Today is Day 18 of the Blog Every Day in May Challenge.
It's been hard to keep up and still live my busy life, but somehow I'm managing. Can't keep this up for much longer, though! My house needs some serious cleaning.
Favorite Childhood Memory.
One thing that always makes me ...
Most people know that women, will tell you that while they are pregnant that their husband or significant other had some of the exact same pregnancy symptoms as they were experiencing. Some of these symptoms were pretty obvious; however, sometimes they go unnoticed. In fact, even so...
Blog Every Day in May Challenge- Day 17
Favorite Photo of Myself.
At first I thought to use my best current photo. You know, the one from my best angle, where my makeup looks fresh, and I'm not having a bad hair day for once! But that's the one you see all over Facebook, Twitter, and ot...
As an Apricot Ambassador, I have the pleasure of announcing beautiful clothing and accessories to my readers! Read my review of two pieces that have added a fun and stylish flair to my closet; a lovely summer dress and a hot animal print blouse. Then enter to win a $25 gift card towards ...
On this week's "Family Matters" segment * Speed Dating Your Spouse* Should Children Referee Themselves?* Is Your Child Too Young for That Show?
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I remember the morning that I took the pregnancy test on September 26, 2010, just a few days after my husband’s birthday. The pregnancy test turned positive right away. We had been trying for a long time to have a baby and we were finally blessed with the news that we were expectin...
How could I deny this moment?!
Blog Every Day in May Challenge, Day 16.
Today's prompt is: Something difficult about your "lot in life" and how you're working to overcome it.
Oh, sure, that looks like a terrible hand you were dealt! (picture above) No, I'm not trying to say my life is horrib...
When I was pregnant with my daughter, I remember waking up in the middle of the night with severe, painful leg cramps. I noticed that I began experiencing these leg cramps towards the end of my second trimester and it lasted until I delivered. These cramps would happen quite fr...
A Day in The Life with Photos on Day 15 of the Blog Every Day in May Challenge
Here we go, 20 sneak peeks inside a typical weekday out of my everyday life: Ready for this?! Oh the excitement.... the suspense....
I wake up when one, then two wiggly, noisy little people clamber into my bed in the...
Today my youngest got to spend the day with me, he started running a low grade fever last night and acted like he didn’t feel very good. I decided that is was best to keep him home from daycare so that he could get some extra rest while I monitored his fever. It was nice being able...
I found these while searching through Pinterest. I noticed my oldest having fun with cardboard boxes more often and thought these would be perfect. The last cardboard activity would be great for adults.
Such CUTE ideas!
My boys I KNOW would love the car one. We have tons of boxe...
So, it’s nothing big, but I’m down three pounds since my last post. I am currently on week five of my Couch to 5k program. I even ran on the treadmill today at 6 miles per hour for more than five minutes at a time. Just running on the treadmill makes me feel skinnier. In my head I l...
After dinner, we divide and conquer. Generally, I tidy the kitchen and my wife prepares the kids for bed.The hind-end of kitchen duty includes the preparation of my son's school lunch. As some of you may be aware: I hate making school lunches. So, sometimes I fish for suggestions, which my...
Although the movie was unmemorable to most, the phrase Bucket List became part of the vernacular pretty quickly. And now there are blogs and essays and Facebook lists of people's Bucket Lists. What they want to do before they die, what they've already done that was on the list, etc....
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I will never forget being in elementary school and my mother sitting me down to have the dreaded sex talk. I can still see her sitting in the brown chair of our living room and hear her speak those disturbing, scary words, like penis, vagina and babies coming out of it. Oh. My. God. Is s...
I mean, what's with that??
Granted there are many of us who won't. For the sake of fluid writing let's refer to them as 'They' for the duration of this post. They are plentiful. They have been the purveyors of the male stereotype for 10-thousand years, give or take a Fathe...
(This was written by my oldest son who will be a first time Daddy in August! Copyrighted) CONVERSATIONS with a CORONER 'bout a WOMAN'S LAMENT
~ JaredCC
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FELLOW:
Pray, whence that sound / So familiar, sad
CORONER:
'Tis the woman who sits / Atop the hill
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My daughter is a whopping nine months old now. And it’s safe to say that I am completely, unabashedly obsessed with her, to the point where public embarrassment is hard to come by. Here are a few things I never did before becoming Mommy.
Talk like a baby in the grocery checkout line. I...
Today is Perfect Picture Book Friday where I link up with Susanna Leonard Hill’s fantastic group of picture book writers, illustrators, librarians and others who contribute a picture book review and related resources for parents, teachers and children.
Some pictur...
A fun history game for your ipad: TIMELINE
Author: educationdiva, February 20, 2012
Was the bra invented before or after the typewriter? Was the corkscrew invented before or after the hourglass? Players must wrestle with these questions, as they take turns placing thei...
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