Okay, I'm off for real this time. Last blog post for the week. We're taking off early in the morning after getting our Christmas photo done.Blog Contests: If I won any, please, please, don't re-pull. I can't check my email until next week! … [Read more...]

We haven't even left the house and I'm already stressed. My kids are tearing the house apart faster than we can clean it. My husband is loafing on the couch expecting ME to do the packing, the cleaning, the organizing....gahhhhhhh!I'm about one minute from telling him to shove this trip up his rear. This happens every single time. He waits until the last minute to get things ready and leaves me with the mile long to … [Read more...]

The family and I are heading out on vacation this week. We booked a week at a nice little beachfront condo in Marco Island, Florida. This is a spot my husband use to vacation a lot as kid, but will be my first trip there.We've got a busy weekend of packing ahead plus a drive to the airport on Sunday. Shiver. I hate, hate, hate flying! If we could drive it, I would do it, but I just can't force my toddler in a car for … [Read more...]

Okies, I'm back. I don't think I mentioned before that I only got 2 hours of sleep last night. I was so excited about Black Friday shopping and the hubby was snoring really bad I didn't finally crawl into bed until 2am or some time thereafter. With the alarm going off at 4, it was more like a nap. So I put my daughter down for her nap and took one myself for a few hours. So....what did I go into the snake pit … [Read more...]

Today, I bring you a two part post on my Black Friday.It's only 9:30 AM and I'm exhausted! My day started shortly after the turkey dinner last night, scavenging through the ads, circling, highlighting and organizing. On the short drive back home I started my mental game plan. I had 4 stores to visit and only 2 hours to do it in.I got my dad to watch the kids for us so our day started at 4:00am with the alarm clock … [Read more...]

I FINALLY snapped a picture of my little one with her curly locks! It tends to smooth out and flatten as the day goes on. Pilsbury Gift Baskets, THREE of them are being given away tomorrow. ENTER TODAY! … [Read more...]

Hey blog buddies, I'm just checking in briefly to let you know today has been not so great. My daughter and I have some kind of intestinal bug...no need to elaborate...but we're both feeling pretty cruddy. So we'll be taking the next couple of days off away from bloggyland sipping tea (milk for her) and snuggling in bed until we feel better.I do have some reviews I need to finish up but they may have to wait until … [Read more...]

This week is a look back on 2 generations of mothers. Below is an old picture of my mother and I taken right around 1985, I'm guessing I was about 2 here and my mother was 32. I thought it would be fitting to take a snapshot of my daughter and I today. She's not quite 2 and I'm definitely not 32, but hey, you get the idea. … [Read more...]

Today has been one of those days where I'm not only overwhelmed with life but just generally in a yucko mood. It's cold as crap outside, I had a cruddy lunch, my daughter was in a "let's make mommy crazy" kind of mood, and I had another incident with the hot glue gun leaving the tip of my finger a layer short of skin.So I put the little one down for a nap, work on some image editing and flip on a great movie... The … [Read more...]