Testing Out The New Sonicare Toothbrushes, Week 1 Sonicare Challenge

I am participating in the Sonicare Better Teeth 30 Day Challenge. Both my husband and I and our 2 younger kids ages 6 & 7 will be trying out a Sonicare toothbrush for 30 days and taking you along for the journey. Testing the Sonicare Toothbrush I had always seen the toothbrushes at Wal-Mart, but[…]

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Giving $1 Bills For Do Good Day Is Difficult And Fun

Today I had the pleasure of going to downtown Washington DC with 5 local mom bloggers and all our kids for Do Good Day. We had @ParentopiaDevra, @MammaLoves, @JessicaAPISS, @JusticeFergie, @GoonSquadSarah and me (@ScrappinMichele) plus our 11 kids. For the past few weeks, it has been very hot and sticky and really dry so we[…]

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Cyberbullying: An Interview With My Four Kids

June is Internet Safety Month and I attended several functions about cyberbullying and it got me thinking about whether my kids know what cyberbullying is and what to do if it happens to them. I decided to interview all four of my kids separately. What is a Cyberbully? 14 yr  – People who bully you[…]

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AWESOME Run, Week 3 Wrap Up, My Life Run

I never did my update for My Life Run last week because it sucked. I was so busy and I didn’t take the time to run. This week Fiona changed my routine a bit with running and I just had an AWESOME run. According to my Nike+, I ran 2.46 miles in 30 minutes and[…]

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I’m A Top 20 Mommy Blogger And I Didn’t Know It

Today, I got a surprise in my Google Alerts. There was a link to a post that said, “Top 20 Mommy Bloggers” and I got kind of excited. See…here I am, #15. Then I realized the post was from July 15, 2009. So I guess I WAS a Top 20 Mommy Blogger. The blog is[…]

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Hanes Has My Back Or My Collar This Time With Lay Flat Collars

This is more of a public service announcement because I do not want any of my readers (or their significant others) to go around with a collar that looks horrible. But, what really caught my eye about this campaign was not the collar as much as the pairing up of two completely unrelated companies. Remember[…]

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My Summer of Self Love, You In?

This summer is going to be a Summer of Self Love in my house. I spend most of the year working my schedule around 5 other schedules, making sure everyone else is on time, has everything they need, is fed, has clean clothes, does homework, gets packed for trips, is at all the lessons and[…]

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Ten Things That Make Me Happy

  1. Sunshine. It may seem obvious, but boy am I on cloud 9 when the sun is out. I notice it the most when we’ve had several days in a row where the sun don’t shine. I feel sluggish, depressed and generally unhappy. Then one day the sun shines and I feel like I[…]

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Sex And The City 2 Soundtrack Review #Spon

I have been waiting for the Sex And The City 2 movie to come out since I saw the first movie. I’m addicted. So, I was thrilled to review the soundtrack for the Sex And The City 2 movie,  (received soundtrack for free in exchange for this review). Arabian Desert Experience The soundtrack has a similar sound[…]

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Begin to Run Again to Jump My Mental Hurdle

My body really wants to run, but my mind keeps saying, “uh, can you really do it?” I haven’t convinced myself yet that I can and I know that until I believe it, it won’t be possible. Now, having said that, I really need to stop focusing on the 13.1-mile run. After 1 mile, I[…]

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