When I put Little Miss Throwsafit to bed tonight, we read the book “If You Give a Moose a Muffin.” It’s one of our favorites around here. But it got me thinking about the cute email I got a few years ago called If You Give a Mom a Muffin. If you’ve never read it [...]

If you’re looking for a Christmas gift for your kids that embodies what Christmas is about, I would recommend Glenn Beck’s The Christmas Sweater picture book. My mom got it for my boys as a birthday present (theirbirthdays are one week apart in November) and it is such a nice book. The illustrations are colorful and lively and [...]

It’s been 10 days since I got my Kindle for my birthday, and I have to say I absolutely love it. After I had it for a few days, I decided to order a cover so I could take it with me and not worry about it getting all scratched up. After taking a look [...]

Today is my birthday and as you can tell by my title here, I am 42 years old. I am still amazed at how fast forty two years have gone by. Nonetheless, it’s been a good forty two years and I have a lot to be thankful for.
I have had a quiet day today. I [...]

I have told my husband that I would love the Kindle 2 as a combination Mother’s Day/birthday present.  If you don’t know what a Kindle 2 is, allow me to enlighten you. It’s a magnificent creation by Amazon that allows you to download books in digital form from anywhere via a 3G wireless connection and [...]

All three of my kids love books and love to be read to. My husband and I both love to read and spent all of our adult lives surrounded by books, so it was important to us to pass on our love of books to our kids.
I’ve had friends and family members tell me that [...]

Do you have boys? Are you somtimes baffled at how to reach them or have a hard time understanding what makes your boys do what they do? If so, then you need to head on over to Blissfully Domestic and check out the book Wild Things: the Art of Nurturing Boys. Be sure to leave [...]

My copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard arrived in the mail today. I have been waiting in anticipation of its arrival ever since I preordered my copy on Amazon. The Harry Potter series is one of my favorite collections of all time, so I am ever so anxious to read Rowling’s newest creation. [...]