It’s been forever since I made a CHBM collaboration post! But since I am NaBloPoMo-ing, and trying to get back into the swing of things with all the bloggers and blog groups I love, I figured this was as good a time as any to jump back into the fray.

This weeks’s topic is “Hardest Words To Hear From A Friend”.

I confess I’ve been very lucky in ( Read more... )

This week’s collaboration theme is to take the following quote and write our thoughts, experiences or how it applies to our lives on our blogs:

A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan

I, as most mothers, I imagine, can indeed relate. Now, if ( Read more... )

First off, it goes without saying that my kids are my proudest accomplishment. Hands down. However, since we’re all mamas, of course we’re all proud beyond words of our kids. So this point is really rather moot, don’t you think?

As for me…it’s kind of hard to come up with a ‘proudest accomplishment’ when you really feel that you have not ( Read more... )

This week’s recipe rally focuses on kids’ recipes.

Of course, my kids are teenagers now and can pretty much make anything they like on their own. It’s been quite a while since I had smaller kids to work with, but homemade pizzas were always a big hit at my house. Still are. But there were times when I just didn’t feel like making a homemade ( Read more... )

The Color Blue is…

the color of my tattoo angel’s wings:


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This week’s collaboration theme is Childhood Dreams.

This is a really, really hard one for me, because I am, and have always been, such a dreamer. There are many types of dreams, hopes, and aspirations a person can have, so I chose to focus on what I thought I’d be when I grew up.

In the first place, I don’t really remember having too many ‘I ( Read more... )

This week’s recipe them for the Crazy Hip Blog Mamas Recipe Rally is Hamburgers.

My recipe certainly isn’t anything special, but I am a picky eater who is trying to get healthy, and I live in a house of mostly picky eaters that I want to keep as healthy as possible. This is just how I like to make them.

I prefer my burgers made on the grill, but a ( Read more... )

The first of two late CHBM-related posts is Photo Friday from 7/27: Beachin’ It.

Since I don’t have any pictures of my kids, or my kids and myself, at the beach, I am using a photo taken during my recent all-girl beach trip to Florida. (Go read all about it if you have time!)

This sums up what the beach is all about for me - sand, sun, cute flip- ( Read more... )