The other night I woke up at least five times and every time I did the “Abby’s Flying Fairy School” song was in my head. Every. Single. Time. I wasn’t dreaming about it. I’d wake up and it was just be there. How to make us grow and how to make us shrink How… [Read More]
Archives for January 2013
Where’s My Gold Star: When Life Gets In The Way
This house just cannot get healthy. Someone is always sniffing, blowing their nose, coughing or, like today, spiking a nice 102 degree fever. What the hell? I am so over this. OVER THIS I TELL YOU. Last week I got an invite to a super fun event for TOMORROW. One of my rock star friends… [Read More]
What stores get the bulk of your money?
As I was browsing through the mall the other day, I got to thinking about brands, brand loyalty and where I spend my money. As a 35 year old married woman with children, many places I shop are pretty obvious – Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Target, Carter’s, Old Navy. They make sense as I have… [Read More]
Oh hello 1990’s: some thoughts for a teenage me
I’m hopping back on the Vlogmom train this week after a brief hiatus. My friend, Jenn, from Mommy B Knows Best has an awesome topic: what are three things you’d like to tell your teenage self. I’m sure EVERYONE has something they’d like to tell themselves if they could go back to the past. For… [Read More]
Where’s My Gold Star: When Mama Is Sick
We all know that mamas don’t get sick days. We pop pain killers or cold medicine and drudge through the day in a foggy haze. There’s no rest for the weary. But what happens when both parents are sick? Saturday morning my husband and I both woke up and thought “uh oh.” Nothing major, just… [Read More]
The five minute car nap
You are my nemesis. Yes, you. You with your soft, rhythmic lull and sleep inducing hum. Some days I try to thwart your efforts with all my might. I play loud music. I sing songs at the top of my lungs. I reach behind me and try to tickle little feet. Today I failed. My… [Read More]
Mama deserves a gold star! {Link up!}
Do you remember back in elementary school when you’d get a gold star on the top of your paper or on a behavior chart when you did something great? It’s time to bring that back. Every single day we do something as parents that I think warrants a gold star. Take yesterday for example. My… [Read More]
Introducing my new link-up: Where’s My Gold Star?
Parenting can be amazing, awesome and full of delights. It can also be ridiculously frustrating. Those are the days when I really wish someone would come in my house and hand me a gold star…simply for completing the day. So I decided to create a weekly linky where we can all share those frustrations and… [Read More]
Why I love my husband
I was fiddling around on the Internet (shocker!) looking for some inspiration for a new post, when low and behold, I found a link-up for today. The Happy Wives Club asked everyone to talk about why they love their husbands. How fun is that? As a bonus, Danny’s Song by Loggins and Messina was currently… [Read More]
A tale of brown leggings
This is the story of a pair of brown leggings. I had a deep, intense need for them. Yet, somehow they kept alluding me. I went to store after store but couldn’t find them anywhere. Tights, yes. But leggings? They were hiding from me, taunting me as I found outfit after outfit that I could… [Read More]