http://motheringmadesimple.today.com Tips, advice, and inspiration, simply put from one mom to another Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:59:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   I am happy to say that even with the stress of Christmas I have now had a heavy load lifted off of me... fall semester at school is over and grades have been given! I'm done until Jan. 25th. No matter what everyone seems to think I do not get ... http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/12/22/phewwwww/ I'm sure everyone at some point tries to get a nice picture of their children for the holidays... so you know what I had to go through to get this picture! Honestly, I have a gift I am trying to make and I had to have a picture of all ... http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/12/21/awww-monday-3/ If you've never combed the hair of a child that has extremely curly hair then you may not be able to feel my pain when I say I absolutely HATE combing my middle child's hair. It has nothing to do with her being biracial which is what many people think... ... http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/12/18/hair-experimenting/ I wanted to do something different with my hair and my loving mother bought me a new color. I usually go blonde since the older I get the less blonde I am! However I really wanted to try something new. Here is the outcome... of course not the best pictures ... http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/12/15/new-hair-color/ http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/12/13/the-christmas-tree-is-done/ I very seldom post pictures of myself because... well I just don't like pictures of myself AT ALL but who can resist pictures with their children? These were taken lastnight during my fiance's family birthday hour. From top to bottom is Angelika the youngest, Brianna my middle diva, and Brandon ... http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/12/03/my-kiddos/ It's that time of year again... I finally talked my fiance into dragging all of my Christmas stuff out of the attic so that I could attempt to decorate the inside of the house in between working and doing my school work! Of course I thought this would take him ... http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/12/01/tackle-it-tuesday-christmas-decorating/ Please visit http://comedyplus.blogspot.com/ for more Awww Mondays http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/11/30/awww-mondays-6/ There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace. M. J. Rose http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/11/22/quote-to-ponder/ Are you kidding me?! I really truely believe there is so much more to worry about then where people hang there clothes but of course this is why the world is the way it is now anyway b/c people worry about the wrong stuff! I don't know if you've read the article ... http://motheringmadesimple.today.com/2009/11/19/against-hanging-clothes-outside-to-dry-what-is-the-world-coming-to/