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A few of my MOMS Club friends mentioned that I’m always getting free samples and coupons, and they asked me to write down some of my favorite sites for these deals. I wrote a post for that group, and I thought maybe some of y’all would be interested in it as well.  For couponing, I

Thanks to babysitting grandparents, Paul and I had a date night on Saturday. With the kids sick all week, I definitely needed a break and some time out of the house. However, I had picked up the cold as well, and I resembled a zombie instead of a fun date. First we stopped by Celebrate

The kids had their regularly scheduled cold viruses last week, so we were stuck at home every day. Lots of Yo Gabba Gabba, reading, and snuggles kept us occupied for awhile, but by Friday we were all a bit stir-crazy. Ian took the craziness to new levels, announcing to me, “I’m going to hit David.”

Parenting a toddler is hard. Two-and-a-half is turning out to be a particularly difficult age. My days are filled with shouts of “NO!” and “You go away!” and “Mine!”  My entreaties to Ian imploring him to share or ask nicely or not play with electrical cords (!) are often met with stony silence and a

The kids are sick. AGAIN. David has a cough and runny nose and is very pitiful in general. Ian’s nose is dripping as well, so I have a feeling the pitifulness is spreading. I’ve lost count how many times the boys have been sick this year. I hate it, but I guess it comes with

On a recent Monday morning, Paul woke me up by bringing me waffles in bed. Two days later, he hit the East Nashville Farmers’ Market and brought home a bounty of locally grown food. He used his purchases to create a five-star meal of sweet potato gnocchi with honey sage butter. The Saturday after that,

You guys, things in East Africa are really, really bad. Drought has killed livestock and crops, causing a famine that is threatening millions of people in Somalia. Ethiopa and Kenya are severely affected as well. Some estimates say that up to 2 million children are at risk for starvation. I cannot imagine not having enough

Guess who got his restrictions lifted last Monday? Yep, Mister David has been given the all-clear by his neurosurgeon. We can now pick him up under his arms, give him a bath, and let him play in his bouncer. Paul and I are so much more relaxed when we hold him, and David is a

A few days ago, while nursing my six-month-old early in the morning, I was enviously reading about the weekend plans of hip twentysomethings in my Twitter stream. “Breakfast at Crema, browsing at Grimey’s, then the art stroll…….shop at Sephora, see a movie, then dinner with the girls…..Farmer’s Market, then Porter Road Flea Market, then Jeni’s