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My Daughter’s New Appendage

Apr

2013

My daughter is driving my husband and I crazy these days. There’s not a minute that goes by that her phone is not in her hand, her pocket or within 15 inches of her. Gosh for bid she doesn’t like a photo on Instagram within 5 minutes of it being posted or not respond to a text the same minute she received it. When we tell her to put her phone down on the kitchen counter for an hour and let it rest for a while, you would think the world is coming to an end. So yesterday I was ...

A Week of Eggo Waffles: Think Outside the Breakfast Box and Win $5000!

Apr

2013

Eggo Waffles are a staple in my house and my freezer can usually be found filled with a variety of Eggo Waffle flavors. When I found out that Eggo had declared this week as the Week of the Waffles I told my kids and showed them the contest Facebook page and my daughter went right to work on the Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches! Eggo is challenging waffle-lovers all over America to submit their most creative recipes for a chance to win $5,000 with The Great Eggo Waffle Off! contest. Here are the rules for The Great Waffle Off! contest (additional details can ...

Volleyballs and Windows, Not a Good Mix

Mar

2013

Yesterday my daughter was practicing her jump serve for volleyball on the driveway on the wall over the garage door. She does this often as it’s the only area of the house where she has a wall to hit against. Actually, all my kids use this area for one thing or another. Because this area is so heavily used, the garage door itself is looking pretty bad. You name it and I’m sure it has hit the door at one time or another. Baseball, bike, soccer ball, lacrosse ball, hockey puck, kick ball, softball, scooter, football, golf ball, mom’s car, ...

The Biebs Goes Down!

Mar

2013

A few years back my daughter had gone through a Justin Bieber phase. It didn’t last long but, she did get a life size cardboard cut out of him for a birthday a few years back. Since then, he’s been folded up in her closet just collecting dust. When I suggested trashing it, my sons came up with a better idea…use it for target practice! When I told them to go for it, than ran into the garage and armed themselves with airsoft guns, a bow and arrow, a slingshot and a pellet gun. Poor Justin Bieber didn’t stand a ...

Mom, I’m Not Cold

Feb

2013

Yes, we have great weather here in SoCal but sometimes the temperatures do dip a little a times and the kids are oblivious to it. Yesterday morning as I (and the rest of the carpool) waited in my car for my daughter to emerge from the house, I had the heater on high to warm us up and to melt the frost on the windows. When my daughter finally made her way to the car, I noticed she has a thin little shirt on and no jacket. When I asked why she didn’t put a jacket on I got the ...

Ouch My Eyebrows! 1

Jan

2013

My 14 year old daughter used to be a tom boy, that is, until she hit junior high school. Not quite sure what caused the transformation, but now she is a total girl and shall I say “high maintenance!” For those of you who know me, high maintenance is NOT used to describe me at all so where all this is coming from with her is beyond me. So the other day my daughter asked me if she could get her eyebrows “cleaned up and shaped”. I thought to myself, they look fine to me but, if she really feels ...

Husbands Do the Craziest Things

Jan

2013

We’ve been slowly and cautiously getting our teenagers comfortable behind the wheel of a car. But, leave it to my husband to put our daughter behind the wheel IN the snow, in MY car no less. I think he’s the one having a blonde moment here, what the heck was he thinking! MommyWarriors.com

The Battle to Get My Daughter Out of the House on Time 1

Dec

2012

There is never a morning when my 14 year old daughter can be ready for school ON TIME. What on earth she does in that bathroom of hers blows my mind. Every morning it’s the same thing. I ask if she’s ready to go and I get the same the response, “not yet.” What that means to me is to go pick up the rest of the carpool and come back to get her. After I pick everyone else up, I have 5 boys in my car who are all complaining as we wait in the driveway for my daughter ...

My Daughter’s Insatiable Curiosity

Nov

2012

My 8 year old daughter was very curious last night while I was tucking her into bed. “Mommy? How do you get a husband?” “Well, when you’re a grownup you meet a man who you like, who you think is handsome and smart and funny, and maybe he thinks you’re pretty and smart and thoughtful, and then you decide you want to spend your life together. “ “Do you have to make a baby if you get married?” “No, you don’t HAVE to.” “Does it hurt?” “You mean to make a baby?” “When the baby comes out.” “Yes, it can.” ...

Color Rx to the Rescue!

Oct

2012

Do you want to simplify your clothes shopping experience? Are you only wearing about 20% of the clothes in your closet? Do you look at your wardrobe and think “blah”? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, you HAVE to check out this new mobile app for iPhones and Androids…Color Rx! It’s as simple as inputting your “natural” hair (yes, before those gray ones appeared) and eye color and, in an instant, you will receive a virtual color consultation by Los Angeles image stylist JuliAnn Stitick. Color Rx will determine what colors work with your natural ...