Jeff says I have a bad habit (I consider it more of a necessity) of giving him driving directions when we’re in the car together.  It’s less that I give him directions really and more that I point to a turn lane here and there or occasionally tap my finger on the passenger side window to let him [...]

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     Look what came in the mail today!  I won these adorable luggage tags in a giveaway over at Musings of a Housewife.  They are made by My Charmed Life and they are going to come in really handy when I’m trying to discern which bag is mine as a ton of lookalikes go trolling [...]

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     I’ve never done a “Works For Me Wednesday” tip before.  Mostly it’s because I’m more resourceful than creative.  By that I mean that I don’t really come up with cool ideas, rather, I borrow them from those in the know.  This tip is no different.  But it is such a handy piece of knowledge [...]

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     Three of my four children are heinously opposed to eating foods that contain any traces of vitamins or minerals.  It’s not for a lack of trying though; I make valiant efforts to fill them up with the good stuff.  I credit Dr. Oz for my conscientiousness.  He’s totally HQP (high quality person) material in my book.  It [...]

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And you thought the desert was nothing more than tumbleweed, dust, and lizards.  Just look at what I saw this morning as I went for my morning wannabe run 5K training session. 

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     It’s been one of those days where life has come at me well over the speed limit at which I’m comfortable.  So, rather than further deplete my weary, overworked brain cells by coming up with a pithy post, I’m going to zoink a fun one from one of my favorite bloggers, The Queen B.  [...]

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     You remember that Mexican restaurant I talked about in this post?  Well folks, brace yourself for the shocker of the century: we went back after church again today.  Yep.  I told my family that I thought we should go to the other location of the restaurant so as not to be recognized by Tyler, the [...]

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    You know how last weekend I was at Disney World meeting all those amazing mommy bloggers?  Well, who’d a thunk that I’d come home and within a week have the opportunity to meet another?  I know.  Wonders never cease.  But that, my friends, is exactly what happened.
     Not long after starting my blog I [...]

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     My new blogger friend, Jennifer, has decided to do a Destination Disney carnival and because we all know that I’m a bit of a Disneyphile, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to join in.  The theme for this debut weekend is “Disney Magic.”  And really, once you’ve been there and experienced it,  you’ll see that [...]

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     We have a winner in the Target gift card giveaway!  Kristen from No Small Thing is the lucky girl who’ll be receiving the prize.  Congratulations Kristen!  Go out and buy yourself something fun.  And don’t let those kiddos talk you into spending it on Icees. 
     Funny story about this though.  The original winning [...]

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