The sickness has entered our house

The sickness has entered our house. As I write this, I still feel not completely right.

Jack woke up Monday night crying hysterically. He was just standing in my doorway crying and would not answer me when I asked what’s wrong. He eventually asked for a glass of water and went back to

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I’m too soft and Jack is four

I’ve been struggling as a parent lately. Pretty much the issue is that I’m too soft and Jack is four. It’s not really a good combination right now. I tell him one thing and I get “NEVER!!!!” or some other remark. Me being too soft, I let it go and go about my

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Plan Your Kid’s Next Birthday Party—Minus the Stress

Today we have a guest post from Lisa from The Party Works. She is offering tips to throwing your kids a birthday party minus the stress.

Every time you think about throwing your child’s next birthday party, you may feel overwhelmed, especially if you have more than one child and therefore have to

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Is it bad that enjoy time away from my son?

I’ve had something weighing on my mind lately and I need to let it out. First, I’ll give a little back story.

Twice a year, Jack’s daycare is closed for a week. Instead of me taking those weeks off, Jack goes and stays with my family since my mom does daycare in their

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2012 Goal: Get My Act Together

One of my goals for 2012 is to basically get my act together. I’ve got to be better at organizing and budgeting. I’ve gotten off track somewhere and I need to get back. To help me get started, I visited Clean Mama’s Etsy shop. First of all, Clean Mama is an excellent blog

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It’s a new year!

As I sit and write this, it’s 10:37 pm on New Years Eve. I was actually going to head to bed before I realized I should do some blogging. Lame right? Actually, to me it isn’t. We had a great early evening. My sister and her family came over for chili and snacks.

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The Power of Music

I love music. I especially love live music. I also love performances that are made up of medleys sang by various groups. Did you catch the Diva’s Soul concert on VH1? I happen to come across it about 30 minutes into the show. There were some pretty awesome duets and the show in

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My Christmas Reflection

My thoughts of Christmas changed this year. I’ll admit that in the past, I was so excited about what sort of gifts I would get. Sure, I loved everything about Christmas. But I always looked forward to what sorts of stuff I would get. My Christmas reflection and thoughts have slowly been changing.

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We Saw Santa!

We went and saw Santa. It worked our perfectly for us. The company I work for had a Santa Day for employees and their families. BTW, don’t you just love that tree? The company I work for always does such an excellent job decorating for Christmas. I love walking into the lobby

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Santa’s Big Helper

It’s Christmas time, and like every place else, iTunes has decked it’s halls with dozens upon dozens of Christmas apps… some are good enough to make the nice list, but most of them couldn’t wring Christmas cheer from a wet elf

I’m not going to lie (Santa would know…).

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