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It's a habit. I get the kids in the car, get my stuff loaded in and get settled for our drive. Water comes out of my bag, cell phone located and placed in the other cup holder for easy access. Not that I'm expecting any important calls or need to be available for someone to [...]
This post contains some affiliate links. It's been awhile since I did a post on my goals for this year. I promise that even though I let the check in's slip, I have been actively working on my goals that I set in January. I feel like spring break is kicking my butt and it's [...]
Time's Up on harassment and inequality. Those words echo'd loudly during the Oscar's this year and prompted a conversation between my husband and I that I can't stop thinking about. #metoo I identified all too well with the #metoo movement. As a college student interning at a local country radio station, I was sexually harassed. [...]
This post contains some affiliate links Positive parenting has always resonated with me (and my husband) and we've tried to incorporate it's principles in raising our girls. I wrote about how we've used some of the techniques in regards to discipline here and while it's been effective, we still needed some new tools. A couple months [...]
This post contains affiliate links. I knew when I got pregnant with my oldest that I wanted to breastfeed. Naively, I thought it would be SO easy. Pop the kid on the boob and things just take care of itself. It's definitely one of those pre-mom moments where I look back at myself and shake [...]
This post contains some affiliate links. It's February. Finally. Anyone else think that January always feels like the longest month ever? And I still feel like I didn't have enough time to get everything done but that's the beauty of keeping lists and tracking your goals. I'm looking back now and realizing that I got [...]
This post contains affiliate links. It's Catholic Schools week in San Diego which almost means that it's Teacher Appreciation time. Last year, we had just started preschool the week before and I literally just had a baby so our gift was a card and some money. It was greatly appreciated but I wanted to be [...]
This post contains affiliate links. I said that I was going to be checking in once a week with how I'm tracking on my goals for the year and I missed last week. Good thing one of my goals wasn't to remain consistent. HA! I did have family in town for the last week and [...]
This post contains affiliate links I've decided that I'd check in once a week to see how I've done so far on my goals for the year. It will keep me accountable but will also give me a chance to update on anything I've learned. I'm also sharing our meal plan for the week. Have [...]
This post contains some affiliate links. When I was in the corporate world, we would do goal setting sessions for each year. Company, department and personal goals were laid out and had KPI's (key performance indicators) attached to them. I could check in on a regular basis to see how I was tracking towards things [...]