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Mom’s Council Topic: Are We Too Plugged In?

Feel free to comment on this week’s Mom’s Council Topic: http://herndon.patch.com/articles/moms-talk-qa-hooked-on-electronics It’s an interesting question to talk about.  I know there are days that I probably spend more time online than I should, or worse just wasting time on things online that are not productive.  I admittedly am a...

Random List: Favorite Places

Just thinking about some of my favorite places.  By places, I don’t necessarily mean a geographical spot, but just a place where I felt happy and appreciated that life is good. On days when we had no where to go, I used to love going into my parent’s room...

Today’s Quickie: Easter Lessons Learned

Lessons learned this Easter… It’s Murphy’s Law that if you go to bed at 2 am, you just might wake up at 7 and not be able to go back to sleep.  Even if your kids sleep 1 1/2 hours longer than you did.  Figures. Always check your cream before...

To Yell or Not to Yell, That is the Question…

I admit it.  I yell. Although it’s funny,  I don’t really perceive myself as yelling very often. It drives my husband nuts because he feels that I yell all the time at our kids. As we were sitting at the dinner table the other day, I asked my kids,...

This Week’s Mom Council Topic: Stay-cation

Many of our friends chose this week of spring break to take advantage of a family vacation.  We are staying in the area, and have been blissfully laying low and basking not having to rush out the door every day.  But, I try to spend a day or two...