The Busy Life of a Single Mom

If you’d like to win a great piece of little girls’ “chick lit,” go check out another of my blogs, All About Kimberly.  The contest ends tomorrow (Sunday) though so you’ll need to head over there quickly.  The books is called “A Little Bit of Faith” and is the first in a series from the [...]

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The flashlights are on the dining room table along with extra batteries. The rechargeable lanterns are charged. Cell phones are charged. Unused electronics unplugged. Freezer stocked with food. Laundry Done. Dishes done. Only a half tank of gas, but won’t drive more than 15 miles max in the next 3 to 4 days. Extra Candles [...]

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I would never wish for anything such as Gustav, but I’m actually very thankful that it is in fact hitting during a holiday. Because we are out of school for Labor Day, I’m able to sit here and watch and stay educated. It’s horrendous to see the damage caused by this storm. They are projecting [...]

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I’ve been out of town for THREE nights, and it killed me.  I couldn’t stand it. When I called home yesterday, I actually teared up and I could hear the tears in Cameron’s voice on the phone so I kept trying to keep my voice upbeat. So is it this way with all parents? Or [...]

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As a teacher, I know just how critical it is that our kids continue to learn over the summer, and I don’t just mean the things we learn on vacation. Yes, those are important skills, but we need to encourage them to continue reading over the summer and practicing their math skills.  When school does start back [...]

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Today is a very rare June Texas day. It’s a mild temperature that doesn’t require the use of the air condition.  So today we have sat around the house playing with the windows and door open. We now have a new guest – a pretty little bird.  It’s stuck in the house. Flying around – [...]

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Yes. I know (and I apologize), I haven’t been around much. It seems things keep getting in the way of my downtime, but I will have lots more now because starting today I am officially on SUMMER VACATION!!!  Can you tell I’m excited?   We actually got out on Friday, but I didn’t consider myself [...]

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I just got an email and wanted to share it with you.  Toys R Us is advertising that they will have more Wiis than ever before on Sunday, and you can preorder them now (in store). (Wii console requires a $200 deposit at time of reservation. MARIOKART Wii requires a $5 deposit at time of [...]

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Well I continued looking for ways for our family to be friendlier on the economy and found something interesting I thought I would share concerning recycling glass. I read that one glass bottle takes millions of years to degrade if buried in a landfill. Millions of years! Isn’t that creepy?  Glass Cullet is recycled glass [...]

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Ok. Well I started to say a great night, but I can just imagine what would have been crossing people’s minds so I’ve modified the title. First, Cameron had a softball game last night and she won 25 – 6!!  It was so amazing, and we were so excited that we just had to take [...]

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