My Monday Morning Panic Attack

Jun 17, 2013 by

Monday is not even over yet and I’ve  stressed more in the last 6 hours than I do in an entire month. One of my older kids flew...

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Hey Mom, Painting Is A Piece o...

Jun 12, 2013 by

My apologies for being offline for a few days, no, it’s not due to writer’s block, I was teaching my kids some handy...

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Dear Drama

Jun 9, 2013 by

Dear Drama, After years of having you in my life, I have decided to break up with you.   Though we’ve had some good times and some...

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Shoes, What Shoes?

Jun 6, 2013 by

My two oldest play volleyball for a club that’s about 35 minutes away, that’s without taking LA traffic into...

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Yes, Summer Break!

Jun 5, 2013 by

At long last, summer break has arrived in my household.  No more mornings of battling to get the kids out of bed or yelling to get...

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The Joys of Parental Jealousy

Jun 4, 2013 by

Have you ever been jealous of the job that other parents are doing with their kids?  Whenever someone else’s kid is doing spectacular...

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Mom’s Not Fighting This ...

May 28, 2013 by

With my husband out of town, I had a long Memorial Day weekend of running my kids from tournament to tournament.  I think I probably...

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Microsoft’s Xbox One ...

May 22, 2013 by

Oh no, the Xbox One, the fancy new unit from Microsoft,  that has been eagerly anticipated by my boys, was unveiled this week....

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Mom’s Eating Her Words

May 22, 2013 by

I’m always reminding my kids that it’s a privilege to have a cell phone and they best do whatever they can not to lose it...

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To Clean or NOT to Clean

May 21, 2013 by

Written by Alyssa Banko Published in SCV Health & Family Magazine June 2013 A publication of The Signal It’s that time of year...

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No Man Cave For You!

May 20, 2013 by

After a long two days of regional volleyball playoffs, my daughter and I got home home late Sunday night exhausted, hungry and...

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Stop the Texts. Stop the Wreck...

May 16, 2013 by

With two of my kids close to the driving age, I felt the need to share the information below with the hopes that all you moms out...

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It’s Official, I AM My M...

May 15, 2013 by

When I was younger I used to chuckle at my mom when she consistently would say things to us such as call me when you get there let me...

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Friday’s Mother’s ...

May 10, 2013 by

Mother’s Day is almost here, do you have what you need for those special moms in your life? Maisie Knowles of MaisieKnowles.com...

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Thursday’s Mother’...

May 9, 2013 by

If you are one of those that wait’s until the last minute to get a Mother’s Day gift, here are some last minute deals and...

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Wednesday’s Mother’...

May 8, 2013 by

When I came across the following info I thought to myself, hmm, maybe I really don’t need a gift from my kids this year.  The...

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Tuesday’s Mother’s...

May 7, 2013 by

Gift – The HeadCoolie! I recently had the opportunity to try out a neat little product called the HeadCoolie.  The...

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Monday’s Mother’s ...

May 6, 2013 by

It’s not often that get excited over a new item for my kitchen but, I’m REALLY stoked about my new GreenPan frying pan!...

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