Somewhere In Between Dirty & Nifty
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under EducATE
Many of you that are reading this now are in the stage “between Dirty & Nifty” … no longer thirty but not quite fifty. It’s an important time of our life where we are realizing that we are becoming just a bit “wiser.” Not “wise” like our grandparents — just maybe a bit sharper [...]
Healthy, Fit & Fabulous!
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under CaptivATE
Ahhh … It’s summertime and, with that, we often feel more pressure to be healthy, fit and fabulous! Yet, with the craziness of summer break and packing for weekend get-a-ways, this is the time when we are most apt to skip a workout or grab an unhealthy snack as we head out the door. Well, [...]
Fit To Be Tied Friday
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under Fit To Be Tied Friday
Last week I attempted to call my girlfriend thinking that I could actually carry on a conversation with my kids at home. Why is it that kids can be perfectly content playing independently on a whole different floor of the house, but the second you get on the phone — they gravitate toward you? Have [...]
Birds, Bees and Me
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under EducATE
Every summer, I take a little time to have “a talk” with my son.
I was inspired by a dear friend who shared how she used to have “grown up time” talks with her son each summer as he grew through the years. She started simple with a very basic “bees” talk, that continued to expand. [...]
Tags: birds and bees, bonding, son
SoMo’s Amazing Celebrity Bodies
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under Bless Their Hollywood Hearts!
It’s officially summer and whether you like it or not, every magazine stand sports covers with some of the most fabulous celebs beaching it up in their bikinis. People Magazine just published their 50 most amazing bodies issue and we weren’t surprised at who made the cut … you know, your typical young A-Listers such [...]
8 Things Dads Want to Avoid on Father’s Day
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under EducATE
It just wouldn’t be right to let Father’s Day go by without hearing from our favorite daddy blogger. Confused about what your husband wants on his special day? In this post, The Life Of Dad gives us a step-by-step guide to tell us what dads secretly want (or don’t want). Hmmm … I guess most [...]
Fit To Be Tied Friday
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under Fit To Be Tied Friday
Yesterday, I was heading out of local grocery store with a cartful and 2 small kids on the cusp of darting out the door into traffic, when a man working a newspaper kiosk stopped me to and ask if I would like to buy a newspaper. I smiled politely and told him thanks but no [...]
Happy Father’s Day … MOM!
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under CommemorATE
Another Father’s Day is just around the corner and it brings back memories of celebrating my dad. As kids, my brothers and I used to race to the kitchen early in the morning in hopes of preparing the best breakfast in the world. Of course, it usually consisted of milk, dry cereal, and a squished [...]
Our Fuzzy First Child
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under CommiserATE
This one’s dedicated to all of the pet lovers out there …
My husband and I recently bid farewell to our first love, our Samoyed pooch named Chandler Bing. He was not only one of our best friends, (get it? … Chandler Bing, Friends?), he was also our “fuzzy first child.”
Early on in our marriage, [...]
Introducing “Fit To Be Tied” Friday
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under Fit To Be Tied Friday
On a recent trip to Florida, we spent a lovely day in Orlando at SeaWorld. Well, actually 2 days … one day to see the shows, enjoy the park and talk the kids out of the Shamu stuffed animal; and the other, to march my daughter back to the souvenir store to return the sparkly, [...]
