With traveling, gift giving, home decorating, event attending, overeating and more, I ask you the question: Did you survive or enjoy Christmas 2014? It is a sad day in our house because we just had family leave our home today. For me, anytime our guest room is being utilized by friends or family, everything is … Read more
Today is TwinZone Tuesday where we talk about twins and multiples, and how appropriate because I’m feeling doubly overwhelmed today. Yesterday I spent 7 hours calling doctors, making appointments, filling out forms and waiting in doctor offices to finally get a broken tibia diagnosis and cast on the leg of one of my twins. I … Read more
Who loves doing laundry? How can one make laundry exciting or feel motivated to tackle never-ending piles of clothes to wash, fold, hang up and put away? I honestly love to serve my family, but these days I feel less like a serving wife and mother and more like a commercial establishment for laundering clothes … Read more
I had premature twins, I brought them home and a month later I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia. My experience of getting over walking pneumonia, which I struggled with for nearly 2 months, while caring for premature twins, was something of an unreal nightmare/disaster. You really don’t realize how important your health is until you lose … Read more
This post comes to you straight from real life. I’m writing to you with one son on my lap, another dumping leftover yogurt onto the kitchen floor while the third little darling “helps” by wiping up the mess with a stuffed parrot. In this moment, I feel like the farthest thing from a “Wisemommy”. Nevertheless, … Read more
I’ve posted about this before, but think it is such a great opportunity to recycle and save, I wanted to post again about this opportunity. Also, I thought the program might have been ending, but it is still going strong. Often my family has clothes with holes or stains that just won’t come out, towels … Read more
I’ve spent the last two+ years writing in my journal about my venture into the TwinZone. My initial surprise at being pregnant with twins, to having them and watching them grow has been every bit as emotional and challenging as possibly imagined. For a long time, I’ve wanted to share some posts to not only … Read more