This school social media poster, hangs in the hall of one of my kid’s schools. It was one of my most interacted Instagram pictures. Dear fellow parents of teenagers. This letter is written to you by a Mom, who is considered a “social media expert.” I was thrilled when this letter from St Tammany Parish …
I am proud to be a mentor for Mandeville High School’s FIRST Robotics Team 2992, the SS Prometheus. Young kids are our future and I’m all about supporting the fields of Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM). Though I am horrible at science, engineering and math, there is room for me as FIRST mentor in …
Not sure what makes it more real, ordering the official Senior year pictures today or seeing him off on the bus for his last Cross Country meet as a senior. Either way, my first born, Drew, is on his way to leaving the nest. This time next year, he will be away at Ole Miss …
We had a crazy summer, driving over 2500 miles for my son to visit colleges on his list. The third school he visited was Ole Miss (University of Mississippi). We then went on to visit many more and this school consistently stayed at the top of the list! He was sucked in by just about …
I have been involved in many discussions about “Foster Care” versus “Adoption” (in and out of the US) and my standard answer has been, “Every child deserves a loving home.” It usually ends there as each person has different experiences and expectations about how they want their family to form and to what extent they …
Today is unload and setup day for the Bayou Regionals at the Pontchartain Center in Kenner, LA. Mandeville High School’s FIRST Robotics Team 2992 will be competing with the robot they built on March 22nd & 23rd. This robot is simply amazing!!! My high school freshman, Scott, has always been a little engineer and builder …
This robot “The Viper” built by Mandeville High School First Robotics Team 2992, catches frisbees through a feeder, climbs a tower and drops the frisbees off (maximum points). They will compete in the Bayou Regional FIRST competition in Kenner, March 21-23rd. Geaux team 2992! WOW! My 14 year old freshman son is on this team …
Seriously, my husband sent me this text the day of the concert! Too funny not to publish! UGH! My 12 year old Princess is obsessed with Justin Bieber. I kid you not – obsessed for a a couple of years and it does not seem to be fading. So when I heard he was coming …
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CUTENESS OVERLOAD WARNING!!! There are not enough hours in the day to take advantage of all the great opportunities that come my way as a blogger. Come see and play with penguins up close and personal…there was NO WAY I was going to miss that one!!! Never in my life did I dream that I …
From the famous word’s of Jerry Seinfeld, “Get Candy!” I used to have his Halloween book Jerry Seinfeld HALLOWEEN when the kids were younger (dog chewed it), and it made fun of those plastic masks with the staple and the elastic band. Yep – remember those perfectly and the eye holes never worked out just …
Actually…I kind of don’t really mean, “Momcation…all I ever wanted.” But, it was what I truly NEEDED. It has been 6 months since my Dad passed on Jan 8th and since his passing, I have not really stopped to totally decompress. I started my new company Kickify on February 1st… and life has been crazy …
Dear Little Hoodlums, I was thrilled to be asleep at 10:30 on Friday night- I’m a real party animal these days. Go on, laugh at me for being so lame. When you decided to to wake me from my sleep by playing “Ding Dong Ditch” or “Ring and Run” I laughed the first time. After …
Sir J.J. Witmeyer attended Grandparent’s book fair day at my Princess’s school, yesterday. She was proud to show him off and as an extra treat – got to bring him to class for a live show and tell on WWII. 5th graders may not know a lot about WWII, but I know he made quite …
My Mommy Van’s CD player has been broken for ages. It probably met it’s death with the little angels shoving something in there at some point. Regardless, my usual car entertainment of getting books on CD from Cracker Barrel had been disrupted and with a 3,000 mile ride ahead, Mom needed to be entertained. With …
“If you want a non-commercial, family oriented, reasonably priced, everything you need in one location getaway, The Beach Club at Gulf Shores, Alabama is for you.” ~Greta Perry~ After 4 years of living in the Greater New Orleans area, it was time to try out the Gulf Shores instead of our usual Florida vacation. A …
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