Teaching Numbers Through the Art of Rhyming, written 3 days ago, As our four-year-old son works to polish off his mastery of numbers 1-10, his preschool teacher recommended we spend extra time helping him with the most frequent offenders:  numbers 6, 8 and 9.  While brainstorming a way to help him...

Football, basketball and wrestling...I give up!, written 3 days ago, I thought when Dylan got finished with football, the mom taxi cab may get a few months off. Alas, it was not meant to be. He finished football and the wrestling coach came over THAT DAY and asked him to go out for wrestling. My son...

Barefoot Books Gift Collections - perfect for the Holidays!, written 1 week ago, Barefoot Books has recently added a new collection: The Gift Collection. Each of these collection contain the best of what the Barefoot Books has to offer. These collections are perfect for your holiday gift-giving - f...

Artfire, written 2 days ago, So on an impulse I opened a shop on Artfire yesterday. I'm curious to see where the site goes, as its a bit buggy right now, but they seem to have some exciting plans for the future. Have any of you joined? Why or why not and what has your experience been?

Baby Diaper Changing Tips, written 1 month ago, Your baby will need to be changed around 12 to 14 times in one 24 hour period, so by the time your baby outgrows diapers, you’ll be a diaper changing pro! Here are a few tips to help you get started. 1. Take care when changing your baby boy that ther...

Over the last twenty-something years I’ve had several different jobs and I’ve finally reached a conclusion that’s been coming for a l-o-n-g time. I don’t like having a job.

Amazon Must Be Having A WTF Moment!, written 2 weeks ago, WARNING: This post is rated PG-13 I’ll admit it, I’m a huge 37signals blog fan and checkout their blog almost daily, right after I look at the Lolcats blog. I’m looking at the picture above and reading the entry, then start reading the...

The Own-Up Challenge, written 5 days ago, Over the past few weeks I’ve been carefully watching my statistics.  I’ve not been looking at numbers, or what you’re here for (because honestly, I don’t care to know how “dr. who” pink shoes or chan pie gnon brought you over here).  What I’...

Listing Inventory System is Critical to Your Success in Your Real Estate Business, written 1 week ago, By Cheri Alguire Once a real estate agent has a property listed “for sale,” it is vital to create and utilize the three components of the Inventory System. The service component focuses on fe...

Pick Your Battles, written 1 month ago, So, one week into this thing called graduate school and my house is already turned upside down. My natural ability to hyper-focus has been a Godsend as far as coursework is concerned, but seriously, I gotta remember to do laundry. Of course I knew something wo...

Yet another avoidable tragedy involving guns and kids, written 3 days ago, It seems every week, there?s another example of parents with a complete lack of judgement and sense of responsibility when it comes to guns and children. October 27th it was an 8-year-old boy who killed himself at a gun show....

Best Kiss Rivals, written 3 days ago, With "Twilight" premiering tonight, I've been hearing talk of Robert's and Kristen's kissing scene possibly taking the "Best Kiss of the Year" award - maybe even the "Best Kiss EVER." What do you think - does this 7 second scene...

I ran 13.1 miles on Sunday - again, written 5 days ago, I ran my first half marathon earlier this year, and finished my second yesterday in San Antonio; pictured to right is my sister (L), my dad (C) and me (R). I must admit that I’m a bit disappointed in my run; I had expected to do so much bette...

Hillarious videos, written 3 days ago, Enjoy these hilarious videos while I write something useful... it's hard to be a writer or type with one hand... holding my grand daughter with the other while she grabs at the cables coming out of...

I am a working mother who tries to stay at home and once she does has two twin monkeys climbing on her and I wonder "how did I get here"?? Through it all, I love it more than I knew possible! Crazy! I guess all that is left to say is "Welcome to the jungl

Brainless, written 2 days ago, Ever have one of those days when it seems like your brain just went on vacation? I have a lot of those. Today was one of them. I didn't do anything that was just OMG stupid or anything, I just haven't been all here. I said a few dumb things, but I can't even think of...

Bad Mommy Stories as told by ex-party girls. Tired of all those parents telling you how wonderful and easy parenting is [while you can see they're lying through their clenched teeth]? Read the truth here.

Uri Life is my knight and shining armor, whisking me away from years of depression and self hate. As I ride off into the sunset of the Colorado Skies, Uri Life has taught me proper nutrition and they have shown me a better way of life.

Does Your Bathroom Stink?, written 3 days ago, Well mine doesn't! So living with two men right now (the little one smells worse than the big one in the bathroom) AND having Sunday football at our house I have informed all the men about Poof Drops and their current location in the restroom! At this y...

Christmas Cookie Recipe Exchange-Fun Holiday Event, written 1 week ago, By: Tammy Embrich Who doesn’t like homemade Christmas cookies? When I was a little girl my favorite holiday treat was no-bake cookies. I remember the sweet aroma throughout the house and the delightful gems lined up across the...