Dream a Little Dream with Disney’s Teen Beach 2
Enjoy wholesome family fun while sparking your child’s imagination with a family movie night watching Disney’s Teen Beach 2. We received a complimentary copy of the DVD, now available at retailers...
View ArticleLife Lessons Learned from a Family Reunion at My House
Family. It’s complicated, especially when you grow up. Everyone moves on. Life goes on. You call each other. You text. You share Facebook space. You love and amuse each other…from a distance. But you...
View ArticleEveryone’s Not a Winner in this Era of Entitlement
Today’s kids, Generation Z as they are being coined at the moment, are going to face a huge wake up call when they grow up and leave the nest. Personally I think they should be called Generation E or...
View ArticleMake Family Memories in Your Own Back Yard
Stop spending all of your money thrill seeking at amusement and water parks. The best family memories are made in your own back yard and Backyard Ocean has you covered with their Float to Fill Ring...
View ArticleA Successful Marriage Requires Falling in Love Again
Everyone has marital problems from time to time. It’s how we deal with them that’s key. A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Life has its struggles....
View Article1st Day of School 2015: The Making of a Meltdown
The first day of school is a joyous occasion for many, a new year of learning and making new friends. But in our house, it’s often the making of a meltdown. I’m never sure who is going to breakdown, be...
View ArticleDear Kids, About that Allowance You Never Got from Me
An open letter to my kids, all six of them, about that allowance that they never got from me no matter how hard they begged, no matter how hard they worked, no matter how hard they tried to state their...
View ArticleExcuse My Absence, I’ve Been Under the Elbow
If you’ve ever broken a bone as an adult, you’ll relate with this post. If you’ve ever shattered an elbow and were still left to adult, these life lessons learned while under the elbow will resonate...
View ArticleIt’s Fall! Are Your Kids’ School Uniforms Ready?
If your kids are in need of new school uniforms for fall, don’t go from store to store looking for something in their size, visit FrenchToast.com instead. They sent my babies fall uniforms to...
View ArticleBoo-tify Your Home with Affordable Halloween Decor
Terrorize your neighborhood this Halloween season by having the most spectacular (spooktacular?) haunted mansion with affordable Halloween decor, ghouls, and party goods from Oriental Trading. Just so...
View ArticleIf I Could Write a Letter to 5-Year-Old Me…
How many of us would change our life’s course if we could? If you could write a letter to 5-year-old you, what would you say? Here’s my Letter to 5-Year-Old Me. If I could change some things, I would....
View ArticleDon’t Elbow Manipulate Me
Do you like to be manipulated? No one does, but I’m paying to be manipulated on December 22nd. Well, elbow manipulated anyway. Don’t elbow manipulate me, or do, because I need to be fixed. Ever see a...
View ArticleUnbroken: My Word of the Year for 2016
My word of the year for 2016 is officially Unbroken. Is it even a word? I considered many words, but a friend suggested this word, and for many reasons, literally and figuratively, this is the word I...
View ArticleCoping with Life-Altering Events and Changes
How do you cope with life-altering events? Do you take them head on? Do you avoid them all together? Do you quantify them because some are just worse than others? I’m struggling right now with a...
View ArticleDear Step Son, You’re Right, Today You’re an “Equal”
Being a “step” parent is rough. Today, after reading a dissertation of a text from my 18-year-old step son last night, I realized that I don’t treat him as an “equal” to my own kids. Today, everything...
View ArticleYes, I’m getting old, but I was born to break
Yes, getting old sucks, but some of us were born to break, and I am one of those people. I have a doctor’s note. Even in your 40’s, with a body that is in better shape (and way more active) than some...
View Article5 Months Into Therapy, We Broached the Word “Plateau”
If you’ve even broken a limb, a hinge, experienced a life-altering event, you understand that the road to recovery is long. But what do you do when the word Plateau is broached during a therapy session...
View ArticleThe Best Low Sodium Cheese Steak Sandwiches
Just so you know, I received some amazing soapstone cookware from UncommonGoods that allowed me to make the best Low Sodium Cheese Steak Sandwiches in under 30 minutes and share the recipe here with...
View ArticleJust a Mom Busy Capturing Memories Behind the Lens
As moms, I think a lot of us come off as absent from our family’s lives because we’re never in every day photos, especially in my circles. But I promise you, we aren’t absent; we’re just busy capturing...
View ArticleThe Birthday Jinx: On This Day In History
On this day in history, April 19th, a lot of horrific events have happened over the years. Events no one wants to associate with celebration, certainly not this birthday jinx. Tragic events. If you...
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