Saved myself 3 hours and $150!
I wish I would’ve taken before and after pictures…I thought about it but wasn’t sure how good my hair would turn out. Well, let me tell you, it turned out ...
Odds and Ends
Last Year’s New Year Resolutions and This Years
I actually did all of last years New Year’s Resolutions – shocker right? So this year, it’s a little less about organizing and fixing the house (thankfully much of that ...
Our Gorgeous House – IMO: You Be The Judge.
I’ve been extremely busy getting our house ready to be sold. It’s a bit nerve wracking to ensure a house is ready to be judged. Before people start coming ...
Waiting on Phil
Right now I’m sitting on my back porch with a cup a second cup of coffee waiting to take a picture of one of three ground hogs who live in ...
I Hate Goodie Bags!
My rant: I hate making them, I hate receiving them – whoever started making Goodie Bags should’ve been shunned rather than copied. I just picture that it started from some ...
My First Encounter with the Alpha Mom
This soccer season my Hubby volunteered to be a Coach. When he first told me over the phone he was calling me from his “Man Conference” in Orlando. My first ...
Back to Nature Organic Macaroni and Cheese – Giveaway
Recently Back to Nature was kind enough to send us some Organic Macaroni and Cheese, as well as their competitor’s Macaroni and Cheese with no obligation to actually post about ...
Why You Should Blog and Helpful Tools
This week is my 1 year anniversary of blogging! This is one of the longest posts I’ve written because I’ve got a great deal of passion for what ...
12 Whys in 2 Minutes
I’m about two minutes behind Em and LilMan’s activities. As I’m trying to catchup, I’m walking from upstairs to downstairs, moving from room to room, asking myself: Why is the ...
Kids and What I Learned Today
Every major event in our child’s life is a big deal for us parents, we take pictures, make scrapbooks, blog – do everything we can to document these moments. ...
Kids and What I Learned Today
It’s the simple pleasures that kids love and they love for us to show/share with them. Tyler is staying with Grandma and Grandpa this week while he is between summer ...
Happy 4th of July!
I just wanted to pop on and wish you and your family a safe and happy 4th of July! We have a relaxing day planned — a Insanity workout, a ...
Kids and What I Learned Today
Chocolate Milk rules! LilMan was introduced to chocolate milk when he was about a year and a half. Em, when she was about a year. Ever since, it has been ...
The Advantages of a Junk Drawer
We all have it, we all don’t want it…it’s the, dare I say it, dare I admit it??? THE JUNK DRAWER – I here the psycho music music I write ...
Kids and What I Learned Today
The day started off early for a Saturday morning, 6:30am at a cabin by the lake (we had hoped the kids would sleep in since we kept them up 2 ...
Which came first Christ or the US Army?
Happy 237th Birthday of the US Army! This was too funny not to share! (although it makes me question our education system ) My husband has been serving for the ...
I got permission to be sick!
Last time I went to New York I got bronchitis. Turns out that is a hard thing to kick and easy to get again – before New York I never ...
Kids and what I learned today
I started out the car trip with such high hopes, such enthusiasm, after all I had a great and productive day. I was able to work with a fellow project ...
Select Blinds – Fantastic Customer Service
I’ve heard that bad customer service gets told repeatedly and that good customer service is only told to like 5 people; my experience with Select Blinds was just so GREAT ...
Teacher’s Gift – Scrapbook Gift Tags
This week my little boy graduates from Pre-K. His school actually had the graduation at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens! This was way better than my Grad School Graduation! I’ve been ...
Silhouette Tag and Uniquely Decorated Birthday Present
Grandpa , my dad, turned 65 this year and we had to celebrate! So we put together a small family gathering where we grilled burgers, had lots of appetizers and yummy ...
A Quiet Moment – What to do?
Happy Early Mother’s Day! Today is a rare occasion. The kids are quiet and I’m afraid to move in fear that I’ll draw attention to myself and get hit ...
Farewell to My Dear Aunt Flow – Day after
Day after update: After the procedure I woke up in a good mood, frankly I was chatty Cathy (alcohol and pain pills do that do me, in this case the ...
Farewell to My Dear Aunt Flow
Tomorrow I say farewell to my Dear Aunt Flow, hopefully. She has visited me for over 18 years now and for me she has worn out her welcome. I’m a ...
Fabulous Lists
I love lists and live off of lists (grocery, to dos, ideas, party lists, packing lists etc). I bought a special notebook just to write my crafty ideas. It’s soo ...
Hey I'm Stephanie of Grinning Like An Idiot. Grinning Like An Idiot is me whenever I do something that makes me happy, whether it is sewing, painting, vacationing, a funny interaction, just life in general. 
