• Serve It Up Sunday: I cook out of necessity

    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> So, anyone who knows me well knows that I don't hate cooking.  I detest it.  I cook only out of necessity because, well, my family…

  • {friday finds}: 11.11.2011

    I'm certain I'd get an infinite amount of hugs if I served a breakfast that included these cinnamon roll waffles.   Yum!  {@ Chef in Training} Love these ideas to get you planning for Christmas card season. {@ Saving and Giving} Check out all these fun Thanksgiving printables — a fun…

  • Do you know what tomorrow is?

    Ok, well besides there being another fa-ha-byoo-lous edition of {friday finds} tomorrow, it is 11/11/11.  And yes, my kids have been talking about it non-stop since the beginning of the month.  It's actually getting quite annoying how excited they are about it. {Yes, that's only 2 of my 3 boys…

  • Recording kids’ violin lessons on the Bionic

    One of the most amazing things I've discovered that I can use my Droid Bionic with 4G LTE smartphone for is its amazing video recording capabilities.  Each week my kids have violin lessons on Tuesday and while my 5 year-old is learning fairly simple things at this point (since he…

  • Appliances are toys, too!

    Our 12+ year-old washer finally gave out last week.  I wasn’t surprised.  We’d never done any maintenance on the thing and pretty much ran it ragged with loads upon loads of laundry.  Hubs and I had been talking about getting a new washer/dryer set soon anyway, so it was kind…

  • Serve It Up Sunday: Busy week

    Go ahead, grab my button!Copy the code below then paste onto your site or blog! <a href=”https://mommypalooza.com”><img src=”https://cdn.savemyblog.com/fc9f650d-2631-469a-81c8-804dd1dcde8c/www.mommypalooza.com/serveitup.png” alt=”Serve It Up Sunday” width=”125″ height=”125″ /></a> Well, the good news (sorta) is that the kids are finally done with fall sports.  This means more time during the week for meal prep…

  • {friday finds}: 11.04.2011

    Someone brought this insanely delicious hot bacon cheddar dip to a meeting recently and I can't stop thinking about it! {@ The Random Memorandum} For all of those post-Christmas gift thank yous, these unique and fun thank you cards are sure to please your gift-giver!  {@ Burton Avenue} I am…

  • Welcome, November {coupons}!

    So, it's a new month.  That can only mean one thing for frugal freak-of-a-mom like me — NEW COUPONS!  Seriously, my kids were just a tad upset with me that we sat parked out front of our community mailbox for about 5 HOURS while I was pouring through this: Most…