Ahhh, Spring Break!! For many, this indicates a break from school, a break from work, and vacation time. As tempted as I was to just get away for a few days this year, my sensible side won and I chose to stay home and play catch up. This didn’t stop the rest of the family from enjoying their break though, so this week I find myself home alone in an uncomfortably quiet house.
Once again Daddy had to leave the nest and fly out of town for the week. Leaving his two girls to the house and dogs.
You know what I'm gonna miss most someday? All the conversations in the car with my kiddos. When it's just me and one of them, one-on-one, I learn a lot about them... who they are, what they like, what they DON'T like.
All of the nutrition recommendations we hear in the media combined with all of the fancy claims plastered all over food labels is simply overwhelming. Throw that confusion on top of the task of providing nourishment to your children in a form they will agree to eat and this whole eating thing can get downright exhausting. To help you keep it simple and get it all done I want to share my “Happy Plate” concept with you.
Since when did parents get so stupid, at least that's the way TV shows, commercials and cartoons portray us. We are the idiots, and our children are more knowledgeable about everything.
While I don’t think that it is always a conscious effort, most of us definitely care about what others think. If we didn’t care at all, we just might show up to work in our pj’s with bedhead every day. It doesn’t end with our looks, either. Whether it is trying to impress the boss, our friends, or our professors, we care about the impression that we give to others, sometimes way too much. The truth is, we HAVE to care just to blend in. Those who dress in an “odd” manner, who make “strange” remarks, or who simply prefer to be individuals are often labeled as misfits or social outcasts.
We have had something awesome on the Mix 94.1 website. Each day we have a feature a guest blogger. We call them the Mommy Bloggers. How would you like to join us in becoming a Mix 94.1 Mommy Blogger?
What a weird week with the weather bringing in that bipolar blizzard, then today its was mostly on the sunny side in the upper 60’s? I’m getting whiplash, Amarillo.
But besides the weather, it was a weird week for me, emotionally.
As many parents discovered this week, snow days are fun until there's more than one of them. It's at that point, children become caged animals and no amount of movie watching or cookie baking will pacify them. So on Tuesday, while the rest of the Panhandle began to unearth itself from our massive snow, I made peace with the realization I would have to get dressed and that I would have actually go outside with my children who were, by that point, hopped up on a snow ice cream high. I even managed to capture a debilitating bout of brain freeze.
After the historic blizzard that stormed through Amarillo this past week many Moms may be reevaluating how to stock their pantry so they can feed their families a nutrient-rich diet no matter what conditions may keep them from the grocery store. A well-stocked pantry takes some thought and time to develop and perfect, but the end results will save you time, money and your health.
At every meal where a group of people are we always get asked why we are vegetarians. I used to be a meat eater like most people. I enjoyed a good ribeye, nice and juicy. I loved drenching my bread in the juices. Loved a burger, you know the kind that required a handful of napkins cause the flavors were coming out with every bite. I loved meat. I made fun of my friends that were vegetarians. I would tease my friend that was always anemic and blamed her lack of meat diet on it.
This morning, similar to many Sunday mornings, I had a strong desire to stay hidden under my covers until noon. Not that this would EVERY actually happen, but a girl can dream, right? At 7am, I begrudgingly threw off the covers and headed into the kitchen for a cup of coffee.
