Thoughts as a Mom


My Daughter Doesn’t Use Her Cell Phone Enough

I’m sure my complaint is not going to stay true forever, but it is certainly how I feel right now. Sure, it all started out fine the first few weeks she had it. She took it with her to school (kept it off during class - after all she is just in 5th grade), called [...]

Webkinz Resources

Do your kids do Webkinz? My daughter does and boy does she love it! I have to confess that I am a bit caught up in the craze myself trying to figure out which ones are retired (we scored two St Bernards this weekend for her and her best friend visiting from Wyoming) and which [...]

Amber Alerts Text Messages

Amber Alerts Text Messages

What a great idea Roland at Chaos365 shared - wireless amber alerts.
I took 3 minutes to sign up, and now if there is an Amer Alert issued in my state (Colorado) I will get a text message on my phone.
If you want to sign up:
www.wirelessamberalerts.org

A Million Thanks - Go Shauna!

A Million Thanks - Go Shauna!

Thanks to my DailyCandy, today I discovered the website and blog of Shauna Fleming, an amazing high school senior who is sending a million letters of support to our troops. Actually, she has already collected and distributed over 3 million thank you letters and cards to U.S. military members since March, 2004.
A Million Thanks is [...]

HighTechMom’s Day Gift Ideas

Thanks to the Chief Technology Mom, Beth Blecherman over at Techmamas for the idea of creating a nice big list of High Tech Mother’s Day Gift Ideas.
It’s so funny she sent this because just the other day my sister and I were commenting about all the jewelry ads that come out now that brainwash [...]