• missy mila
    Parenting

    Missy Mila Review and Giveaway

    February 19, 2014 - By 

    Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. My kids would watch tv all day if I would let them so when I do let them watch tv I want to make sure it’s something that we all can enjoy. Let’s face it. Some cartoons are just downright annoying! Hearing Calliou’s whiny voice is like nails on a chalkboard for me. I was excited to get…

  • Cades Cove
    Parenting - Go Camping - Hiking - Lifestyle

    Cades Cove Family Hike

    February 13, 2014 - By 

    In an effort to unplug and spend time with the family this past weekend we decided to escape to the mountains for the day. Where I live the mountains are our beach. The Great Smoky Mountains are this beautiful view that we see in our horizon, but rarely visit. It’s really a shame how little we visit the mountains considering how close we are. Cades Cove is the park we decided to visit this past weekend. We picked the perfect time to visit. We always tend to avoid Cades Cove when we visit the mountains. While it is a very…

  • My kids
    Parenting

    8 Year Old Reality Check and Challenge

    February 5, 2014 - By 

    My husband and I work for ourselves. Working for yourself takes extreme self discipline and hard work. Sometimes this tends to create workaholic tendencies. When you work for yourself you don’t have a set income you can budget on every month. You have to work when the work is there. And the work tends to come in large waves meaning some months we are extremely busy and overwhelmed and other months not so much. The months we aren’t as busy we tend to keep ourselves busy looking for work and billable time. So in other words no matter what we…

  • My girl
    Parenting

    Co-ed Sleepovers – Yay or Nay?

    February 2, 2014 - By 

    Last night my 8 year old daughter and I were discussing sleepovers. She’s never had a sleepover at a friends house. We’ve kept her sleepovers to just family members. I’m very, very cautious about where my daughter goes and would have to know the parents really, really well before I would even consider letting her go to a sleepover. Well last night while we were discussing sleepovers she threw a big complication into the sleepover idea. She said, “I would love to have a sleepover with *insert boys name here*.” Even though I know her best friends at school are…

  • Parenting - Home Life - recipes - Reviews

    Snow Day with TruMoo

    January 29, 2014 - By 

    Disclosure: I have been compensated for this review. Even though I have been compensated for this review all opinions and real and my own. We are officially snowed in and school is out today. Yesterday I got the call that school was letting out early for the snow so I ran to the store to grab some goodies so we would be ready for our snow day(s). I saw a new chocolate milk, TruMoo Chocolate Marshmallow. The selling point for me was that it could be served hot or cold. What perfect way to warm up after playing in the snow…