Cleaning House. One Of Life’s More Important Tasks.

Women (and men) of America. Cleaning your house is a serious business. It’s easy to think that house cleaning is simple and should be over fast, but not so. Your commitment to cleaning your house tells the world about you, but more important it tells your children about you as well, and you’re their role model. Often the way you clean your house is an expression of how you were brought up. Did mom keep a neat and clean house? Then there’s a reasonable chance that you will too, because we lea

Friday 5: 5 Reasons I Have No Chance For Mom Of The Year Award!

Ok, so I never pretend to have it all together. In fact when I started the Mommy Niri Friday 5 series I did with so with resolutions for the year , knowing I had to get my act in gear. It is no surprise that the year is almost done (what do you mean it is only October, have you not seen the Christmas stuff out already?) and I am still as out of sync as ever. I think it is time to not just throw the towel in on winning any award but to embrace my situation. There are way too many t

Permission Slips for Mom

When I was a kid attending public school, there sure were a lot of papers to deal with. Math homework and essays for English, report cards and assignment sheets, all flew to and fro in a forest-obliterating frenzy. It’s a wonder we have any softwoods left nowadays, as the hauling of paper from school to home and back again continues unabated for today’s generation of schoolchildren, who have had to add wheels to their backpacks just to deal with the situation without consulting a chiropractor.

Cookbook Giveaway – Make Ahead Meals for Busy Mom – Ends – 10-28-2009

Cookbook: Make Ahead Meals for Busy Mom Giveaway Link Below: http://mamasmoneysavers.com/2009/10/book-review-giveaway-make-ahead-meals.html You will need to leave a comment to enter the contest at the link above. Check post on how you can gain extra entries into this contest. // Related posts:White Collar Gift Bag Giveaway – Ends – 11-15-2009 Prize: White Collar Gift Bag (with a [...] Related posts: White Collar Gift Bag Giveaway – Ends – 11-15-2009 Prize: White Collar Gift Bag

Giveaway Wednesday: Leave Your Giveaway Links

If you like us… nominate us! We would really appreciate. Everything Up Close ’s Giveaway: Contest Corner ’s Giveaways: Sambucol “Immunity Boosting” Basket (10/22) Pillsbury Simply…Cookies Prize Pack (10/25) Your Choice of Print From Loxly Gallery (10/26) True Adventures in Money Hacking ’s Giveaway: 24 x 36″ vinyl banner from UPrinting.com (10/29) Simply Being Mom ’s Giveaways: Shandle Giveaway (10/21) My Little Pony Twinkle Wish Adventure dvd (10/22) iolo

Good Reading: Meal Planning

So, you have found some great bargains, but how do you make them work for your family meals? Life as Mom has a great post about meal planning and she gives some practical advice on turning one cooking night into three meals. I really like how she mentions leftovers and some guidelines for keeping them. I love to batch cook, or make meals and then freeze them for a later date, which is why my extra freezer comes in handy! For more reading, you may want to check out my article Storing Foods

School Lunch for Vegetarian Children Authored by Brandy Burgess in ParentingPublished on 10-16-2009

Are you running out of ideas for nutritious vegetarian foods for your children’s school lunches? Well look no future than these simple, but great tasting school lunches for vegetarian children. When mom or dad packs a lunch, they want to be able to do it fast but still maintain freshness and a balanced meal. Mix and match some of these yummy vegetarian foods for your kids’ school lunches.School Lunch for Vegetarian Children: SandwichesSandwiches are one of the simplest foods that can be packed i

Giveaway Wednesday: Leave Your Giveaway Links

If you like us… nominate us! We would really appreciate. Everything Up Close ’s Giveaway: A custom bag/purse from Mary Alison Handbag (10/16) Contest Corner ’s Giveaways: Sambucol “Immunity Boosting” Basket (10/22) Pillsbury Simply…Cookies Prize Pack (10/25) Your Choice of Print From Loxly Gallery (10/26) True Adventures in Money Hacking ’s Giveaway: 24 x 36″ vinyl banner from UPrinting.com (10/29) Simply Being Mom ’s Giveaways: Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Wubbzy Goes Bo

Selfish Thoughts

Image by Dave-F via Flickr Lately I have been stressed right out, and it’s been hard to focus on my happy. After living with my husband for nearly four years and becoming a Mom not once but three times in 7 years I realized I have lost little pieces of me along the way. Don’t get me wrong, I feel as a person I have grown; my whole outlook to life and how I handle situations has changed for the positive, but “who I am” has been missing for a while. Without getting into details meant only

Worn Out Wally

Hello and happy Monday! I’d planned to have a stamping post today, but we were too busy wearing out Wally (and ourselves in the process) and I didn’t make time to photograph my cards. I could kick myself for forgetting my camera for Wally’s big day up the river — I’m such a bad Mom! I thought I’d share some “after” photos, though. You can probably see how much he’s grown and changed. Where, oh, where did that little puppy go in such a short amount of time? He’ll always be a sweet, fuzzy ba

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