It took me this how long to figure this out?

I need to quit feeling sorry for myself. Seriously. I was driving down the road today, with my little guy in the back seat and “Little Lion Man” playing on the radio. The weather was beautiful. My sun roof was back. Gorgeous old churches sprinkled the road like salt. Spanish moss and Live Oak Trees [...]

I believe

…there is nothing like being away from your house for two weeks to make you happy to have a place to call home. …Skype is God’s gift to military families. I spent the last two weeks wishing I could just see Taylor. Today, it was like when I finally saw him, I could breathe deeply [...]

Stars aligned and my day sucked.

I’m one of those people that when one bad thing happens to me in the morning, it generally means the rest of my day has gone to hell already. I’m just stuck along for the ride on a day I know will be miserable, and nothing I can do will stop the train wreck. Looking [...]

Some Winners!

Winner of the EO products giveaway (I’m totally jealous) is…. #21, Jennifer Cangelosi Winner of the Big Heart Baby Onesie (thanks to all that entered this great giveaway!) is…. #41, Alex! I will email you both today Congrats!

A thank you letter to military spouses.

One of my amazing readers sent this to me. I’m so incredibly blessed to have such amazing women (and men) reading my blog. Thank you, L. This letter really was a wonderful, touching way to end my afternoon. I thought I would post it for any other military spouses out there that need a little [...]

Mommy Guilt: I’m sure this is just the beginning.

Sully is quickly nearing his first birthday (please excuse me while I hyperventilate into a brown paper bag). I’m overwhelmed by the fact that almost an entire year ago, I brought this little boy into the world. It is an amazing, beautiful, scary thing. I can’t help but thinking, if this year went by so [...]

TotWraps Dream Diaper AIO Hybrid Review and Giveaway!

I’m excited to do this review and giveaway because it is kicking off my “Work-at-home-mom” event! Krysta from TotWraps created the Dream Diaper AIO Hybrid out of necessity. When she first began cloth diapering, she had an image in her mind of the perfect diaper.  Every where she looked, she saw bulky, complicated, hard-to-fit diapers. [...]

Independence streak a mile wide, or “He gets it from his mama.”

We’re experiencing a very new stage here in our little household.  This stage is complete with crawling at a rapid-fire pace, pulling up on everything, attempting to climb stairs (and succeeding, thankfully I was right there with him), a distinct preferrence for certain foods, and a whine that could make the dog cry. Of course, [...]

I believe

…in the sweetest dog in the world (Casey Jones a la Grateful Dead) and purple toenails. …that I will always love my tattoos. …that paying $2500 for a blog design is insane. …Fall is the most amazing season of all. Nothing is better than hot cider, pumpkin pies, pumpkin candles, orange leaves, and a hot [...]

Google Reader FAIL

If you recently lost a follower on your blog, it may be me. Ehem. I have never claimed to be a technical genius, but how the hell do you fail at Google Reader? Of this I am unsure. But somehow, I have gone from following fifty blogs to following ten. Crap. So please leave me [...]

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