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Only thirteen days to go. I’ve been having a hard couple of days.  I totally lost it last night and ate two hot dogs and a sandwich in about an hours time.  It was compulsive eating at its worst. I’m glad I only have low fat food in the house so the damage isn’t huge [...]

MomFaves is a new social network for moms. Moms join to share, promote and discuss their favorite products, services, recipes, activities, events and news that are of interest to moms in their local area and on the Internet. Momfaves was started by Josh and Rebecca Unfried to honor Josh’s mother, who passed away from melanoma [...]

Alaina Frederick (@alainafrederick on Twitter) of Dinker and Giggles is a wife and mom of three. She is facing a situation that could easily be any one of us. Her husband is in need of back surgery which will prevent him from returning to his work in an industrial supply warehouse for up to a [...]

Like many moms, I’ve collected recipes over the years from various sources. My family is a picky bunch and it’s taken years to settle on recipes that we all like. Originally I had hand-written index cards, a large pile of recipes torn from magazines, various sauce splattered cookbooks, and recipes printed from the internet. The [...]

Whether you are just thinking about starting to homeschool a young child or pulling an older child out of the school system, one of the first decisions you have to make is how you are going to do it. Some parents choose to use textbooks but there are other methods to consider.

So goes my favorite U2 song and it seems more relevant than ever these days. Doom-and-gloom forecasts are everywhere at the moment, and seemingly with good reason. I did a unit study on WWII last year with my kids. WWII history has always been one of my favorite subjects to read about. During a terrible [...]

The Chicago Tribune ran a story recently about a woman who has launched a new trend in at home parties. Instead of selling makeup or cooking gadgets to her friends, she sells garbage-eating worms to moms. And it’s a big hit! These are not fat, slithery outdoor earthworms either. According to the Urban Worm Girl [...]

My son brought this home yesterday and announced “It’s for you, Mom!” with a great big smile and hug. It’s something some mothers might take for granted but for a mom like me who has shed many tears over his developmental delays, it was like a kiss from God. For all the struggles we go [...]

I’ve been online since 1994 with my AOL connection on a Mac. The online world has evolved from being a haven for computer geeks to becoming a necessity to manage many details of our busy lives. We can watch or read the news from our favorite source, manage our banking, keep an eye on stocks, [...]

Many of my friends have recently joined Facebook as a way of staying connected and to share photos and activities of all the families. The upside is that it allow us to stay connected and in contact with friends who’ve moved away or with those we just don’t get to spend as much time with [...]