Thanksgiving Craft: {Give Thanks} Wooden Blocks

  One of my goals for this new school year was to make more crafts….and so far I have failed miserably. I love to be crafty, even though I am not the most talented crafter out there. But despite my lack of talent in the crafting department, I do enjoy being creative. It’s therapeutic for […]

What Does The Perfect School Look Like? #RethinkHighSchool

  This post is sponsored by XQ: The Super School Project. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I’m a mother of five teens and tweens (a college sophomore, a high school junior, a high school freshman, plus 7th and 5th graders), and so it’s no surprise that I think about the education system a […]

Running Out of Gas…And Other Things You Never Want To Run Out Of

  It was our first year of marriage. I had been a full-time college student for the past 3 years and had not had a car at school. So the wedding gift from my parents - a used Ford Tempo - was a huge treat. My biggest challenge was not getting back into the swing […]

Tackling a New Generation of Stains #ShoutItOut

  This post is sponsored by Shout®, but all thoughts and opinions are my own. Survey results courtesy of Shout®. If you had told me 20 years ago, before I became a mom, that I would spend hours (literally hours) every week doing laundry, I don’t know if I would have quite grasped the magnitude […]

Invisalign And The Musical Teenager #InvisalignMom

  I am a member of the Invisalign Mom Advisory Board and my daughter, Necco, is currently receiving her treatment for free. Tomorrow Necco heads back to her orthodontist to check the progress of her Invisalign treatment. It’s crazy how fast treatment is going and how quickly we’ve been able to notice a difference. Here […]

Teen Girls and Calcium (And Why Calcium Is So Important) #BeActiv

  This is a product-provided, sponsored conversation that contains affiliate links. I received Viactiv products for my own personal use. All opinions, text and experiences are my own. As a mother of three teenage daughters, I can attest to the fact that there are about a million and one things to worry about. Am I […]

Halloween Books for Kids

13 kid-friendly Halloween picture books

  One of my favorite things to do around each of the holidays throughout the year when my kids were little was to collect holiday-themed books to read. I always had my eyes open for used holiday books at the thrift store or used book store and, of course, we borrowed books from the library. […]

How You Can Help “Hunger Is” While You Shop #HungerIsUS

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  This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Albertsons Safeway . The opinions and text are all mine. I’m a busy mom of five kids…and that means I’m at the grocery store a few times a week stocking up on things for the fridge and the cupboards. I used to think […]

Worried About College Tuition? Let ScholarshipOwl Handle It.

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  This post is sponsored by ScholarshipOwl, but all thoughts are my own. About a month ago, I moved my oldest daughter into her new home away from home. A few days later, she started her 2nd year of college. Yes, she made it through her first year (with flying colors!) and she’s already rocking […]

Tips For Packing School Lunches That Kids and Moms Will Love

  This post is sponsored by Target. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Ahh. Back-to-school season. For moms like me, it’s a bit of a mixed blessing. When I have all of my kids at home all day, every day, it can be a little…how do I say it? It can be busy in […]

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