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Why Diets Don’t Work: Reason #1

Reason #1:  Diets use a cookie-cutter approach. At Christmas season one of our favorite activities is making sugar cookies with our kids – the kind you make with cookie cutters.  We just love it! And although this approach works wonderfully when you’re whipping out dozens of cookies, when talking about a diet, the cookie-cutter approach onlyContinue reading “Why Diets Don’t Work: Reason #1”

Mommies…Can’t we just support each other?

I have to admit I am a total junkie for the Your E Cards that have been popping up all over Facebook and Pinterest, but this one really pushes my buttons.  When my son was born my husband and I made the decision together that I would leave my job and stay home to raiseContinue reading “Mommies…Can’t we just support each other?”

A Tradition of Giving

This past weekend my son went to a 5th birthday party for his friend, but instead of bringing a present for the Birthday Boy, he brought a bathing suit that will be donated along with a sackful of others to children who until now didn’t own a bathing suit of their own.  My friend BridgetContinue reading “A Tradition of Giving”

Find Out Who Your Friends Are

Over the course of your life you develop numerous friendships.  Family friends, elementary school friends, high school friends, college friends, work friends, neighborhood friends, parenting friends, and the list goes on and on.  In recent years the use of Facebook has become a way to rekindle friendships that fell to the way side or even igniteContinue reading “Find Out Who Your Friends Are”

Rely on Friends to LIVE IT!

Last Friday I made my 9 day promise to be a more patient mommy and not “LoSe It” when things get out of control.  Within 3 hours of the post going up I was already struggling to keep my cool when my kids seemed to be on an all out crusade to do the oppositeContinue reading “Rely on Friends to LIVE IT!”

{GRATITUDE PARTY}

It is so EaSy to get caught up in every thing that is going “WrOnG” in our life that we can ToTallY miss ALL the good things that have happened to us.  If you’re in the habit of attending PiTy PaRtiEs for yourself, why not try having a GrAtiTuDe PaRty and CouNt all the BleSsInGs you have in your life.  MaybeContinue reading “{GRATITUDE PARTY}”

I Love You Anyway

This past week the phrase “I Love You Anyway” became a popular saying in our house.  I did something that I knew disappointed my husband.  Feeling terrible after I saw the let down on his face I asked, “But you love me anyway, right?”  He replied, “Of CouRse.” Then a few days later, my daughter broke oneContinue reading “I Love You Anyway”

Baby Blues to Baby Bliss

As I CeLebRate my son’s 4th birthday this week and my daughter’s 2nd birthday next month, I also celebrate the amazing gift of mOtherHood.  Always knowing that being a mom was the #1 goal of my life, I couldn’t understand why I was constantly crying after I brought my son home from the hospital.  BabyContinue reading “Baby Blues to Baby Bliss”

Modern-Day Penpal

Did you ever have a penpal? Back in elementary school I remember our teacher assigning us one as a class project.  My penpal’s name was Alexis, from Pennsylvania.  The thrill of running to the mailbox to see if there was a letter from her (and maybe even a picture included!)  is a memory I won’tContinue reading “Modern-Day Penpal”