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Parenting Mar 1, 2012

Helping Your Children Manage Their Weight

There is so much information on childhood obesity out there nowadays, but how you react to your child’s weight issues maybe one of the most important factors in making a healthy change.

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Parenting Feb 23, 2012

Controlling Birthday Party Politics

Hosting a child’s birthday party can get a little sticky if you let it. Don’t fall victim to the party politics! Here are a few tips I have gathered after planning many parties for my children. Let me know what ideas and tips you have for controlling birthday party politics below!

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Lessons I Learned Feb 20, 2012

Confessions: I Need Over-Committers Anonymous

Are there seven steps to give up over-committing your time? I have been a chronic over-committer from birth. It has been a problem that has severely stressed my marriage on many levels. I have a hard time saying “no” because I always feel like I should help. Recently, we were in an Espresso Minute b

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Encouragement Feb 19, 2012

Growing Up: From 2 to 22

My baby girl Is 22 today. It’s not 21, so it’s not like it’s a big year or anything. But it is 22! In 2 months she will graduate. No more long Christmas and summer breaks. She is only 2 hours away at school. She could be 2 flights away with a 2 hour lay over when she gets a job. I really don’t know

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Parenting Feb 14, 2012

Children: A Blessing And A Thrill!

The last time I got together with my sweet friend, Denise, was in NY, so I am very jealous that she is soaking up the big city without me. However, envy takes a serious back seat to rejoicing because we are celebrating her son Nick’s debut in the Broadway production How To Succeed In Business Withou

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Encouragement Feb 13, 2012

Techy Tuesday: Eye-Fi

Imagine this…you walk in the house from a great day at the soccer field, the park, a ballet recital – whatever! You take your camera out of your purse and turn it on. You run to the bathroom, wash your hands and sit down at your laptop to look at the pictures from the day that have magically loaded

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Parenting Feb 9, 2012

Encourage Your Kids on Valentine’s Day and Every Day!

It can be so easy to forget to encourage our children. When was the last time you really thought about the words you repeated everyday to your child? Valentine’s Day can be a great day to focus on saying loving, encouraging words to your child. Start on February 14th, but commit to making it last th

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Encouragement Feb 9, 2012

Free, Free, Free Valentines!

Can you tell with the house remodel that I am on a budget?! Did you know that if you have 5 children and 1 husband and you have an affinity for really cute Valentines you can spend $30 just on cards! And then when you have girls who, because of your dark addiction, have been introduced to the finest

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Encouragement Jan 25, 2012

30 Day Photo Challenge: YOUR SKY

Such a sweet sky. I wonder who it was for. Do you ever pine for that kind of impulsive, extravagant, sold-out kind of love? The kind that spills over you with such emotion you want to scream it from a mountain top or write in the sky – so the whole world will know. I LOVE this sky. I wonder who wrot

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Encouragement Jan 19, 2012

Control Your Family’s Clutter

Try this great game and how it can help teach your family to control the clutter in your home! Get Clutter Jail here

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Encouragement Jan 15, 2012

30 Day Photo Challenge: FAVORITE

Day 7: Favorite What more do I need to say?! This is Gidget. She is without a doubt the best dog in the world. I really mean that. Not exaggerating. Won’t even get into counting the ways, too many. She is simply the best!

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Encouragement Jan 14, 2012

30 Day Photo Challenge: MAKES YOU SMILE

Day 6: Makes You Smile This is my husband on the right. With his friend, Jay, on the left. Wearing the same shirt. At Disney World. Dancing. In the street. Note: The children are no where to be found – hiding in embarrassment. My friend, Beth and I, we loved it. It still makes me smile… and tear up.

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Encouragement Jan 13, 2012

30 Day Photo Challenge: SOMETHING YOU WORE

Day 5: Something You Wore Remember my post about finding my wedding dress all sealed and safe when the house flooded? Shortly after that post my childhood friend and bridesmaid came to visit for the weekend. Another bridesmaid came over for dinner and well, the dress was too much of a temptation. We

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Encouragement Jan 11, 2012

30 Day Photo Challenge: SOMETHING YOU ADORE

Day 3: Something You Adore It is rather coincidental that I have to declare adoration for something just days after I confess that I am not the adoring type – with my husband. More to work on. This is Megan. My firstborn. I adore her. She gives 110 percent to everything she does. She pleases me in e

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Encouragement Jan 10, 2012

Photo Challenge Day 2 – BREAKFAST

I drink my breakfast. I use the liquid food pyramid to ensure a balanced breakfast.

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Encouragement Jan 9, 2012

30 Day Photo Challenge

The challenge is on. I am taking it. I don’t think I have a choice since Madison (A.K.A. The Wrangler) has thrown down the gauntlet. She is taking the 30 Day Photo Challenge and put a typically unflattering picture of me as the subject of Day 9 on her blog. I didn’t know she was doing this, obviousl

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Encouragement Jan 9, 2012

Photo Challenge Day 1: YOU

Day 1: YOU This is me through the eyes of Madison (the iMOM task manager, slave driver, non-creative, bottom line, sassy co-worker). HMPH! Why do I make so many faces?! This picture is not unusual for me. Have you ever uploaded video to YouTube? When you do, it selects a frame from the video to be t

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Parenting Jan 7, 2012

The Perils Of Popularity

Years ago one of my children, after just one week as a freshman in high school, made this comment, “Sometimes I wish I were a geek, it would be so much easier.” I knew exactly what the child was thinking and the child had correctly assessed the high school dynamic. There are perils that come with po

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Marriage Jan 2, 2012

Confessions: I Am Not The Adoring Type

And I am not stupid. So when I am hit with the same pang of conviction twice in one week I am smart enough to know God is trying to show me something. Pang #1 hit me during a casual conversation with a friend at the football field. My friend was sharing with me about her husband. She was gushing abo

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Parenting Dec 22, 2011

3 R’s of Discipline

Discipline is a constant in parenting; here are three steps to help make disciplining a little easier.

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Encouragement Dec 14, 2011

Saving Strategy To Fly Free

Every few years you have to reassess the deal options out there. When our kids starting going to college we realized we needed a strategy to save on flights. We have tried several credit cards and hands down the best is SouthWest. Before you read any further please let me be clear about using credit

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Encouragement Dec 5, 2011

Tool Me Tuesday: Jail The Kiddos Clutter

I was at a DotMOM Conference and heard Kathy Peel explain this very clever concept – The Clutter Jail. Kathy, author and family manager expert, created a clutter jail for her children. If they left there clutter around the house – she did not nag – she did not chastise – she did not punish. She simp

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Encouragement Nov 29, 2011

Temptation: What I Want

What is it with me and white lately?! I am tempted by all things white: the white fire place and my wedding dress the white cabinets I want for my kitchen the silver tub with the white porcelain lining And now the white Nikon J1. I want it. And I am rather attached to it. If I had a J1 my pictures m

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Encouragement Nov 20, 2011

New Year’s Eve…With The Kids?!

I love the holidays. I really think they should just skip Halloween – who needs it? Magazines should be filled with tantalizing Thanksgiving recipes starting in September and let’s deck the malls with Christmas in October. Every year, I can’t wait for the holidays. Until, I get to New Year’s Eve. It

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