May 23, 2017 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon Today I found a pair of underwear in my powder room sink. Size six boxer briefs, with the Star Wars logo on the side. They were not wet or stained, they were simply hanging out in a place where boxer briefs should never be. I was able to...
Mar 29, 2017 | From the Heart, Humor, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Kelly Hines When my friend Bridget moved into the neighborhood she was 12, just a year older than me, but at least 6 inches taller. She was beautiful, friendly, funny, and charming. She was also a Jehovah’s Witness. She was also black. I...
Mar 25, 2017 | Humor, Moms & Dads
By Rachel Hoeing I was in the mood to put together a humorous blog for our readers today. I was thinking of something along the lines of my previous Is It Just Me? blogs that I wrote long ago, but I was having major writer’s block! I felt like everything I came...
Feb 14, 2017 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Recreation, Travel & Auto Tips
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon It wasn’t exactly love at first sight, I’ll tell you that. I didn’t stay awake at night dreaming about this incredible love affair. In fact, I spent the better part of a decade loudly declaring to anyone who would listen that I would...
Dec 23, 2016 | Holidays, Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Kelly Hines, author of the blog Southern Fried Children I blame it on the tree. Of course, I caved. When the artificial tree that had been trucking along for the last decade finally gave up the ghost on Friday, and the Husband made his proclamations...
Nov 24, 2016 | From the Heart, Holidays, Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon On my first Thanksgiving as a wife, I decided to throw open the doors of my 900-square-foot house and make dinner for both sides of our newly-connected family. That I had never actually prepared a turkey mattered not at all: HGTV and Food...
Nov 18, 2016 | Holidays, Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By Heather Miller I have three children ranging from seven to three. For the past seven turkey days I have labored over a hot stove making it all. There was nothing this feast did not have. Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, macaroni and cheese, green bean...
Nov 7, 2016 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon I was frantically trying on clearance shoes in TJ Maxx, desperate for something to wear in an upcoming family photo shoot. My daughter, newly two, started to wail from her seat in the cart. “Boots, mama! I ant boots! Boots are...
Oct 7, 2016 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Heather Miller To all of the moms out there that are feeding all organic, limiting screen time, and killing school picture day, you are my hero. I honestly tried. I gave it my all. While it did not work out for me and my offspring, I think it is an amazing thing...
Aug 11, 2016 | Humor, Moms & Dads
By Heather Keenan As summer winds down I am sad to admit that our beach days are limited. I have enjoyed nothing more that spending time at the shore with my three amigos. Most of our beach days play out in the same way, and as I reflect on this I wonder if I am a...
Aug 5, 2016 | From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Kelly Hines To say that things get a little loose around our house in the summer is a gross understatement. I regularly wander into our younger children’s rooms at 10:30 at night and find them still awake. The teenager keeps a strict 12 a.m. to 12...
Jul 29, 2016 | Humor
By Heather Keenan Dear Sunglasses, I never find the time to say it, but I love you. You make me a better woman and mother. Let me count the ways. 1. Finally admit that you don’t love wearing your mom hat all the time? Awesome! No worries about washing your...
Jul 18, 2016 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Kelly Hines My oldest child has been ready to move out of the house since she was about two. She’s a rising sophomore in high school and now that the transition is imminent, she’s even more excited. My middle child, on the other hand, will likely live her entire...
Jul 13, 2016 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Heather Keenan Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Right? I mean, that is what they say, isn’t it? While this saying may be true for some things in life, let me assure you, it is not true when it comes to The Name Game. It is not cool to steal...
Jul 7, 2016 | Humor, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Sandy Harper One of the funniest memes I’ve seen on social media recently (pictured below) was “I was the perfect parent, until I had kids.” That was me! And much like any new mom I had specific ways things had to be done or not. Things had to be as...
Jul 3, 2016 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Rachel Hoeing On this holiday weekend, I thought it might be fun to run a “flashback” blog! This is one of the first blogs I wrote when we launched our website. It was written almost seven years ago! Some things from my list have changed, such as, I now...
Jun 14, 2016 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Heather Keenan Summer is here. Soon your little darlings will be looking to you, and only you, to entertain them for a the next few months. All mothers enter this period of the year with the best intentions. Our kids will not sit in front of the TV all day, they...
Jun 4, 2016 | From the Heart, Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Dennette Bailey My daughter is graduating high school this year. I wish that I could grovel about how much I will miss her when she goes off to boot camp this summer and college in the spring. I feel like I should be focusing on how much I will miss...
May 30, 2016 | Hiking & Camping, Humor, Moms & Dads, Recreation
By Heather Keenan Ah, the great outdoors. It’s so wonderful to hear the birds chirp, smell the flowers, and watch the trees sway. Until nighttime, that is. I think nature is amazing, however, I do not want to sleep in it. That being said, you can imagine my...
May 25, 2016 | From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Kelly Hines I believe that all end of year festivities should be moved to February, when no one has anything going on. I believe that teacher gifts should be limited to big piles of cash, collected by the entire school and distributed evenly. Let them go buy their...
May 20, 2016 | Humor, Moms & Dads
By Heather Keenan Imagine a traffic jam. Think about how irritable people are when they are trapped inside their vehicles. Now think about how mad they are when said vehicle is trapped in a four lane line of endless cars. Go ahead and add the stress of their children...
Apr 22, 2016 | Day Trips, Humor, Moms & Dads, Recreation
By Heather Keenan There is nothing in this world that I would not do for my kids. I love them to the moon and back and enjoy nothing more than to see them happy. So, there I was, last week, standing in a bathing suit (which let’s face it, is basically like...
Apr 11, 2016 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Kelly Hines In linguistics, code-switching is the practice of shifting your language to adapt to your surroundings. So, a English/Spanish bilingual person may switch from English to Spanish around family or friends or even in businesses where Spanish is spoken....
Mar 8, 2016 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Recreation, Travel & Auto Tips
By Heather Keenan Windows down, music cranked, rolling out. There I go, cruising around town, feeling good. Only wrinkle? I am definitely rocking a minivan. I think all of us have a love/hate relationship with our minis. There are pros to driving these mom mobiles,...
Mar 3, 2016 | From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Kelly Hines Every morning, my husband goes upstairs with his cup of coffee and sits in his special chair. He rubs a little essential oil on his wrists, and inhales it deeply. He puts on his headphones and listens to the gentle sounds of a rainforest, interspersed...
Feb 19, 2016 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Katie Moosbrugger A couple months ago I watched an episode of one of my favorite sitcoms, The Middle. Sadly that show is so relatable to me. I’m not sure why – maybe it’s Patricia Heaton who, no matter what character she plays, I find myself in her shoes time and...
Feb 17, 2016 | From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Kelly Hines I have a confession to make: Most days, I cry. Sometimes I cry because I’m unbelievably proud of my kids. My little boy is starting to read, and the pride fills up my chest and leaks out my eyes. I see them growing and maturing and becoming independent...
Jan 20, 2016 | From the Heart, Humor, Moms & Dads
By Kelly Hines This is the truest thing I know: Everyone has a story. When I was a little girl, my grandmother would often take me shopping. She was an unapologetic shoplifter, who did it more for sport than necessity. Like most things, it was a fact I didn’t realize...
Jan 15, 2016 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Recreation, Travel & Auto Tips
By Heather Keenan Done. The holidays are officially over. Now what? Beach trip planning, that’s what. Nothing gets you through the cold winter months better than cranking up the computer and endlessly researching which beach house your family will be making...
Jan 5, 2016 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Stacy Leighton “Everyone is guilty at one time or another of throwing out questions that beg to be ignored, but mothers seem to have a market on the supply. ‘Do you want a spanking or do you want to go to bed?’ ‘Don’t you want to save some of the...
