Archive for the ‘Mommy Thoughts’ Category

My Old TV and The Boy Who Cried Ouch

Monday, September 1st, 2008

When I was a single girl of 22, I bought my very first television set. It wasnt flat screen (but in my heart, it was), and it was 21 inches wide. During the years that I lived alone, I had it with me. Comforting me when I was alone (which ...

Musings While Sitting in a Hotel Lobby Waiting for the Room

Monday, September 1st, 2008

I Just Realized .... ... how pretty everything is under soft and slightly dim indoor lighting. It's the way the lightbeams hit the hair, the face and the contours of the body that make people look like supermodels in a hotel lobby. Soft, yellow light softens the features and makes one ...

Dollhouses and Other Princess Things

Monday, August 25th, 2008

We all know about princesses and little girls, don't we? Now that I am a mom, I am convinced that ALL little girls dream of becoming a princess someday, or even now believe that they are princesses who deserve all pink and fluffy things. There is a section in any mall ...

What it Takes to Put Up a Netshop

Monday, August 25th, 2008

One of the most lucrative business right now all over the country is the internet shop. Everyone now goes to the internet for research, mail, connecting with friends and making even more friends. The wealth of information now being converted to electronic data is vast, and entrerprising moms can cash ...

Mommy Exercise: Have You Been Running?

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

As a stay at home mommy, going to the gym every once in a while is easier said than done. Sure, we don't have to go to the office daily, and we have more time to sleep, but planning an exercise regimen could be one of the challenges facing us. ...

A Work At Home Mom’s Sentimental Prayer

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

When I first decided to leave my job and be a work at home mom for real, I was very scared. There's a part of me that's doubting everything I was doing. Until I opened one of my pregnancy books and started a prayer written there. Here's a part of ...

Sentimental Thoughts on Motherhood

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

In another life, I was carefree and relaxed. No one could tell me what to do. I was a brazen lady willing to take on anything, go wherever I wanted. I didn't have toys thrown at me, before being begged to fix them one by one. In another life, I ...

Summer Businesses Now on Hibernation

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

I was researching a sponsor's (Shasta Pools ) promotion when I chanced upon the businesses of my neighbors in the yellow pages. They own mini-resorts, which in our community, simply means more affluent families in the neighborhood renting out their pools and gardens to other families who don't want to ...

Self Soothing and Baby Sleep

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

I've been reading some mom's magazines and stumbled on an article on self soothing. I had to smile and remember how AJ does it, only I never knew that there was such a term as self soothing. When we go to parties and he feels so sleepy, I noticed that ...

MBC Kitchen: Homemade Baby Food Recipes

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

You don't have to be a gourmet cook to prepare your child's first food. As a working mom, I have relied on the formulae of cerelac or the other powdered baby foodstuffs, but with a twist. I add his milk formula instead of water and grate some cooked (blanched) veggies ...