Be an Organized Blogging Babe with the Bubble Planner

Be an organized blogging babe at #BlogHer12 with @BubblePlanner

One thing I have learned about blogging in the past year is that most bloggers (including myself) have a million ideas running through their heads at all times and they are usually juggling a family, babies, work at home or work outside the home jobs, and running a successful household, in addition to running a… read more »

Pay It Forward

Good Bloggers Pay It Forward

An inspirational blogger I know recently had an overnight hotel stay that she won and her family was not able to take the mini-vacation on the dates on the vouchers. This blogger posted in a couple of Facebook groups that anyone who could use them was welcome to have them. There were a handful of… read more »

To BlogHer or Not To BlogHer {My glass is half full!!}

BlogHer 2012 New York City

I cannot explain how excited and nervous and freaking out worried I am right now because there is actually a chance I might be going to BlogHer in New York!!  I was talking to some friends from BloggerPR today and Kim from Tales of a Ranting Ginger mentioned that she had a friend who was… read more »

My Husband, The Food Nut {Food = Intense Joy} #NaBloPoMo

Hubby says that he became a chef because when people eat his food and look happy, THAT is his Intense Joy. This really works for our relationship because I like to eat, but hate to cook. I have been encouraging Hubby to post more on The Food Nut, but so far he's been stalling. Maybe… read more »

How to Counteract Road Hypnosis {What Makes My Heart Leap} #NaBloPoMo

Road Hypnosis Makes My Heart Leap

I have always loved to drive. I love road trips and I have been on some fun ones with my sisters and even my son. Last week, my husband, son, and I went on two different trips out of town and had a blast. However, every road trip I go on has the potential to… read more »

Are We There Yet {My Favorite Place}?

home with Mommy and Daddy

Since he was very small, my son has always been "okay" with going to spend time with his Granny and Papa or Aunt B. I attribute it mostly to him going to daycare since he was two months old. He loves to be with Hubby and me, but he also loves hanging out at other… read more »

Jump for Joy {Dancing with a Princess} #NaBloPoMo

The Boy and his cousin watching a DVD before the wedding

There aren't many things in this world that would make me Jump for Joy, but I'm always entertained when my boy is around. I spent the majority of the day on Sunday chasing my boy around a hotel in Dallas, waiting for my brother-in-law's wedding to begin. Hubby was in the wedding so we arrived… read more »

Jump In and Make an Impact

Are you good with remembering names? What about just faces? I'm terrible at it!! My husband and I moved back to my hometown just before we had our son and I see people almost daily that I went to school with and I cannot remember their names. It's so embarrassing!! People come and go in… read more »

All the money in the world will not give you more time to do it all

time and money

Time and money – it's what we all think we want,  it never feel like we have enough. What is something you'd like to jump into if you had more time and/or money? When I first started working in the child protection field, there were major changes going on. Big wigs were visiting the offices… read more »

New Projects Coming {My Boy, the Movie Star}

I've never been really big on changes, but new projects…that's fun stuff!! I like to find something that works for me and just stick with it, but I get a little bored and like to change things up (on my terms, of course). Don't get me wrong, I like a challenge from time to time,… read more »