On Big Winners and New Zip Codes

On Big Winners and New Zip Codes

There is no way that any person south of Nebraska would debate the fact that it is indeed summertime. Pools are hot commodities, popsicles appear as though with legs in the freezer, and parents find themselves regularly reminding children not to cool the whole neighborhood.
It is summer. It is hot. And a [...]

Because sometimes you just need one

The videos from the “Free Hugs” campaign almost always makes me smile. I say almost because the one from France moved me not.at.all. But then nothing much about France does.
Tell the truth… would you take a free hug or pass?
Me? Bring on the hugs.

Weekend Menu and More

My work at BloggedIn this week is super easy. I was recently hired by BlogHer and the National Dairy Association 3-A-Day Campaign to create a weeks worth of menus featuring dairy products… milk, cheese, eggs, etc. I included in this wrap up a collection of some of our most favorite, family friendly recipes. Each [...]

Because we just don’t have enough government regulation in our lives

Now the American Medical Association is poised to draft legislation that would ‘outlaw’ homebirths. Oh, please. A woman can choose to murder her baby at any point during a pregnancy, so says the Supreme Court and our illustrious presidential candidates, but a woman cannot choose to give birth to that baby at home. Ironic, eh? [...]

Weekend Menu VIII

Before we get into the menu for this week, I have a confession to make. We have eaten out almost every evening this week! We’ve had swim lessons during the day, baseball games and baseball camps in the afternoon and evenings. 5 days a week for two weeks of constant running just so I can [...]

Room Service Anyone?

Every once in a while I find myself getting caught up in the sometimes crazy service-led life I lead as a mom. One day I don’t even think about all I have to do, another day it makes me feel a little crazy and usually the day after that I end up finding myself in [...]

Weekend Menu VII

One of my favorite things about summer is the sudden plethora of fresh fruits and vegetables available. It seems like in the summer, we try to eat a little lighter and opt for farm fresh ingredients. This weekend, we have some fresh sweet corn coming our way. I, personally, could live off of corn on [...]

Finding the strength to go on.

Most of you know by now that I am a foster mama. We became licensed last November and were placed with two little girls within 3 months of being licensed.
It took me over a year to convince myself that I had the strength to become a foster parent. Throughout the licensing process, and [...]