I joined a great network of women bloggers, Cincinnati Women’s Bloggers, and today was my first meeting.  But, I have to say I was a bit nervous.  I still get that heart racing, face flushing, sweaty palms reaction whenever I go into the “unknown”.  But, I had nothing to fear.  This is an awesome group of women who were very welcoming and a few in the group were newbies just like me so that made me feel better.  I met one of the founders, Shannanb who also has a fun blog on her life as ...

You know it’s bad when you are jamming along to The Doodlebop’s CD in the car.  Yes, I admit it – I actually start to sing along.  I can’t sing for long since my four year old puts a stop to it pretty quickly, “Mommy, NO singing”. I’ve always wanted to be able to carry a tune but it’s just not in the genes.  Our family cannot sing; this has been carried down from generation to generation so I really shouldn’t feel so bad.  But every so often, as I’m driving in the car by m...

I got on an organizing kick these past few days. Why?  I just visited my good friend in C-bus and she had the most amazing mud room – it used to be her laundry room but she moved out the laundry and replaced it with these awesome built in lockers with drawers for shoes, places to hang coats, and bins above.  It was as if the heavens shown down from above and the angels were singing….”la….laaaa”.  I loved it.  Of course, then I had house envy, but instead of bemoaning the fact that I...

It’s been a bit of a crazy week – you can probably see why based on my title.  We watched my parents menagerie of animals (all “given” to them by my brothers, or should I say left).  Anyhow, as parents you know that it’s hard enough to coordinate all your kids’ activities, clean the house, go to the grocery store, do the laundry, and so much more (you know this list could go on and on). So, throw in some additional animals and it really is an adventure in multi-tasking especially ...

If you think playing a video game is a good idea for a five-year old, you might want to think again.  We have an old PlayStation 2.  I haven’t played a game on it for years and every so often my husband will play golf or football but other than that, it’s just been a DVD player for us. But all that changed after lunch with my Gen X brother, Marc.  He’s like, “you know, you can get the girls a cheap used game at Game Stop”.  “Really”? So off we went and purchased a Strawberry Sho...

As Moms, we envision a nice birthday party where our kids are caring and considerate towards others, all the guests enjoy themselves and the Moms who stick around can chat nicely and catch up with one other……ahhh, if only!  My dear friend recently had a birthday party at a local indoor restaurant playground and boy was she in for a rude awakening.  Their third child was turning three and she thought, “Oh, we’ll just have a nice, care-free b-day, I’ll order meals for the kids in adva...