What an Awesome Deal!

It makes me feel so good about my purchase of these delicious and nutritious Mission Flour Tortillas when I see the price comparison right there in the grocery isle. Maybe I’ll stock up and save.

Filed under: around town, food, fun, fun, fun, shopping

Curly Locks

As we walked into church on Sunday, my friend Carmen said, “Wow. You should really get that girl some tap dancing lessons.” And she’s right, because then not only could I publish her childhood details online but I could possibly make some dough by selling her into showbiz.
And regardless of the Lohan-esque horrors [...]

Filed under: beauty

A Really Keen Giveaway

**A winner has been chosen**
I’ve come to realize that there are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who wear and love Keens, those who covet Keens in a way that Moses would greatly disapprove of, and those who’ve never heard of them.
So for those of you in category 3, here’s a rundown of [...]

Filed under: contests, holidays, shopping

Cutting Him Off

Magoo loves Lego Star Warts so much! I’m finding I love him too much to allow him to keep playing daily.

Filed under: parenting

Regarding Magoo

Do you remember the movie Regarding Henry with Harrison Ford, where he gets shot and turns into a vegetable and then has to do all kinds of rehab just to be able to speak and move his limbs and he has a huge transformation and it’s all kinds of inspiring?
Well we had a similar experience [...]

Filed under: kid stuff, parenting

Nearly Six

Each night in your prayers, you thank God for yourself and you mean it. You are absolutely tickled with who you are.
You see yourself as a fashionista. To school yesterday you wore a brown, teal and cream plaid dress with a white and red patterned t-shirt overtop, hot pink flowered tights [...]

Filed under: faith, kid stuff, parenting

Show me How – Review and Giveaway

***And the Winner chosen by random.org after removing any duplicate comments by the same person (Which I then added back in) is Heather Lafter. More great giveaways are coming this month. so keep trying!***
Have you ever wanted to know how to make your own chain-mail bikini, grow rock candy, properly open a pomegranate, [...]

Filed under: I can read, Reviews, contests, fun, fun, fun

Late For School

Thank you so much for all of your kindness as I’ve been going through this rough time. It’s not hard to be open about my struggles when I get such a gracious and loving response.
It’s amazing how fast the hard times come and how quickly they begin to recede with faith, prayers, friends, good [...]

Filed under: Love and Marriage, brains, fun, fun, fun, he's so fine he blows my mind, health

The Flood Always Crests

It’s been flooding around my town. Roads are closed. School has been canceled and we’ve all been anxiously watching the flood reports waiting for the water to crest and recede so we can get back to the normal flow of our lives.

For the past few weeks and ongoing I’ve been bleeding, before which [...]

Filed under: brains, disasters, faith, health, not feelin' the funny

Bedtime Incentives

I’ve got a fun and scientific post up at Parenting that may help you get your kids to bed a little easier.

Filed under: Random