Monthly Archives: January 2011

Tonight was a hard night for me.  This post will be a hard post to write.  Not because a child was sick, or hurt, or because anything really dramatic happened.  But because I had to break a child.  Or, a child's habit.  A habit I helped her create, helped her hone, and realized was out [...]

Well GUESS WHAT?!?!  I entered this essay into the "Centrum's Most Energized Woman" contest in honor of Leanna Loud, a woman I admire and respect immeasurable!  Lo and behold, this essay was selected as one of the top 5 Finalist!  Out of over 700 entries, my little 298 words and Leanna's story, led us to [...]

<center><a href="http://www.beckhamandbloom.com"><img src="https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x119/MSAJMG24/Google/retro-2-1-1-1.jpg" alt="B&B Button" width="125" height="125" /></a></center>Hi Guys!I am honored and thrilled to have been asked to Co-Host the Mixed Bag Monday Blog Hop again this week along with Vic, Ashley, and Lindsey from For The Love of Blogs!Before you add your link(s), please stop by and follow all of the hostesses sponsoring this [...]

Six weeks in, and I am down another 2.6 pounds this week to 162.5!! That is minus 9.4 total!I am very excited to report I have lost 5% + of my body weight and my next goal is 10%, or 154.7!I did not get to do my fabulous work out video at all this week, [...]

I have been a mom for a while now.  Well, four years.  Which feels like a while.  But probably not to a mother with a 21 year old.  So, I guess I've just been a mom for four years now.  Plus the pregnancy, if you want to count that. In those four years, we have [...]

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I have certain inalienable rights.  Rights that are mine alone and have been since my birth.  Rights that I cherish and fight to keep at all costs.Or at least I did...  until I had children.Now I have no rights.  I have been stripped, down to the bare carcass of my being, used only to serve, tend to, [...]

Hi All!I don't normally blog about hops but I met the BEST people at this one last week, so I had to share it with all of my blogging friends!Hop  on over to SmartandTrendyMoms.com and join in the fun!If I have not already followed you from this hop, please leave me a comment and let [...]