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

I am a huge fan of Sam’s Club. I love to buy in bulk. With four kids the less I have to go out to the store the better. I love that I can buy gifts for friends, groceries for my family and huge boxes of diapers for the baby all in one stop. Secretly…

Laura Lohr is a wife, mom to a precocious six year old, a runner, a writer, and a dreamer. She met and fell in love with her best friend when she was 21 years old. She began blogging in 2004, when she embarked on the journey to her first marathon. She is currently training for…

Being a mother of four children I want to make sure I capture all the big events in my children’s lives. I started with the month they were born and any holiday. I also made sure we had family pictures twice a year. As we began to add kids I got a little less frequent…

Let’s face it allergies and colds are very unattractive. I live with a husband that has allergies. I’ve gone through moments of thinking…If I had only known….But, I have sinus issues of my own. Mine are irritating enough that I went to an ENT and had a scan to check. Nothing showed up which is…

I had the opportunity to review a Zaggora Hot Pants from the United Kingdom. I had mixed feelings knowing they were on their way. I was excited to test them out, but nervous thinking  about me in a pair of Hot Pants. I mean come on, I’ve been a plus sized woman for quite some…

Disclosure: My father painted this picture and my sister made it into her Christmas Card, being that I am not one to send out cards…I hijacked it and now I am wishing you all the Best this holiday season.

Moon Dough My initial thought was “Oh no! Not Moon Sand” and it isn’t. It’s Moon Dough. My sister sent Moon Sand to my 3 & 4 year old five years ago and it was a nightmare. I was really worried that Moon Dough for my current 3 year old would be just as scary,…

Snuggle up to that load of Laundry. Yes you heard me. I am a firm believer that you should actually want to wear your clothes. You should feel like you want to sleep in your own sheets. I grew up in a house that never used fabric softener. I didn’t even know anything about it…

This recipe makes 24 egg cups. To make this Corn Free please see * following recipe. 6 cups dehydrated hash browns (rehydrated & drained) or frozen (thawed & drained) *Corn Free: use fresh hash browns using either method Baked or Boiled 1 stick of unsalted butter, melted 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 pound ground pork 8 strips of…

I’ve been out shopping. I am usually a very frugal shopper. I wait until there is a sale and sometimes I even travel an hour away to go to discount/factory outlet stores. This time I decided to go to a boutique in town because I have worked hard. NO…I’ve worked Extra Hard! My husband said…