This post is sponsored by the Center for Parent and Teen Communication. All memories are my own. #ThenAndNowKids #CPTC THEN How you would stare at me, hoping I had the answers for why your favorite toy was not in your lap. How you would grab my phone and want to look at all of the photos [...]
This conversation is in partnership with Stress Health, an initiative of the Center for Youth Wellness. All opinions are my own. I don't think that there are any of us that fail to understand that childhood is a very fragile time. Yes, people do grow up, memories fade and newfound maturity helps us understand incidents [...]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MyDollarGeneralWin Twisted Mississippi Mud Brownies COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE!! Sorry, did I say that too loud? Not loud enough? You KNOW I am excited. The dark days of no college football on TV are over and I could [...]
This sponsored post is brought to you by Texas de Brazil and coordinated by Wendy’s Bloggers. All opinions are my own. #TdBToasts20Add #TexasdeBrazil AD Texas de Brazil is a family-owned restaurant group that has grown from one restaurant in Addison, Texas in 1998 to nearly 60 worldwide today. Now the largest Brazilian-American steakhouse in the world, [...]
This post was sponsored by NABISCO as part of an Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. #CollectToWin #IC AD We are a busy family this year. One daughter is in soccer three days a week, another is in Volleyball two days a week - sometimes three if there [...]
**This conversation about Just Right by Purina is brought to you by Purina. All opinions are my own.** #DogsofJustRight #ad I work out, I try to make better food decisions and I try to train my brain that food is for fuel and nutrition and not comfort. Some days I do well with it, some days [...]
It is hard to believe but I am coming up on the year where I have now been divorced and a single mom for as long as I was married. I still have no regrets about kicking him out. It is still the best thing I could have done for me and my girls. In [...]
**This conversation is brought to you by Party City. All opinions are my own.** One month from now the kids will be knocking on my door, asking for a Trick or a Treat and impressing me with their fun and exciting costumes! With three kids, I know the importance of dressing up as a favorite [...]
This article on How Often Should I Bathe My Puppy? is in partnership with Rufus & Coco. All thoughts and opinions are mine. ad Puppies are fun. They are spirited, super cute and cuddly and make for the best photos for Instagram. But puppies are also a lot of work. I have not had a puppy of [...]
This post about Easy Movie Night Ideas is sponsored by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. @JurassicWorld #JurassicTeam #FallenKingdom Years ago I sat in a theater and watched as the unthinkable happened. Dinosaurs took over the world! The now famous movie that started a franchise got me thinking about the possibilities that dinosaurs could really come back again! I [...]
**This conversation is brought to you by Playing Forward Maxi the Taxi Dog App. All opinions are my own.** #Playing4ward #MaxitheTaxiDog #ad Enter the Giveaway for a trip to New York City! Who remembers the classic children's book, Maxi the Taxi Dog that was published 25 years ago? I was a little old then to [...]
'My daughter started at 9 and, I won't lie, I could not look at her in the eye the first few months. I just didn't know what to do. There had been no time, because I was in no hurry, to prepare her for it. To prepare me for it. It just showed up.' Melanie, mom [...]
