In an effort to honor our “sand bucket list” of activities we have done this summer, I am sending out pictures here and on social media with a #savingsummer hashtag. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram with your ways of #savingsummmer so we can do it together!
#Mamalife
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If you weren’t following me on Instagram you wouldn’t know it, but my family and I took a t big trip to Europe this summer to visit family. It was incredible! There are so many nuggets of knowledge, insight, and just plain awesome that can come out a trip away…
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It’s August. August, mamas! Can you believe it?! Every summer when August hits, I start to get a little shaky. I think about back-to-school planning, and just how many days are left without a school routine with homework and packed lunches… So aside from a bunch of back-to-school posts which…
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You read right. How, you might ask, did it get so insanely insurmountable? Like many of you, I get a lot of daily e-mails and they don’t necessarily get deleted. In this case, the account holding the 6000+ e-mails never saw the delete button in over three years. It was…
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I survived Mother’s Day: these kinds of celebrations are different for everyone. This post is dedicated for those who are missing their moms on this particular holiday. You are not alone and I am thinking of you. It needed to be written, since it would be very fake of me…
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I have lived the last seven years of my life without my father. And now almost a year has passed without my mother. And I will not bounce back. Plain and simple. Death changes you. And although I have my husband and children and my sister to love and care…
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Is it over? Are you still here? Sorry I’m so late! I seem to be saying that often these days, this time of year is always a little nuts. And you know what? I have to blame it on the Ultimate Blog Party. That’s right, it’s all Susan and Janice’s…
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Growing up, I loved basketball. If you can believe it, little 5’1” tall me, made it on the high school basketball team. I could run, I was a great team player, and I just loved every game I played. So naturally, my amazing, incredible father brought me to see the…
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It’s still too raw for me, but I wanted to send it out for awareness. StandUp2Cancer.org is worth checking out for information, education and support. For all the people who have lost someone (and really, who hasn’t?) to cancer, my heart goes out to you today and every day. And…
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We rang in the new year with a healthy dessert for the kids. Ok, ok, I will admit there was chocolate fondue to go with it. But hey, we got in our fruit!