#spon: I’m required to disclose a relationship between our site and Intel. This could include the Intel Corporation providing us w/content, product, access or other forms of payment. As I’ve mentioned in my Thanksgiving post, Micah’s school is closing its doors at the end of the school year, and I’ve really felt motivated to do some special things for the teachers and students. This may be the last time that we see or interact with some of them, and I’ve truly felt blessed to be a part of this school.  So I wanted to do something special for Christmas… I have […]

So now that you’ve seen some of the gift ideas for Micah’s teachers and classmates, and seen how the amazing gift for Micah’s classmates turned out…I wanted to share the gift of choice for Micah’s teachers. Drum roll, please…LOL We chose DIY Handmade Movie Night Redbox Gift Basket Teacher Gift Idea from Surviving a Teacher’s Salary. Of course, we tweaked it a little and made it our own…and ended up with this final result! If you’re interested, here is how we did it… First, we started out with all of the goodies… Popcorn basket (small and large sizes)– We found these at our local Dollar Tree. Although I wanted […]

In addition to finding some great gift ideas for Micah’s teachers, I’ve also been on the mission to find a great gift for his classmates. As I mentioned before, Micah’s school is closing its doors at the end of the school year, and I just feel the need to make this year be a great year. And making this year a great year includes getting some goodies for his classmates to enjoy and remember this year by. In order to find some great gift ideas, I headed to Pinterest. I can always depend on Pinterest to find some great ideas when I […]

As I mentioned in my Thanksgiving post, Micah’s school is officially closing their doors at the end of the school year…and I am utterly devastated. Micah doesn’t understand it yet, but I’m sure it will hit him hard at the end of the school year. Needless to say, I’m not looking forward to it. You see, I love each and every one of them dearly – the ones that have taught Micah in the past, the ones that teach him now, and the ones that will never get to teach him at this school. (Can you tell that I’m really sad about […]

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! We want to wish you all a very happy day with your loved ones.Whether we will be enjoying Thanksgiving with our loved ones or just with each other is yet to be determined, but we will be together and happy regardless.And I wish for you the same – health and happiness! As I sit back here this Thanksgiving morning, I am thinking of all of the many things that I am thankful for. Because there is truly so much to be thankful for! We have gone through so much this year, and I am just so grateful and […]

Before I met Micah’s father, I was the epitome of a jill of all trades in my household. I could give my car an oil change, install a dishwasher or washing machine, and I could definitely put together a bookshelf. Over the years, I got lazy…to the point where even this past winter, I was calling Micah’s father to install curtains and insulation to keep us warm during the harsh winter months.  Even on the days that he would drive me absolutely nuts, I depended on him to help me do these things that I could do for myself, but just […]

Did You Know That July 3rd is Compliment Your Mirror Day? I just found out about Compliment Your Mirror Day…and I am so happy that it exists! Compliment Your Mirror Day is all about recognizing your own beauty on the inside and out. It is about appreciating that beauty, and building up your own self-esteem. It’s so easy to lose ourselves in the every day rush – parenting, homemaker, worker, blogger, whatever there is – that you forget to focus on you and giving yourself the love that you so desperately need and deserve. We also live in a society where […]

Today is my 31st birthday…it’s supposed to be a day of celebration, a day of thanks. I made it to see another year. Typically, I celebrate my birthday to the fullest. I am just so happy that I have been blessed with another year of life.  I was up so incredibly early this morning, and I spent time writing this beautiful post about transition and happiness and the love that I have from friends and family. Instead, I spent the better part of the morning sitting in my car in the parking garage at work crying my eyes out. As […]

For the past few weeks, I’ve been in somewhat of a rut – couldn’t write, couldn’t think, I was lost…but guess what, the randomness is back! And right when it came back, Micah started to drive me up a wall. Yes, I’ll admit it. Sometimes, he really just drives me absolutely batty. But he can’t help it, he’s 2. I just have to learn how to better handle myself from losing my mind in the process. Recently, he has been on a mission to wear the word Mommy into the ground. 99% of the time, it happens when I’m on […]

As I mentioned in Moving This Weekend…Am I Crazy?, Micah and I moved to a new and bigger apartment 2 weeks ago. It was definitely an interesting journey up to the move… I was having lots of anxiety about the move, you know those questions that you ask yourself when you are making a big decision – 1. Am I doing the right thing? 2. Will I be able to afford it? 3. How will Micah be impacted? 4. Why am I driving myself so nutty about this? When I finally got to a point where I realized that I was […]