Presenting yet another list of finer things I've discovered over the past week.  Included is the realization that feeding dinner to five crazy kids is wilder than Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday.  Click over to my blog for the full list:  "…

Join us this week during Thursdays Marketplace, we're having a super Memorial Day Sale and our weekly Boutique Scrabble giveaway!

In the beginning, I thought it was going to be a breeze when my husband,  joined me working full-time in mybusiness.  If anyone could do it, we could!  We already had a healthy relationship built on trust and respect.  We communicated well.  We both strongly believed in what we were doing.  We understood the need to help each other with the children, keeping the house, and with the business.  We planned to allow for…

I don't know about you, but I am not a huge fan of the sleepover.  Maybe it's because my daughter is always the one who comes back looking like Nick Nolte after a bender.  Click over to my blog to see what I mean:  "…

A little chat and a cuddle with Daddy-o before heading off to camp

I’ve spoken before about how I think it’s important to always look happy when you see your children. Whether the kids are walking in from school or I’m picking them up from Cubs, I try to look ridiculously…

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This is dedicated to my good friend Amanda and her husband Chris who are expecting their first child, a daughter, on August 12.

As I left the house this morning to have an unpleasant but necessary “you’re at that age” routine medical procedure, I reconfirmed with my daughter that grandpa would be over in a few minutes to drop her off at school instead of me.  Her eyes grew big with alarm and I was ready to reassure her that I would be fine, “nothing to worry about”, when she…

Did you know that ground cinnamon is an effective and organic way to control ants? How about using a combination of sea salt and lemon to clean chrome, copper, and brass? It doesn’t take harsh chemicals to get the house cleaning job done well. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Light The Night Walk recently named Miranda Cosgrove as the National Ambassador for the Light The Night Walks that will take place across North America this fall.  View a video featuring Miranda Cosgrove here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBxJE7Ule4A 

Cosgrove, known for her singing and acting in roles in television and movies such as iCarly, Drake &…

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Hoochie Mama?

It's hard to believe that I'll be 35 tomorrow.  When I was a kid—and even in my early twenties—35 sounded ridiculously "grown up," and 40 seemed positively ancient.  Yet here I am, feeling perfectly fine about the milestone.



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