East Texas Mom Finding Humor in Parenting
As a mom who works outside the home for 40+ hours per week, I go through a lot of mommy guilt moments. I worry about my boy feeling like he isn’t important enough or that we don’t spend enough time with him. I worry that I will be tired too much in the evenings and… read more »
I know, I know, I’m late on getting my SoFabCon pictures up, but give a girl a break! I’ve been down with ANOTHER staph infection (actually 4 of them right now) but I’m on the mend. And besides, you all know me, I can’t do anything in a timely fashion. I’m just crazy like that!… read more »
As parents, Hubby and I are always asking for Grace in Parenting. We don’t know what we are doing most of the time and we often ask for forgiveness or simply look to each other, baffled, as to what to do next. Our boy is 5 1/2 now and exercising his own will and independence.… read more »
Last night was one of those nights. You know the ones, where everyone is a little on edge and Mommy and Daddy are tired, but the boy is ready to play, and things just aren’t going right…and then Mommy completely loses it. My emotions are on a roller coaster lately and I honestly couldn’t… read more »
Does your family have a history of breast cancer? This is a question that I absolutely hate answering when at a doctor’s office. I’m sure that nobody really loves talking about their family medical history or breast cancer at all, but I absolutely hate it. One night when I was living in Austin for college I… read more »
This past weekend, I attended a blogging conference with 300+ of my closest friends. Ha! No, really, this was an amazing conference and it felt like I knew so many people from talking to them and being a part of this community for over a year. SoFabCon was the first blogging conference by Collective Bias… read more »
It’s Monday night and we all need ideas for something quick and easy for dinner. Where do you turn when you need inspiration? I was out of town this weekend at a blogging conference and one of the messages that I heard {LOUD and CLEAR} was from Tiffany Romero, from The SITS Girls: “Live the Life You… read more »
BlissDom 2013 was my first blogging conference, my first experience with meeting people in person who I’ve talked to for over a year, my first experience with meeting brands and PR people in person, and my first time to be so completely overwhelmed about what to write and when to write it…but here goes! And,… read more »
The Back Story I need to tell you all a story about a young girl in Northampton, England. She was the youngest of four siblings and her name was Grace. Her only brother went away during World War II and when he returned, he found that Grace was the happiest little girl and loved playing… read more »
My sister just hit her third trimester this week and we are all talking baby talk right about now. My son is really getting interested in his new cousin and he is talking to my sister’s tummy and asking when she is coming. He has hit a bit of a baby streak at home and… read more »
I’ve been given this awesome task of raising a boy and I’ve been trying my hardest to mess up at every step. He is actually coming out okay so far and I’m not really sure how, but let me just tell you what I’ve tried and maybe you can give me some insight. … read more »
Our boy is out of town for the week with my older sister and her family. He is spending a lot of time with his Uncle Don during the day and we have been getting tons of pictures throughout the days. While it is nice to have some quiet time to be alone, we still… read more »
Every month you have seen me posting about WWE and talk about my family’s newest obsession with wrestling. It started with Dolph Ziggler and then moved on to The Big Show, Ryback, John Cena, Randy Orton…and just keeps changing every week depending on my boy’s mood. I’m hoping that most of you aren’t just passing… read more »
My younger sister’s Dr. Seuss-inspired baby shower was this past weekend and you are going to be reading a LOT about it in the coming week(s). It was mostly DIY because we were on a budget so I’m planning to teach you all about how we pulled it off. However, the first tutorial I am… read more »
About a year and a half ago, I told my husband that I wanted to start a blog. This man I love didn't really know why or what I was talking about, but he is blindly supportive of me in just about everything I do. Almost immediately he noticed that things were changing in our household. I… read more »
I know that you are all thinking that since I have been lying around sick for the past two weeks, then I don't really need to be yelling "Mommy Needs A Break" just yet. Maybe you all are thinking that because I have been sick for two weeks that I deserve to be yelling it.… read more »
You hear it all the time. When Mommy is Sick, the whole family suffers. Schedules fall apart, laundry piles up, kids go to school in dirty underwear… That is not my household. I have been sick for two weeks. You saw my MRSA infection (staph infection) story, right? I have been a mess for a… read more »
I know, I know, you all are tired of hearing me talk about being sick, but I haven't told you all the whole story so I figured I would get it all out. It started at Blissdom I headed to Blissdom on March 21, preparing to have a great time and learn about blogging, looking… read more »
Most of my family's weekend family fun plans revolve around my boy and I spending a lot of time together and Hubby working. He works in retail and that's just the way it goes. Since you all know that I have been sick for a couple of weeks, I was a little worried about this… read more »
For the past two weeks, someone in my family has been sick. Granted, that someone has mostly been me, but we have all had our turns in getting ill, going to a doctor's appointment, and then coming out with a list of prescriptions and a large bill to be paid. Getting sick is expensive and my… read more »
