Fabulous Lists

The Screaming Inside

I live a lot in my head, do you know what I mean? Surely, I can’t be the only one… For the past week I’ve been living Ben’s life, where ...

Ruffles Roundup

Em is such a girly girl, It’s just wonderful!  I get to dress her up like a doll in frills YEAH!!!  And I just love the look as well, it ...

Photo A Day In May

I LOVE Instagram and apparently so do a lot of people; Facebook even paid a Billion dollars to buy instagram!  It’s an app you can download to your android or ...

Simple Spring and Summer Wreath

Ben is out of town and whenever he has to go away for work I get down and (I’m not proud of this), I  seek retail therapy to try and ...

Use Honey to Stop Allergies

Me: “Honey?” Ben: “Yes, Sweetie?” dripping with sarcasm. Me: “No, pass the honey…:)”  geez Recently I went to the doctor because during a 3 day visit to New York the ...

How to draw a cute dog

It’s been a while since I’ve done a drawing tutorial…here is one of my favorites.  This little dog drawing is just great to do over and over again!  You can ...

Photographing Children

Recently I went to Blissdom (a conference for Bloggers) and pretty much went to every Photography session that I could and what I learned is one of those things that ...

Easter at Cedar Hill Farm

I love coming to my in-laws house! It’s a mini-vacation!:) We always do something fun, the in-laws always watch and spoil the kids, giving Ben and I time to ourselves. ...

M&Ms

This weekend Ben and I were driving up to his parents between 6 and 10 pm on a stormy night. Along the ride, the kids watch a movie, Ben and ...

Grinning like an idiot

Did you notice anything different?  Don’t cha just love that question? I was in New York about a month ago on business and then took a couple of days off ...

Another Naptime Creation – Easter Egg Wreath

Another Naptime creation for less than $15.00!  I saw on Pinterest an Easter Egg Wreath, it took me a bit to find the originator because it wasn’t pinned correctly to ...

Easter Came a Little Early

The kids got a preview of the Easter to come this year thanks to Hershey who were at Blissdom. The kids were ecstatic to have bubble wrap (they didn’t quite ...

Spring has Sprung – my favorite EASY flowers

I love spring and fall.  In an Alabama Spring the weather ranges from fierce devastating storms to calm warm, sunny days.  The morning I took these pictures, it was 67 ...

Travel Necessities

Over the month of March I’m traveling every week. It can be very tiring and frustrating to travel so much…getting dressed and packed to go to the airport to just get undressed, ...

New York Vacation: Museum of Natural History

New York has some of the best Museums!   I’m forever surprised that people from other countries come to the US for vacation, when we want to go to their country ...

Dr. Scholl’s – Shockingly Cute!!!

I never thought I would see the day when I would say I own a pair of Dr. Scholl’s shoes…you see when it comes to shoes I’m generally a form ...

Get Kids to Eat Veggies – Ratatouille

Recently I went to a blogger conference where I did a video for Birds Eye Veggies where I was asked How do I get my kids to eat their veggies? ...

Coughing at Night? – Rest Easy

 Guess what time the kids get sick, fever hits or wake up coughing. Always, ALWAYS,  between 1 and 5 am! Fever we can handle with Tylenol or Motrin’s help. Throwing ...

New York Vacation: Serendipity and Empire State Building

Our first night in New York together ended with a delicious dinner at Serendipity and a view we’ll never forget.  You HAVE to at least look at this dessert, it ...

New York Vacation: 911 Memorial

Ben and I recently went to New York City for a mini vacation, just the two of us.  We had a packed two days.  If you haven’t seen what all ...

New York Vacation: Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

My husband and I took off a few days of work and left the kids with Grandma and Grandpa to go to New York City.  With just two days in ...

Grow Your Blog – Blog Hop!!!

Are you ready to network?? Are you prepared to make some new bloggy friends?? Thanks to Live.Laugh.Rowe we have a Blog Hop to participate in!!! Well, here’s your chance! RULES: ...

Cupcake Painting Party – Painting Instructional Video

Last week Amanda had us over for an evening full of cupcakes, painting and good people. You could do the same and pull it off with just a little info ...

Tutorial – How to Make Basket Liners

I recently purchased some plain baskets for craftroom storage and wanted to spiff them up with some pretty fabric.  So I needed to make basket liners.  I’ve never made basket ...