Pin itIt’s the Year of the Dragon and P.F. Chang’s is inviting everyone to celebrate this Chinese New Year by visiting P.F. Chang’s China Bistro or enjoying P.F. Chang’s Home Menu items. We’re celebrating with P.F. Chang’s by hosting a Red Envelope Giveaway. The color red symbolizes good luck, and Red Envelopes, filled with gifts,… Continue Reading
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#Ashamed Twitter Chat with Mom Blogging Communities
Pin itTwo months ago I wrote about the damage that was done to me as a child when people called me fat – to tease, to “encourage,” to hurt and shame. This week I read, shocked, about a new billboard campaign meant to help end childhood obesity, but using shameful words and pictures of and… Continue Reading
The Things I Miss
Pin itMy daughter is turning eight in one month. Eight. We have now entered the age of Taylor Swift albums, sleepovers, giggles and whispers in best friend’s ears, eye rolls at boy…eye rolls at everything. I love that she can tie her brother’s shoes and usually helps him without being asked. I love that she… Continue Reading
Wordless Wednesday: The Gambler
Pin it Wordless Wednesday Want more Wordless Wednesday? Check out: The Bonafide Life, Better in Bulk, Shanamama, From Dates to Diapers, Not Your Momblog, The Divine Miss Mommy, Colorado Moms, Rajean Blomquist, Brain Foggles, Lil Kid Things, The Centsible Life, Rachel Ferruci, and Zensible Mama. Don’t forget to link your own photos below!
Mamavation Monday: Slip Slidin’ Away
Pin itSlip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away – Simon and Garfunkel Ever since my birthday in the beginning of November, I’ve been lazily “maintaining” rather than working to achieve fitness and weight goals. I still walk a few times a week, but I… Continue Reading
Friday Featured Giveaway: Target’s New Year, New You
Pin itLike most people, the start of the new year makes me long for change. Even though I refuse to make specific resolutions and pretend to treat January 1st like the first day of any other month, the truth is that there is something energizing about the beginning of a new year. I’m invigorated by… Continue Reading
Valentine’s Day Quiz
Pin itI’m that girl. You know, the one who finds a quiz in Redbook and suddenly has her husband trapped, forced to provide answers to questions related to topics he knows nothing about like threadcount preference or his favorite Jackson 5. At the end we’re able to tell if our marriage is going to last… Continue Reading
Wordless Wednesday: Disney Flying Solo
Pin it The castle at night, covered in “ice”… time with Tigger… three fun and crazy people riding the boat into the Magic Kingdom at 10:00 p.m. to shut the park down with a few more rides… Walt and Mickey, saying goodnight as we say goodbye to the Magic Kingdom one more time. Wordless Wednesday… Continue Reading
Ragu Mom’s the Word on Dinner $250 Giveaway
Pin itI spent the second half of 2011 as a Ragu Mom’s the Word on Dinner ambassador because not a single week goes by without us using Ragu in at least one meal. I truly love this product, and through this program I have had the privilege of learning more about not only changes made… Continue Reading
Those Forgiven Much
Pin it Even when the rain falls Even when the flood starts rising Even when the storm comes I am washed by the water needtobreathe, “Washed By the Water” I like to love people. A friend once said that she could see herself falling in love with just about anyone because that is what she… Continue Reading
