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How many times do you pin something on Pinterest? Do you ever actually do or buy whatever the pin is? I do every once in a while. However I have decided to do something about that. I am going to actually do some of those things, create some of those outfits! Here is my first…

Self-Esteem is something that is so important for girls. I know first hand because my self-esteem has not always been the best. I grew up with a sister who was thinner than me, had longer hair than me, had more boyfriends than me, you get the picture. If anyone ever said something about how pretty I was my mom’s…

Shopping for my outfits at jcpenny was so much fun! I took my mom with me and she helped select the complete outfits, although there were a few things she suggested that was more old lady than me but not to worry. I decided that I would put together one casual chic outfit and one…

If you are a mother then you must have seen advertisements for baking your baby’s cord blood. It has become a hot topic in the medical world with the recent would be parents. The reason for saving cord blood bank is very simple. The companies who store cord blood tout advantages for saving life once in a lifetime….

Being a mom is not easy and being a mom who homeschools and works form home can be even harder. At least it is with me! I tend to spend a lot of my day in front of the computer whether it is for work or planning lessons. As you can see from my desk it is…

Once a bed bug infestation has occurred in a residence it can be very difficult, and costly, to remove. In many cases, complete eradication will require hiring a professional exterminator, but that can be extremely expensive. The best way to avoid paying that kind of money is to take steps to prevent bed bugs from…

I recently read this article about blogging successfully and discovered that while I do to do all of the things on the list I do several of them and it has begun to show lately. I feel so simply worn out and tired and there always seem to be a million things to do, that I want…

I have been a Trident fan ever since high school and I have always stuck with the original flavor. Although I have tried several of the other flavors  such as the Layers Peach+Mango but always come back to my flavor. Trident has been apart of some of my big moments in life like a spark that has ignited…

Having enough time on your hands to spend day after day engrossed in books may sound like a dream come true for a modern day bookworm, but standing before a judge accused of growing cannabis to pay for my wife’s cancer treatment, I was about to discover that the reality was far from the dream. Prison life, for…

When I was growing up all I wanted was to get married, have children, and be a mom. I wanted to have lots of girls so I could dress them in all the beautiful dresses. All of my dresses growing up were hand-made by my grandmother and each one had a special place in my heart….