Yep, you read that right… Yanni. No, I have not been transported back to the 1980’s. In fact, I didn’t even recognize the music as Yanni the first time I heard it. To be even more honest I didn’t recognize Yanni himself.
The CD that is in constant rotation is the Yanni [...]

It’s not surprise that I like gadgets… I am truly a geek wanna-be. But I’m also quite girly. So when Your Online Go To Gal (who I met at the amazing BlissDom conference) told me that she had the Geisha Poken available for purchase I had to get one.
When my cute girlie [...]

Caelan has preschool once a week for 1 1/2 hours. That’s not really enough time to go home and get anything done before picking her up so Brenna and I usually run errands. Today, however, we had no errands to run.
My first instinct was to pack up the small laptop and head to [...]

Wow! I am collecting sponsors for Mom’s Nite Out and am hearing great feedback from the Des Moines community!
I’ve got lots of great giveaways from companies like Archiver’s, CJ’s Bagels, Your Online Go To Gal & Janine King Designs!
Godiva will be at the event all night dipping lots of goodies in chocolate…
I just got [...]

While I’ve been very, very fortunate in the sickness department with my kids (don’t hate me, but neither of them have vomited yet- knock on wood) we have had our share of diarrhea from Rotavirus which, in young children, is often a “wait and see” sickness quite often including a trip to a clinic for [...]

I’m on a Dave Ramsey roll right now. Last summer when I told Doug I had enrolled us in FPU I know he was skeptical. He had skimmed through The Total Money Makeover and had plenty to say about what was wrong with it. But, good husband that he is, he joined [...]

Surely I’m not the only one who saw the hypocrisy in the government recently calling the credit card companies to the White House for a “stern warning“.
It seems that the credit card companies are “taking advantage” of people. Hmmm… I just want to look at something for a minute…
Credit card companies vs. [...]

Sorry for the delayed drawing… Things have been crazy…
And the winner is…
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
20
Timestamp: 2009-04-25 00:32:52 UTC
Congratulations Donna! Who said…
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Des Moines National Mom’s Nite Out
Thursday, May 7, 7-10 pm
At All Play (formerly In Play) 615 3rd St., Des Moines

I knew that would get some attention… Yes, ladies, it’s true, there will be free chocolate at the Des Moines National Mom’s Night Out. Our local Godiva retail store in Jordan Creek Town [...]

My apologies: there will be no recipe this week. We spent last weekend driving half way across the country and I am still recovering (not to mention doing laundry, unpacking and re-adjusting to life back at home).
What I have for you instead is a cookbook full of recipes. It is, in fact, the [...]

If you know me (or you’ve been reading me for a while) you know that I am not “green”. In fact, the whole “green” movement has almost made me change my choice of favorite color.
What I am, however, is a frugal girl who grew up dirt poor on an Iowa farm. (My parents [...]

This evening was gorgeous. It was warm & sunny; Doug pulled out the patio table & chairs so we could eat dinner outside. We had gnocchi and salad. Had we been surrounded by grape vines and eating on a rustic wooden table it couldn’t have been more ideal.
After dinner we all did [...]

I am so excited to share this with you all! The Des Moines Area National Mom’s Night Out will be held at All Play in downtown Des Moines from 7 – 10 pm.
If you’ve never been to All Play (formerly In Play) let me just tell you that this is a great place for [...]

OK, I’m exhausted, my toiletries bag is in Michigan & NBC won’t come in on the antenna so I can’t watch Medium.
And I haven’t had a chance to edit any photos from our time in Ontario because we had a great time with Jennifer & Adam and their kids. All the kids got along [...]

So… We’re home. I have much to do. Saying much doesn’t even begin to describe what I need to do… But I do want to show you something… But I had to show you these photos.
Here is the van packed and ready to go. It’s a good thing I [...]