Archive for February, 2010
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Paris told me that she has her first confession she needs to attend next week at her school which is a catholic school. And she said, “But I don’t know what I’m going to confess.” And then all the memories of my early church going days flooded back. My mother use to take me and [...]
Top Five Tricks for Cooking Healthy on a Budget
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010We all know that a meal at a nice restaurant is more expensive than cooking at home. You may also know that daily fast-food meals add up quickly, and there are of course the inherent health consequences to choosing drive-thru dinners.
What you might not know, is that in your efforts to save money by eating [...]
Talking to your kids about dating and relationships
Monday, February 15th, 2010Talking to your kids about dating and relationships
Frankie Ortega with the Chonicle proposed an interesting question on momhouston.com recently. She asked what do you say to your child after their first break-up.
I can vividly remember those conversations with my kiddos.
The conversations that I had with my kiddos may not be exactly what the therapists [...]
Letting Let Our Kids Be Kids
Sunday, February 14th, 2010“Stop running!”
“Get out of the water!”
“Stop climbing on that!”
Sound familiar?
If you are anything like me, even with my best intentions to make sure my son hears plenty of “Yes’s,” he still get his shares of “no’s” and “stop that.” Probably more than I would like to admit.
Yesterday we arrived at Disney World…the happiest place on [...]
Profound Life Lessons from the Lightening Thief
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Last Night we went to see the lightening thief. My 11-year-old daughter LOVED the books and begged for her reward for having straight A’s and once again being on the honor role to go on opening night. I had agreed and then the snow warnings were all over the TV. I had already bought the [...]
Washington Needs a Co-Parenting Class
Thursday, February 11th, 2010I have never used this blog to make a political statement and I am not about to do so today. I personally do not care if you are a Republican a Democrat or and Independent. I don’t care if you are a card carrying member of the Green Party, Brown Party, Yellow Party or Chuckie [...]
Am I really carrying a kitten umbrella?
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Much like the tween stage for kids turning into teenagers, I think there is also an in between stage for women who are in between 30-40ish. Maybe we one day look in our closet and see some clothes and shoes that are more conservative then we ever thought we would wear but then we also [...]
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