Quotes, quotes, quotes, and more quotes

I love quotes. quotes are funny, inspirational, motivating, heart-felt, and so true about life in general. I live by many quotes. I have quotes near my desks, in notebooks, in my purse, sometimes marked in books, and I love leaving quotes behind that I find for others. Here are some of our favorite quotes in [...]

Music Saves My Soul

Songs have always been a major part of my life as well as my sister’s. Our dad was in a band as a teen and infused the love of music throughout the house. I personally grew up with piano and voice lessons since I was 5. “Recording” music on my own as a kid and [...]

Notes from Farrah will be changing…

Notes from Farrah will be changing slightly. After some thinking and spending time with my sister, a recent widow and mom of 3 (soon to be 4), I decided I wanted to do more with her. Not only that but I definitely needed to wake up this space some more. I’ve been feeling a bit [...]

Oh here we go again…a new adventure…

Wow, you’d think the end of the world really DID come since I’ve been MIA from here since May 21st. But then, life has changed for me since then…So much has been going on. There are moments I feel like I must look like Regan MacNeil from The Exorcist. Yeah, remember the head spinning?? There [...]

Don’t Let After School Activities Ruin Your Family’s Health {Guest Post}

This guest post was written by Gail P., who is interested in obtaining a forensic science education through online classes. The after school activity has its benefits: it gives kids something to do with their downtime and often yields opportunities that schooling alone doesn’t, it provides parents (and especially parents of younger children) with less [...]

The jiggles… {#Mamavation Monday}

I just came to a realization. One that sabotages every single effort of weight-loss in the past and one that ALMOST got to me this round while I was sick physically and probably emotionally the past 2 weeks… When I begin to lose the inches, my skin gets softer and of course jigglier in some [...]

ME Time!

Thanks to Crystal Light for sponsoring this post. To learn more about how Crystal Light can flavor your day with 30 refreshing flavors, visit http://www.facebook.com/crystallight. You wake up early, you rush through the morning, rush through the day whether it’s as a working parent or stay at home parent, chauffeur kids around to extracurricular activities, [...]

Opening Night is Coming Soon!

Oh boy are the kids excited for opening night of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey’s Circus this coming Wednesday!  OK, so maybe I am too… I can’t wait to watch all the fun and daring acts as well as see all the fascinating things the animals can do. Little One tells me she [...]

The Circus Is Coming! {Ringling Bros. Discount Code}

The Ringling Brothers circus is coming to the RBC Center in Raleigh, NC VERY soon! Since the late 19th century, the Ringling Brothers was THE circus to see and when they later merged with Barnum & Bailey they became the largest circus in all towns. The kids are stoked, I’m stoked, and even hubby’s kind [...]

Johnny Cash Thanksgiving Prayer

Have a safe and blessed Thanksgiving! May your tummies be filled with an abundance of food and may your souls be filled with an abundance of warmth and love. I thank the Lord for my family, my friends, my health, and the love he has for me. We’ve come to the time in the season [...]