MnMSpecial - Becoming a Healthy, Domestic-Skilled, Mid-West Mommy of 4 kids One Recipe, Story, Review & Giveaway at a Time!

Growing up my grandmother always made a dish called new potatoes and peas. She made it all in a creamy white gravy and it was my absolute favorite thing to eat at her house, well that and the frozen sweet corn she had available year round. She has passed on, but my memory of these…

This week has been filled with a lot of tears. I have been almost an emotional wreck strung together with a thin thread of I don’t want my kids to see me cry moments. I’ve cried because I finally made it home. I’ve cried because I’ve dropped 36lbs from the heaviest pregnancy weight. I’ve cried…

I first noticed something was wrong after our first baby was delivered. My husband disappeared for hours…at the hospital. Where on earth did he go? Did he miss the memo that our 10lb + baby was over my weight restriction limit, hahaha. I found out that he was downstairs in x-ray being examined for possible…

When my husband was still in the Air Force we didn’t really have a choice where we went for medical care. We were all assigned to a clinic and only certain doctors were assigned to the squadron my husband belonged to. They were pretty sterile rooms with the medical team wearing plain green scrubs, dress…

Wordless Wednesday 5/25/11 This has need a little words. This is Cord (2). She decided to jump on the bed last night and landed on my laptop sending her tooth through the edge of her lip, needing a stitch. I rushed her to the Urgent Care and the doctor told me it would be fine…

I sat up till 2 am wanting to post this right away, but it was 2am and my husband was already in bed. He said I could, but I was worried I would keep him up. So far today has been productive. I’ve showered, done my makeup and hair, took the big kids to the…

One of the not so fun thing about being a mom is the responsibilities that come when running a house. I know I have been guilty of the thought..my husband really doesn’t care what the house looks like, he isn’t even here much. And thus begins lesson 2 for living in a house of Chaos….

As some of your know we moved back to the state (different area) we lived in over a year ago within the last month, sending me into a fury to find a new OB doctor. Like anyone want’s to purposely switch doctors at the almost end of their journey. I’m lucky enough, however, to be…

Chaos –noun 1. a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order. Do you live in this statement? I do. I have. I hope not to continue on. If you know me in real life, then you know I am completely unstable…well, that is to say…I feel unstable. I move….

It occurred to me the other day that I have no need to buy a baby book. Why would I need one, I receive free updates daily including names right here on my blog! With hundreds and thousands of names to choose from out there in the world. I don’t have to feel limited. People/computers…