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  Another week of No Mom Talk Monday here at The Mommy Matters. If you’re looking for the button, check out the sidebar. If you’re clueless as to what No Mom Talk is about, then click here to read all about it! We’d love for you to join in and play along! Don’t forget to […]

This is becoming one of my favorite times of the week. I looove my iTouch and [in case you didn’t already know] I love my InstaGram app. I haven’t played with any others this week. Not even hipstamatic. Just my new addiction. Here are some favorites from the week:   Hope you guys have a […]

When the skies are overcast and gray And the snow decides to fall and stay… We stay inside the house, you see… Just the little guy, Thomas and me. We play with cars, we play with trains We play with blocks and we fly airplanes. We laugh and squeal and giggle and shout. Isn’t that […]

Another great week of great reads! So excited to share these with you! Make sure to head over and visit these ladies because they are all so, so fabulous. Don’t forget that if you are featured today, or have been featured in the past few weeks, that you can grab one of the little button’s […]

I have always felt like I have never measured up. Never been as good. Always in second place…or third…or honorable mention. The times in my life where I truly felt confident and successful in what I was doing are few and far between. I’ve competed and won pageants in the past; giving myself a self-esteem […]

I mentioned yesterday that we got a lot of snow this past weekend. The little guy isn’t overly crazy about playing outside in it, but he’s adjusting slowly. We took him out in the front yard [around our cul-de-sac] for a bit to play. The neighborhood kids were out and around and suddenly felt the […]

Growing up, I watched my parents work and fight for their marriage. I always assumed that the bickering, the frustration and the hurt feelings were because they didn’t belong together and didn’t care for each other. While their relationship wasn’t perfect [who’s is?] it certainly wasn’t in the shambles that I always thought it was. […]

When tragedy strikes on the news and on TV, we sigh, talk about how sad it is and we move on. When tragedy strikes at home, close to us, it’s an entirely different story. I write with a heavy, heavy heart this morning. Yesterday afternoon, a dear friend, former pageant competitor [We competed a few […]