I wanted to send a big thank you to To the Nth, who deemed me worthy of 2 fabulous bloggy awards! The First Award is the “Best Blog Award.” As a lucky recipient of this award, I am obligated to pay it forward to recently discovered blogs. Since I’m new to the blogging world, this wasn’t an easy […] Read more…
Operation: Renovation
Day 33: SPRUCE UP MY BLOG Every now and then I like to change things up. Not major things (the military takes care of that for me). Just minor aesthetic things. My hair color. My lipstick. My nail polish. Sometimes I look in the mirror and think, “I need a change.” I feel like I […] Read more…
Operation: Individualization
Day 32: SPEND QUALITY ALONE TIME WITH EACH CHILD Big C had Mommy all to himself for 3 and a half years before Little C came along and ruined it all for him. Unfortunately, Big C doesn’t remember those 3 and a half years. All he knows is that his little sister, the high maintenance […] Read more…
Wordless Wednesday
A MOMENT OF PEACEFUL SIBLING LOVE (even if it was a Mommy-enforced round of the Quiet Game) This post has been linked to: “Wordless Wednesday” hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom Read more…
Operation: Evaluation
Day 31: GO BACK AND EVALUATE A MONTH’S WORTH OF GOALS Yesterday was my 30th day of challenges. So basically I accomplished 30 New Year’s Resolutions in 30 days! Not bad if I do say so myself. With any attempts at goal-setting, one must periodically step aside and evaluate those goals. I thought today I’d […] Read more…
Operation: Conservation
Day 30: CONSERVE ENERGY My last gas bill was astronomical. My power bill wasn’t much prettier. Even my water bill was higher than usual. I realize the weather has been colder, and the heat has been working overtime, but it made me think about my energy conservation habits (or lack thereof) and the contributions those […] Read more…

