The Busy Life of a Single Mom

It seems I have the perfect title for my blog, “The BUSY Life of a Single Mom.”  Life is so busy that I feel like I’m getting nothing accomplished, my to do list only gets longer and longer.  Yep…..that’s my life.  I’ve got so many things I enjoy that are not getting much time right […]

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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 is […]

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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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Do you ever just need to blow off steam? It doesn’t make you a bad mom to sometimes need to vent and express feelings that don’t sound very “Mommy-like.”  It happens. I have times when I just need to complain, even if they aren’t valid complaints and not how I really feel.  I feel confident […]

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Well, I took a few days off from blogging for multiple reasons, but I think I’m back - and happy to be so. Life has been super busy the last couple weeks, and I think it caught up with me this weekend. I was exhausted and all that ended up in I think some emotional mess […]

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With a daughter preparing for college and myself considering going back to college for a masters degree, finding a useful website in researching colleges and a way to pay for it is really nice. PremierStudentLoan.com is one of those useful sites.
This website has a directory where you can search for schools and student loan lenders in […]

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Cameron has a friend over spending the night so we decided today would be one of our days off. We headed out to town and had pedicures. I absoutely love sitting in the massage chairs and having a spa pedicure. This is one of my weaknesses - splurging on relaxation. Today was even more special […]

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Ok. After a week of deliberation and trying to decide how we would handle the spring (and in essence the next several years), I think I’ve found a solution. Really all it took was sitting and looking at a calendar.  If anyone else is in a similar situation, maybe my solution can help you too.
I […]

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Do my children do too much? Do I do too much? How much is “too much?” It seems that I run in circles and we’re never home.  I changed jobs over the summer becaues I thought that being closer to home would mean more time together and less on the road, but it seems that […]

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What a conflict we ‘ve faced lately. It seems that not only my own child, but some of the young adults I have the most respect for, do not seem to understand the importance of being honest because it’s the right thing to do (not because you might get caught). How do you engrave this […]

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