More Wine...Less Whine!
It’s not like I’m some big cook anyway, but there is one thing I will never, ever do in the kitchen. You will never find me frying anything.
Now that’s not to say that I don’t eat fried food, because it is one of the yummiest things ever invented. I even have a Pinterest board just for fried foods!
In my every ending quest to figure out different ways to jazz up my girls’ hair I discovered this amazing book Stunning Braids: Gorgeous Hairstyles for Any occasion from Work to Weddings written by Monaé Everett.
Whether sleek, sophisticated or edgy, beauty and fashion, hairdresser and makeup artist, Monaé Everett knows how to bring out the beauty in everyone. Monaé has been fortunate enough to create beautiful hairstyles for some of Hollywood’s leading ladies including Taraji P Henson, Jessica Lowndes, Gladys Knight, Mariah Carey and more. [Read more…]
You never fully understand “no two kids are alike” until you have more than one!
My husband and I are the parents to 2 daughters (13 & 6) that are like night and day. When my oldest was born she was the calmest baby ever. She slept through the night by the time she was 10 weeks old and has been pretty independent all her life.
My youngest daughter was a preemie, in the NICU for a week, had bleeding on her brain (possibly caused by birth trauma) and pretty much cried for the first 10 weeks.
Everyone always says to not compare your kids but sometimes it’s hard. My oldest was reading on a 3rd grade level when she was in Kindergarten and my youngest is struggling and still behind with her reading in 1st grade. The other night she started crying while we were doing homework and it literally broke my heart!
Here it is at the end of day 6 of #NaBloPoMo and I had no idea what I wanted to talk about. Well lo and behold I end my nice, calm day with an unexpected guests…my mother-in-law.
Typically I’m pretty good at dodging avoiding the surprise visits from my mother-in-law. I don’t think in the 14 years that we’ve been married that she has EVER called to see if it’s ok to come over. She just pops over whenever the **** she feels like it.
Now in order to keep my sanity and let her visit with her grand-kids I try to take the higher road and just ride it out until she’s gone. Some kind of way my husband finds a way to either sneak out or just happen to not even be home. It’s his mom so how in the world do I end up trying to entertain her. [Read more…]
