slow mornings, simple joys

When you come across a company named Mimi the Sardine you are completed to check it out. I mean the name alone makes you want to know what they are all about. What I discovered is that they are all about inspiration and family! Their motto is : Eat. Spill. Create. Be Happy!

Do any of you have a little girl who is active? I mean like one who loves to dance or takes gymnastics? Well if you are like me you spend forever trying to find shorts for her to wear to dance or gymnastics. Some that won’t fly up while she is twirling and jumping and…

I love being about to connect with family, friends, and business partners when I am on the go. Ok Hello helps me do jut that by giving an easy to use app. I downloaded the app onto my iPod and my phone. Next I connected my Facebook and search for family and fiends who were…

You all know how I have been working so hard to lose weight and eat better. I have a soda addiction (yes it is an addiction) that I am working on getting rid of as well. I love to drink juice especially when it is cold but I hate drinking all of that sugar. So…

How do you teach your children virtues? This is something that can be difficult for sure. It is easy to tell them about virtues, in fact my favorite saying is “Patience is a virtue.” Of course that is usually responded to with a strange look or an “I don’t anything about patience.”  Another thing is…

When we head to the lake or have a lot of friends over for picnics and barbeques there is always a ton of trash. Not to mention the recycling and some of our friends don’t recycle which means I have to dig through all of that garbage and sort it by hand. I am not…

How many of you go camping? We do from time to time. What sort of food do you take with you? We recently discovered Wise Food Storage and I was very impressed. Growing up in a military family I have had MREs ( meals ready to eat) and they were okay. Most freeze-dried food is…

PediaONE is probably a name you have heard of before, at least if you have children you have heard of them. If not let me tell you a little about them: PediaONE is all natural oral rehydration solution specially formulated to effectively replace fluid, vitamins and minerals lost due to diarrhea, vomiting, or excessive sweating.

Who doesn’t love popcorn? We do and we have been loving Popsations Gourmet popcorn. In fact this stuff was really hard not to sit down and eat the entire bag in one sitting. Talk about ruining my diet! Popsations was so wonderful that they sent us a few flavors to try out and first the…

Picture this….. You are in the store with baby and all of a sudden she drops her pacifier. You check your bag but forgot to bring a spare. What do you do? Pull out your Binky Spritz and clean that baby right there. You heard me, with Binky Spritz you can clean baby’s pacifier right…