ... More About: Friendship , Blogging
Valentine?s Day Gift Ideas For Lovers
2008-01-06 13:00:00 Valentine?s Day is one of my all-time favorite holidays. I?m a sappy romantic fool from head to toe, and I thoroughly enjoy planning early for what I?ll do for my husband to show him how much he means to me. You won?t ever find me wandering the store aisles on February 14, rushing around at ... More About: Ideas , Gift Ideas , Valentine , Gift , Lovers
Zero Tolerance for Disrespectful, Cussing Kids
2008-01-04 13:00:00 Rarely a day goes by where I don?t hear young children and teenagers speaking in an extremely disrespectful manner toward their parents, even cussing at their parents. What I find most amazing is that the disrespectful, inflammatory language towards their parents often goes completely ignored. Not so much as a parent firmly telling their children ... More About: Kids , Tolerance , Cussing
2008 Social Networking Tips For All You Whiners
2008-01-01 13:00:00 I think if I read one more blog post from someone whining about not getting any traffic, I think I’ll scream. Let me pull out my violin for all you social networking whiners and play you a slow sad song. Boo-Hoo, Waah! ?I want traffic, You want traffic. We all want traffic!? Well, so what! ... More About: Social , Social Networking , Friendship , Networking , Tips
Happy New Year 2008!
2007-12-31 13:00:00 Wishing you all a safe, happy and healthy New Year 2008! Please remember to be very careful if you’re going to be drinking any alcohol, Do Not Drink and Drive! If you’ll be attending any parties away from your own home, choose a designated driver or pre-schedule a Taxi ride to ensure everyone arrives home ... More About: Holidays , Blogging , Happy , Happy New Year
Picky Eaters - Getting Kids to Eat Healthy
2007-12-28 13:00:00 Do you have a picky-eater in your house? Are you struggling to get your children to eat a healthy, balanced meal because they simply refuse to eat healthy food? Is your picky eater becoming an overweight statistic, willing to only eat fried foods, pizza, hot dogs, waffles and other sugar-coated sweet treats? You may even ... More About: Family , Education , Health , Kids , Parenting
Offering Thanks and Kudos to Friends and Bloggers
2007-12-26 13:00:00 Now that we?re nearing the close of 2007, I want to take a few minutes to thank some wonderful people for their incredible knowledge and skills in the Blogosphere that continue to help me become a better blogger. Although I?ve been blogging online for a relatively short period of time, I feel fortunate to have ... More About: Friends , Kudos , Bloggers , Erin
Technology and Children - A Wake Up Call For Parents
2007-12-24 13:00:00 If your children know more about technology and computers than you do, this post is for you. If your children or teenagers are nearby, now is the time to usher them out of the room because this is for your eyes only. If it?s not possible to read this in private right now, than be ... More About: Technology , Children , Wake , Parents , Call
It?s Called Christmas with a Capital ?C?
2007-12-23 01:40:00 I would like to take this time to wish you all a Merry Christmas . I don’t know about you, but I’m keeping CHRIST in Christmas! I hope you enjoy this video as much as I did. Be safe and please do not drink and drive. More About: Holidays , Merry Christmas , Capital
I am an S.O.B!
2007-12-23 00:59:00 I just received notice that I am an S.O.B! An S.O.B Blogger to be exact. No…not THAT kind of S.O.B you silly goose. Liz Strauss has awarded me the “Successful and Outstanding Blogger” award. Thank you Liz! And you readers really thought it was a bad thing, didn’t ya? Liz selects Bloggers that meet ... More About: Awards , Blogging
How To Wordpress - A Wordpress Dummy
2007-12-22 20:00:00 My fingers are typing away like mad, easily creating awesome posts that are sure to be Stumbled, followed by tons of traffic and comments, but then I wake up. Darn. I wake up realizing I?ve been typing in my sleep, and the posts I?ve ?written? are upcoming posts still stuck in my head. Oh the ... More About: Wordpress , Dummy
How Much Television Is Too Much Television For Children?
More articles from this author:2007-12-20 13:00:00 How many hours per day do your children watch television? What sort of programs do you allow them to watch? Do you closely monitor what they are watching, or do you do as many parents do and allow the television to be your children?s babysitter while you?re busy doing other things? And most importantly, how ... More About: Television , Children 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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