My Favorite Baby Shower Gift – Sweet & Simple Breast-feeding Journal

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New moms and moms to be can use all the encouragement they can get.  I always hope to inspire my pregnant friends to be successful nursing mothers, especially in those first few months. For baby showers I usually make a “Breast-Feeding Survival Kit” which is usually a basket filled with nursing supplies.  But, my favorite [...]

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Home is Where the Navy Sends Us

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A modern design take on the classic saying.  We’ve got prints available now in our Shop! Some of us nomadic spirits enjoy the mobile lifestyle you get when you are a military family.  We’ve lived all over, and we always try to “Bloom Where We Are Planted.”  Each place we have lived has added to [...]

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Tools for WAHMs: Mom’s Plan of the Month

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With a million things in the air at any one time, a month can fly by in a flash.  Sometimes what you need is a good step back to see the weeks ahead all at once.  That is why the third section of my “Mom Notebook” is my Mom’s Plan of the Month.  And, it’s [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions for a Creative Mom

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I like to think of New Year’s Resolutions as more like a plan than a list of solid goals.  The goal is, as always, to be the best mom, wife and artist I can be.  I figure if i get around to most of these, I’ll be okay this year. TEN:  Quality reading for you [...]

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Creative Children’s Book of the Month: The Nutcracker

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The Nutcracker – written and illustrated by Susan Jeffers I admit it.  I am partial to this story.  My mom took me to see the Nutcracker Ballet when I was a kid.  I even played one of the mice in a local production when I was in kindergarden.  When I was little I loved the [...]

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Why-Not of the Week: The Case for “Y’all”

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A couple of weeks ago Heidi Klum laughed at one of the southern contestants on Project Runway for saying, “y’all”.  I don’t blame her. Being a military wife, I’ve lived all over the country and had friends from almost every state.  I might not have my husband’s Texas drawl, or my mother-in-law’s southern lilt in [...]

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Why-Not of the Week: Write a Novel with Thousands of People!

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November is National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo for short). You, along with tons of other enthusiastic and over-caffeinated amateur novelists will be challenged to write a 50k novel in one month.  This means that there is no room for editing, rereading or dilly dallying. You have to kick your internal editor out of your head [...]

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Creative Children’s Book of the Month: Blueberries for Sal

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A true classic.  This children’s book has a warm, timeless feel.  It is not flashy.  It doesn’t have a surprise ending, colorful creatures, stickers or fuz coming out of the pages.  It is just a simple story about a little girl picking blueberries with her mother.  The illustrations are done in a single color, but [...]

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The Best iPhone Apps for Busy Moms & Dads

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I know you’re busy, so I’ll cut right to the chase.  I love my iPhone, and here are some of the reasons why.  This is by NO MEANS a complete list.  These are just a few apps I happen to have collected and use on a regular basis.  Have some better ones? Please add them [...]

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Why-not of the week: Give your body a break, Nap with your little one.

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Let’s face it.  Life with young children in the house can run at a frantic pace. As a work at home mom with a husband in the military I know mine sure does.  I can usually keep up the pace and get everything done with regular exercise, a daily schedule, morning coffee and occasional lifesaving [...]

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