I remember after BlogHer last year that I was fed up with reading posts about it, and yet now, here I am. Writing about BlissDom. But y’all, how could I not? It was phenomenal, it defies description. I met my very first blogger ever in the Houston airport and it was awesome, she is one…
As you read this I will be: A) on the road driving to San Antonio at the crack of dawn to fly to BlissDom (Holla at Mrs Flinger who is flying from Houston to Nashville with me!!!) B) on a plane C) going bananas over finally meeting all these amazing women So my dad has…
Oh yes, those would be the super hot Steve Madden “Madden Girl” Shoes that I scored today for $9.99 thankyouverymuch! Oh yes. I am getting ready for BlissDom and trying to spice up my rather pathetic mom-drobe. You see, I live in comfy flowy skirts, sundresses and flip flops, I don’t own anything that is…
Sometimes, all you need is a picture. Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek SOOO, in other happenings. I got infected yesterday. With an ugly, slimy, vicious green and black monster, or at least that’s what it looks like in my mind. You see, around 7PM last night I was happily Stumbling and Twittering and Composing drafts…
Angie needs your prayers and support. Angie, is one of the strongest and most positive women that I’ve ever come across. Through her husband Brian’s struggles with cancer she has remained positive and encouraging and has always “Kept Believing” It is how the internet knows her, she is the believer and she reminds us all…
It’s a Shopping Spree! Click for details… OH Mommy from Classy Chaos, Jill from Scary Mommy, Marinka from Motherhood in NYC & I are co-hosting a joint recession-busting giveaway! If you’re like us, you’ve been tightening your financial belt so much that you have a 22 inch waist by now. We’re here to help. One…
I go every couple of weeks to get my caterpillars eyebrows waxed at my local nail place and while I love these people and how sweet they are to my kids, they’re starting to give me a bit of a complex. I enter to chiming cowbells and enthusiastic greetings and “Warren” leads me back to…
Did you do that in the proper Newsies voice? In case you: A) Don’t live in Chicago B) Don’t follow me on Twitter or C) couldn’t hear my screams from here Then you might have missed this on Friday Don’t see it? Let’s take a closer look shall we. Feel free to scream. I did….
While reading the gloriously heartbreaking and beautifully eloquent post by Mr. Lady, which you must read and then come right back here, or stay here and then go there, whatever I was reminded of something I had written 3 years ago after we lost my mother in law. I wrote it for her mom, Grace,…
I know, I know, totally unoriginal to do the obligatory round up/wrap up post. But it’s fun and I loved scrolling through the archives and reading back through the last year. I’ve picked a post from each month that either I think is my best, is part of a favorite memory or just spoke to…
We have many stories in my family. Being southern, being Texan and being a part of a family that makes most sitcoms look boring, well… you do the math. There’s the one about the moonshine eating through the floor at my Dee’s 90th birthday. There’s the one about the New Year’s Eve and mom and…
After cooking, cleaning and running around like a madwoman from 6 AM to 9:30 AM this morning in preparation for a day of sweets, friends, kids and fellowship, I realized that I had about 10 minutes to get out of my pajamas and into ‘real’ clothes. So I darted back to my room, started changing,…