Dear Moms

Dear Moms, Howdy! So much happened this past week! Lol wowzers! Let's see what you've missed... 1) I started school on Monday 3/5/18! Yup. I decided to go back to school by accident! It was in the midst of doing some research for my job. Let me tell ya, the sales reps are really, REALLY effective for some of these schools! 😂 Well, I ended up getting my FAFSA done only to discover I had a defaulted student loan. 😱 I then began the relatively easy, and surprisingly, actually painless consolidation process. #ShoutOut to Great Lakes ! (Only took about a month from start to finish) Regardless, I am now an actively enrolled Graphic Arts, "freshman" at Independence University . 🎓 As I was writing this post..  I got some grade updates too! I had been stalking my professor for grades all week! 2) I have been up to my eyeballs in packing materials! Okay...I'm going to come clean guys- I have been doing a whole lot of online shopping. Lol like, Wal-Mart and ...

Dear Mom's, Hiya! Well, we have made it juuuust about entirely through the first month of 2018! How'd it go for ya? Was it torture or was it smooth sailing? I/we (yes, there's a new guy I my life! More on that in another post..) into a new house here in Rockford! My skin is glowing, my hair is growing like nobody's business! I got my job transferred from South Carolina and have been maintaining a healthy 153lbs! I've already stated that I don't partake in resolutions for the new year but; with my weight the way it is I HAVE been looking into some healthy-ish meal ideas. So, in my quest to be a better me- here's some "Skinny Weeknight Dinner" recipes that I ran across from Betty Crocker ! Usually, I give you meal ideas that don't take too long- 30 to 45 minutes start to finish is ideal for me; but this first dish is a whopping 60 minutes total! It's a One Pot Quinoa with Spicy Sausage. We've been slowly easing into the vegan lifest...

Dear Moms, Meals for the TOO Hot and TOO Tired      How have you been? As for myself, I have been very busy. I have also been HOT as ever! Are you dealing with massive heat waves in your neck of the woods? If so, drop us a comment on the temperature and how you have been coping in your neighborhood. I've been doing the summer job hustle; watching little cousins and taking trips to the beach, the park, the zoo.... I'm sure you get the idea! I am also in the middle of the school supply buying frenzy! Each and every time that I enter a Wal-Mart or Target I am exiting with pens, pencils, crayons, markers and the rest! I swear the last class I took was AT LEAST 12 years ago but, I still feel like I am in school! WTF ?! Needless to say, this mama is BEAT!! I have sooooo much to do and soooo very little time to do it in! THIS is what prompted this post... How many times have you been waiting on Mom to cook dinner already and then you realize t...

5 Bad Habits  You NEED to Stop NOW That Are Causing Wrinkles !! Dear Moms,  No matter what is going on in your life,(YES, I know that the kids are making you old before your time- and maybe so is your beloved SO) if you are blessed enough to wake up every morning...you are aging. We can all try to embrace the signs of aging in our own ways; joke about our "crow's feet" and "laugh lines"- or dye the hell out of those encroaching grays. However, there may be things that YOU are doing to yourself that are making you edge further into the "Granny Zone" by leaps and bounds! Below I will give you my top five things that you can STOP doing now and begin to slow the look of your aging.  1.) SMOKING- OMG I know we have all heard that smoking is not an attractive habit period. But, did you know that it also causes premature aging? The chemicals in cigarettes destroy the skin's natural elastin (the stuff that is responsible for the bouncy, ...