• Relaxation! Why? Where? When? How??

    Stress. Everyone has it. It’s dealing with it well…… ya know…… that is stressful as well!! Don’t even get me started on “Mom Guilt” HOLY GUACAMOLE Batman that one goes on forever even when your baby is 37!! Years (not months!!) HOWEVER!!!!!! If we don’t take time out for ourselves the stress is harder to manage; you keep everything bottled up inside until you explode. For me it means yelling at Alice over something so minor that I normally wouldn’t  even phase me. There is nothing worse than hurting a little one’s feelings. (ahhhh remember the MOM GUILT!?  Yeah… that’s one of mine!) Where to relax. One of my favorite places…

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    Amazon Prime Day Is Coming July 11!!

    Christmas in July??  More like Black Friday in July and in front of your computer even!!  I do LOVE Black Friday!! This is the third annual Amazon Prime Day beginning 9 PM ET July 10, 2017 This is the perfect day for Prime and NOT Prime members to score some amazing deals!! Wait….. what?  NON Prime members?? YES!! This is a no-brainer since Amazon offers a 30 Day Free Trial on their Amazon Prime service why not sign up now and see if you like it?!?! 30 days later if you aren’t hooked like I am, no harm just cancel! At least you scored Prime Day GOODIES!! Sign up for a…

  • Paper, Paper, Paper! Shoplet Has It ALL!!

    There are 53 days left of summer vacation for 6-year-old Alice. Yes, I have counted. Yes, I have marked it in my calendar. YES! I am still struggling to keep her doing an hour of schoolwork a morning but let me tell you; this kid is wicked smart but her penmanship…. well, it did not keep up with her math skills. Writing in a plain notebook gets boring so I headed to Kids Activities Blog (a great site when you have kids!) and printed out several letter worksheets for Alice to practice on. The folks at Shoplet (don’t forget to use Rakuten for 2% back!) once again have PERFECT timing.…