Spend any length of time with her and you’ll quickly realize…she’s a stinker!

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Oh guys, these are some fun ones this week!!!

Date Night

Hilarious!  Absolutely Hilarious!!!  But really, did you expect anything different from Steve Carell and Tina Fey? But I think my husband was actually most excited when he found out that Mark Walhberg also had a role in Date Night.  He’s kind of Tim’s role model (I like to call Mark his man-crush).

Date Night is about a married couple, Phil and Claire Foster, who realize that they have settled into the hum-drum monotonous routine of their marriage and lives.  In an effort to jazz things up a little, they head into the city on their date night to one of the hottest restaurants.  When they take someone else’s dinner reservation they not only get a great meal, but they also get a night they are sure to remember! Read the rest of this entry…

Sometimes I’m flabbergasted at what comes out of my 2 year old’s mouth!  She definitely loves to mimic people and repeats everything she hears.  The astounding part is how she is so good at using those words and phrases in the best context!  Here’s a little conversation she had with her daddy the other morning while he was in the bathroom getting ready for work.

Zoe: Two towels.  Two towels, dad!

Tim: Yup, towels.

Zoe: Two towels! One. TWO!

Tim: Yes, two towels.  Good Job.

Zoe: Yeah! Dats your towel. Two towels!

Tim: Thank you Mr. Obvious.  Two towels.

Zoe: I Zoe, dad! I Zoe!

Tim:  Yes, you’re Zoe.

Zoe: Yes!  You Mr. Obvious!

The two year old had turned the conversation around on him.  And the adult was left speechless.

I received some amazing news today — I have the opportunity to attend the Type-A Mom Conference this fall! But I still need some help to make it all happen…

Type-A Mom is a conference that I was really hoping to attend.  I’ve heard great things about it and it seems like the perfect conference for me! The size of the conference is moderate (which means it’s big enough to have a great mix of people but small enough to not feel completely overwhelmed), it has a great mixture of learning and fun, and they offer an optional day of learning focusing on the business of blogging.  You can check out the conference details for yourself at www.TypeAMomConference.com.

The conference also falls at a pretty ideal time for me to go (end of September).  Being pregnant, I have to be much more aware of when I schedule things.  How far along will I be? Can I travel? Will I want to travel? Am I going to want to sleep the entire time? Thankfully I will be well into my second trimester which means that I will be totally able and comfortable enough to travel and I will be at the “energetic” part of my pregnancy.  Seriously, the 2nd trimester rocks! Read the rest of this entry…

It’s no secret:  my youngest child is my challenge!  And when it comes to food, oh boy does she like to make that challenge unbearable!  I’m not sure if it’s her age (2 years old) or if it’s just her personality, but every single meal lately has been a battle.

It doesn’t matter what meal it is (breakfast, lunch, or dinner) and it doesn’t matter if it’s something she picked out or not.  She usually gets to a point, one or two bites in (if that), and doesn’t want to eat any more.  ”I don’t like it” “I not hungry” blah, blah, blah!  I’d gladly let her just get down when she says she’s not hungry any more but then all I hear for the next few hours is that she’s hungry. And when I tell her she can go back and finish eating the food she left on her plate, then I get to hear the “I don’t like it! I not hungry” again and again and again!  But don’t you worry, she’d be happy to eat a snack!

Example:  This morning I let her choose what she wanted for breakfast and she wanted pancakes.  Ok, pancakes it is.  However, three bites in, she no longer wanted it.  Are you freaking kidding me?  It’s pancakes and you stinkin’ asked for them!!! Read the rest of this entry…

I’m excited to jump back into my Friday Films reviews and giveaways! I have some really great films on dvd to tell you about in the coming weeks.  And this week’s dvd is a great way to jump back in.  It seems like this dvd came to me in some pretty interesting timing, as I had just found out that the son of an old college friend had been diagnosed with cancer.  (You can learn more about their story at Gideon: “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”)  Now, let me tell you about the dvd….

Letters To God

I’ll warn you now, I’ll probably give quite a few spoilers here so I apologize now.  However, despite how much you know about the film ahead of time, I guarantee you’ll leave watching this dvd inspired, hopeful, heartbroken, and sad.  I cried, a lot, watching Letters To God but every tear was worth it.  (And I’m pregnant so I cry pretty much about everything.) Read the rest of this entry…

This was originally going to be a video post but it’s 86 degrees in my house (no air conditioning) and the sweat dripping off my face is less than flattering!  So, I’ll do my best without the video.

We’re pregnant.  Again.  How’s that for subtle? Wow! It feels good to finally get that out there in the open! It’s funny how hard it is to keep that a secret when you’re surrounded by such intuitive people, both online and off.  It’s amazing how many questions I’ve had to dodge!  Speaking of questions, let’s just address the basic ones:

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It has been 47 days since I’ve actually written a blog post.  (This one doesn’t really count.) I hadn’t intended to take that much time off.  I hadn’t intended on really taking any time off.  But I guess I needed it.  I guess I needed a break after months of planning Gleek Retreat.  And then, of course, there was the “plague-month” where, for almost five solid weeks, the girls and I took our turns being sick.  We’re talking the flu, colds, ear infections, double ear infections.  Super fun times.

I am actually really disappointed that, of all summers, that this was the summer that I apparently needed some non-blogging time.  I had an entire summer series planned out (the 14 Weeks of Summer) and I only made it to week 4.  I actually did a bunch of research for that series so I’ll probably do one large make-up post to catch up and, hopefully, finish out the summer.

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If you haven’t noticed, it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted here. Ok, it’s been quite a while since I posted anywhere. Sadly I am still feeling quite a bit under the weather, which makes it difficult to sit down and actually write. Most days I’d rather be curled up in bed, napping. Not exactly the best situation for summer, but oh well.

Hopefully I’ll be on the upswing soon and back to writing again.