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Confessions of a Single Mom

When they placed my son in my arms over four years ago there were some things I swore I would never do. As a single mom it got harder to keep all those promises to myself and as guilty as I feel, I have done a fair number of them. So here it goes, here are a few confessions from a single mom. This morning my son had chips for breakfast. We were a half an hour late for church, his shoes were on the wrong feet, I couldn’t find my keys (as usual), and I had to gather all … Continue reading →

Confession: I Love Christmas Creep

I love Christmas Creep. You know what it is. It’s the Christmas carols playing on the radio since before Thanksgiving. It’s the lights that have been up since Halloween. It’s the house that I walked by the other day in the dark. I fell in love with the owners right away. You see, they had their Halloween spiderwebs up with Christmas lights underneath. Pure joy. I also love the baking. I mean, come on, who doesn’t like baking? I have type 1 diabetes and eat a gluten free diet that incorporate large quantities of veggies and fruits, and I still … Continue reading →

Enter the “Crock Star Confessions” Sweepstakes

It is now the middle of October. If the Fall weather hasn’t arrived where you live, it is likely to be there very soon. This is the type of weather that makes people want to use their crock-pots. It is also time to enter the Crock-Pot “Crock Star Confessions” Sweepstakes. You might think that a sweepstakes by the company that makes Crock-Pot, “the original slow cooker”, would involve recipes, cooking, and photos of the food that you cooked in your crock-pot. There are several other sweepstakes going on right now do require people to cook food, and to submit their … Continue reading →

How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. For Your Children

Product: How to Have a H.E.A.R.T For Your Kids by: Rachael Carman Target Audience: Homeschool Moms Format: Book Publisher: Apologia Cost: $13.00 After being a homeschool mom for nine years I can tell you all about the ups and downs. I can share the tears and the joy. I would tell you that my homeschool is based on God, excellence, and academics. I would tell you my focus is on family and training up young soldiers for God’s army. While I mean every word of it if you came to my house on a trying day you may not see … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the Winners of the Homeschool Blog Awards

Well the votes are in and tallied! The winners of the 2010 Homeschool Blog Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all the hard working bloggers on the list. I highly recommend visiting all the winners. Stop by and congratulate them or stop by and see what made them a cut above the rest. Homeschooling is best done with the love and support of others who are working in the trenches. You will be surprised how much you can learn and how much you can be encouraged by reading some great homeschool blogs. Many on this list are my some of … Continue reading →

Confessions of a Messy Scrapbooker

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I am a messy scrapbooker. I like to start with my space neat and tidy, but by the end of things, it is a disaster area. Truly. Yet, I think some people might look at my pages and think I am a messy scrapbooker on my layouts as well. I love my style of scrapbooking, but I can appreciate that others may not. So here are a few of my confessions for what I believe make me a messy scrapbooker. I hate straight lines. To get out my ruler or my paper cutter means I have tried several times to … Continue reading →

Confessions of an Emotional Eater

I must confess something. I am an emotional eater. It almost feels like I should say, “Hello, my name is Stephanie and I am an emotional eater.” The great thing about confessing this, however, is to know that I am not alone. We may not talk about it much but there are others out there. So welcome to my club. I have always known this but perhaps never really admitted to it. I think emotional eaters tend to do that. We may come with up excuses or reasons for eating when we aren’t really hungry but never come to the … Continue reading →

Confessions of a Foodie Mom: ‘Tis the Season

No doubt about it, December is Foodie Season! This is the season where there are so many good foods around to try, including some that are often only served this time of year. For a Foodie who loves trying new foods and is also emotionally attached to serving ALL of the old ones, it’s going to be a challenging month for weight loss. It doesn’t help that the season is so busy. I’m juggling gift lists, ingredient lists, cookie exchange servings, contributions to various potlucks, and more. The last thing I want to do is list what I’m eating, or … Continue reading →

Confessions of a Foodie Mom: Red Lights and Half Doses

“You wouldn’t take only half the medicine your doctor ordered,” said my weight loss book, The Complete Beck Diet Solution. Why, Dr. Judith Beck continues, would you expect to lose weight by doing some of the things you need to do and not others? Well, it seems logical to me that I’m better off implementing some healthy behaviors than none. In fact, Beck herself encourages people to change one habit at a time. Her plan, though, calls for changing several habits before officially entering the weight loss phase of the plan, which does involve carefully sticking to a planned diet … Continue reading →

Confessions of a Foodie Mom: The Good Mood Diet Review

The Good Mood Diet, by Susan Kleiner, is a book this “Foodie” mom has found helpful. Kleiner is a registered dietitican experienced in working with both weight loss groups (which included people with chronic illnesses) and also professional- and Olympic-caliber athletes. The jacket blurb says: “One day to feeling better than yesterday; one week to erasing depression ; one month to lasting weight loss!” Normally such hyperbolic statements make me avoid a book, but incredibly I found the first two statements fairly true—I was in a much better mood with much higher energy after several days following Kleiner’s advice. (I … Continue reading →