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Valentine’s Day

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So, how did you celebrate Valentine’s Day? Was it a holiday filled with love, passion and romantic notions? Were there roses and little chocolate hearts gracing your bed pillow? Did your sweetheart whisper sweet-nothings into your ear pledging his or her undying devotion, romantic music playing in the background? Yeah, mine was almost like that. […]

A Little Much Needed R&R…

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Happy Friday friends! It has been quite a week around here and I couldn’t be any more ready for the weekend. Being a stay-at-home mom, often the end of the week merely blends right in with the working days andall a Friday, Saturday and Sunday mean to me is no guilt when I send the […]

My Prayers Have Finally Been Answered

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Shhh. Can you hear that? Yep, you got it. It’s the angels singing, rejoicing a true miracle hereon Earth.And if you listen real closely you’ll hear a whimsical tinkling, porcelain music to my soul. The sound of my son not peeing his pants. Hallelujah! I feel like this moment has been a long time coming. […]

Happy Birthday Angel!

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Wow. Today my little missy turns 7 years old. It’s bittersweet and excitement all wrapped up into one sweet little birthday package. I recognize that Avery is only one day older than she was yesterday buttoday feels very different. You always hear the cliche, “I swear it was just yesterday that…” Honestly, I wouldn’t necessarily […]

Top Five “What the Heck” Google Searches…part 2

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Last week, I posted a few of the strangest (and someslightly disturbing) keywords searched on Google resulting in random visits to my blog. It has yet tocease to amaze me that 1) not only are people searching for somepretty off-the-wall results, but 2) somehow the ‘brain’ at Google connects them to me. Now, I’ve been […]

Mama Bear

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I had an interesting thing happen today which caused my baser instinct to come roaring through my otherwise gentile personality. Ahem. What? My daughter, Avery, is in the first grade and attends public school. Every morning I pick out her clothes because if her daily ensemble were up to her she’d probably wear her ripped […]

A Child’s Dreams

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I remember the first time I realized that Avery had started dreaming. One morning I was standing in the kitchen making breakfast when Avery toddled out from bed, her tiny little 3 year-old body hunched over from an obvious fretful night of sleep. “What’s up little lady?” I asked. “Where’s all my bayoons?” Avery asked,looking […]

Pizza Puffs Recipe

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Superbowl Sunday is upon us which means many people are gearing up and making their plans for the big day. There will be parties, there will be loyal fanatics, there will be nachos and there will undoubtedly be…beer. My family has always gathered together to watch the big game. The kids run around with total unabandon […]

My dog has issues.

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I’ve recently been presented with a new situation that is slightly concerning. This situation is unchartered territory for me and at this point I’m not entirely sure what steps I should be taking to avoid this complication. You see… My dog is scared of my exercise pants. Due to the extensive rain and colder weather […]

Top Five “What the Heck” Google Searches

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Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all had an awesome weekend! We had a busy couple of days but sometimes packing your weekend full of plans is just the answer. There’s nothing like a hectic schedule to justify a little Sunday napping. Okay. Who are we kidding here? I never attempt to find justification for […]