East Texas Mom Finding Humor in Parenting
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 »
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 »
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 »
Last week I had a birthday and while I’m not afraid to say I turned 36, I am beginning to realize that my choices to ignore my skin and hope for the best are probably not going to do me any justice as I get older. A while back I was sitting with my boy… read more »
For the past month, my boy's Pre-K class at the YMCA has been studying hygiene and you can bet that my boy had a lot to learn about dental hygiene. I can openly admit that I have not been good about teaching the boy to brush his teeth and I can (embarrassingly) admit that I have not… read more »
How many pictures have you taken of your children in the past year? What about from the time your child was born until they were 5 years old? How many of those have you actually printed and framed? What are your favorite photo printing services? I am a picture taking fanatic. From the time I… read more »
Home Lighting Makeover in Five Easy Steps I'm sure it has been evident on my blog and all the pictures I post on Facebook that the lighting in my house is less than stellar. When we moved into this rental house, I was so excited about the ceramic tile floors, big and open floor plan, and lots… read more »
My boy is almost done with basketball season and we are talking baseball season soon. Work is going to get busier and my blogging assignments are piling up. I need coffee now more than ever! I need to keep up with my weight loss momentum and our financial stability so I need some new guilt… read more »
Recently, I was prompted to "Introduce" myself, my blog, etc. and I started to tell my Life Story. My life is not amazing weird or different, but I have some strong emotions when it comes to my mom. As I left things in the last post, it seemed that I had only negative feelings about… read more »
I'll start with this confession. I am not a good housewife. I work outside the home. I don't like to clean. This past week has been the most hectic week of my life! I took the week off work to start some Spring cleaning and to get my house in order for my boy's 5th… read more »
We all have ideas of what a family should look like or should be like. Growing up, we are taught about our own families and life’s lessons, but when we start our own family, we have to mesh those ideas into something new and grow a new family model. Hubby and I had very different… read more »
I never really thought I would use this phrase, but I'm a busy mom. I work a full time job outside the home, work part time full time on the blog, and have a very active almost 5 year old who is involved in sports. My family only has one vehicle and because it is… read more »
I've been reassessing dinner time in our household lately. You see, Hubby is working really hard right now and he comes home exhausted. He has always been responsible for dinner for our family because he's the chef. Now that I'm working a less stressful job, I'm looking for some quick and healthy dinner ideas for… read more »
There is nothing better than Texas Pride and Football!! It is almost time for the Big Game and I'm ready. I have the supplies for my Ultimate Buffalo BLT ready and my boy is getting excited about watching football with his Papa. I've been talking a lot about football last week and this week… read more »
You know, there is this really Big Game coming up (on or about February 3) and my family (meaning my dad) is having this little get together. My dad's Big Game gatherings are infamous for being huge parties, having tons of friends over (some we know, some we don't), watching kids running everywhere, TVs in every room… read more »
Who do you think of when you think about a Dallas Cowboys Superstar? There are so many, past and present, and I'm sure we all have our favorites, right?! Are you a Dallas Cowboys fan, too?! I grew up as a Dallas Cowboys fan and I don't think I could deny it if I tried.… read more »
Now that my boy is in a Pre-K class during the week and has Little Dribblers games on Saturdays, we are looking for some healthy breakfast ideas for kids. He needs to have a great start to the day, get his thinking cap charged, and his energy super-charged (the daycare workers can thank me later for that one!).… read more »
My boy will be five in February and every day he is learning something new and doing something to show us that he is growing up. He loves to hear that he is a "big boy" and that he is growing so we encourage him every chance we get. He wants to start Kindergarten so… read more »
Once upon a time, I was living a leisurely life with my son and my husband and we were scraping by with our little incomes. We were constantly worried about money and food and most importantly, making our boy happy and healthy. I had an itch to do something different, but I didn't know what… read more »
Hubby and I were truly blessed when we had our boy almost five years ago. He may not have been planned, but he is the absolute best surprise either of us could have ever dreamed. He was the easiest baby, transitioning through all the tough milestones and the challenges he faced. He has always been the… read more »
