• Like Mother, Like Son.

    Nathan came home today from school and informed us that he'd won a spelling bee in his class.  And, he was even more excited that because of his win, he would be competing in the school spelling bee on Friday.  I nearly jumped into the ceiling with excitement!  You see,…

  • Project 365 – Day Thirteen:: Why, yes, I’ve got that!

     These are a glimpse into our bookshelves that house the boxes I use to save and store ALL of the kids' papers and projects they've EVER brought home.  Nathan has 4 boxes – one from 3 year old preschool, 4 year old preschool, Pre-K and now his Kindergarten box.  I think he…

  • Serve it Up Sunday: Back on the Bandwagon

    Go ahead, grab my button!Copy the code below then paste onto your site or blog! <a href="https://mommypalooza.com"><img src="https://mommypalooza.com/serveitup.png" alt="Serve It Up Sunday" width="125" height="125" /></a> I'm back on the path of planning meals, thank goodness!  Last week's meals were a hit with the fam and I am hoping for the…

  • FREE Purex 3-in-1 Sample

    Here's the early scoop on a FREE giveaway launching next week.  Visit this special Purex link to get your hands on a FREE sample of the Purex 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets, which I happen to think are the coolest thing since …..well, ok nothing about laundry could really be cool, but…

  • Too Good Not To Share!

    Oh.  My.  Gosh.  This was SOOOOOO scrumptiously good tonight, I just had to share!  I will say that I altered the recipe just a bit by using sugar in place of honey (I was out) and it was simply divine.  I also only cooked for about 5 hours and marinated…

  • Sucking.

    My sweet little baby Jacob has taken to sucking and chewing, and well, downright devouring his little fists and fingers lately.  He loves to just sit and suck on his two little fingers – the index & middle ones – and then pull them out of his mouth all slathered…

  • t.e.x.a.s.

    Project 365 – Day Four. Visit my Project 365 photo stream on Picasa. My new favorite napkins! My friend Heather from Heather's Happy Hour traded me these for a dozen homemade tamales today. Aren't these the cutest napkins EVER!! I'm sure I'll be using these on Thursday night for the…

  • Project 365 – Day 2

    This is my computer.  I love it.  It will be my conduit to many ideas I have brewing for 2010.  I'm excited to be working on a couple of new projects this year  – all of which will require me to spend even MORE time on my computer! Stay tuned…

  • Hello, 2010!

    Happy New Year, blogosphere!  I've decided to give another go this year to Project 365 and am really hoping to see it through this time!  So, here's my first entry!  Look at what I walked into the guest bedroom and saw this afternoon . . .   I love that Nathan…