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• My Day as a Model!

  

  Come see behind the scenes for my Sassy Housewife photo shoot for Momaha. I went from a ponytail and no makeup to a retro 1950′s housewife in just a few... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Inside the Blogger’s Studio: Crazed in the Kitchen

  Welcome Crazed in the Kitchen - we're happy to have you Inside the Blogger's Studio! This series is a way to get to know other bloggers, while also getting a... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Inside the Blogger’s Studio: Crazed in the Kitchen

  Welcome Crazed in the Kitchen – we’re happy to have you Inside the Blogger’s Studio! This series is a way to get to know other bloggers, while also getting a... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sassy Housewife – I’m Dishing out Advice…

  

  So the big news??? Today is the launch of The Sassy Housewife!What’s that you ask? It’s my weekly advice blog for Omaha World Herald’s parenting site Momaha –... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Daughter Already Has a “type”…

  So the conversation between my 4 year-old daughter and her friend playing at our house last night went like this:Daughter: I’m going to marry Ken (as in Barbie’... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• 5 Things My Children Did To Embarrass Me…

  

  It was quite a week last week. I wrote about how my son motorboated a waitress previously (click here for that story!) but there were four other incidents that... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Barbie Confession

  

  Photo from http://thestir.cafemom.comShe keeps asking and I keep coming up with excuses. I tell her that I have to clean out the dishwasher or change out the... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Video That Every Person Who Has Ever Been Pregnant Should Watch… Hilarious!

  So you know how folks post videos on Facebook all the time and you usually ignore them? Well there was something about this video that I couldn’t ignore –... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Are My Eggs Ready Yet???

  So I fell down the stairs yesterday morning.  Yep. Fell right down the stairs.  Here’s the worst part – I was carrying my 17 month old son. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Inside the Blogger’s Studio: Liv, Laugh, Love

  

  Welcome Liv, Laugh, Love - We’re happy to have you Inside the Blogger’s Studio. This series is a way to get to know other bloggers, while also getting a... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Separation Anxiety: I Think I’m Being Played…

  So my 17 month-old son, yes the one that motorboated the waitress last weekend (click here if you didn’t hear about that one…), is experiencing some massive... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Did You Know That 1 out of 5 Seven Year-olds Have a Cell Phone???

  Does anyone else remember having to make collect calls to their parents when it was time to pick them up after-school?  I can remember yelling loudly in the... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Check Me out on The Huffington Post!!! Whoot Whoot!

  HOLY MOLY! I’m featured on The Huffington Post’s blog in the women’s section!!! This might be more exciting than when I first got boobs. It’s a post I wrote... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• My 17 Month Old Son Might Be a Pervert…

  My 17 month old son made his father proud this past weekend.  And by proud, I mean that he horrified me but would probably get a high-five from his Dad if he wa... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Waxing a 3 Year-old’s Unibrow???

  

  So Farrah Abraham, from MTV’s Teen Mom, thought she was a good mom for waxing her 3 year old’s unibrow…Yeah, I’m putting together her Mother of the Year Award... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Inside the Blogger’s Studio: Ice Scream Mama

  

  Welcome Ice Scream Mama - We’re happy to have you Inside the Blogger’s Studio. This series is a way to get to know other bloggers, while also getting a glimpse... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Pretty Playhouse by Cascades

  

  As you all know, this is not a blog that reviews products .  I have gotten offers to do this and have always said no because it doesn’t fit the “feel” of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Does Anyone Actually Make This Stuff on Pinterest?

  

  Just when I was proud of myself for making an egg carton caterpillar craft with my kids, I had to click on Pinterest and feel like a complete craft failure. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• New Year’s Resolutions I’m Not Making

  

  Photo from www.warriorfitness.orgEach year, we, as a society, create these in-depth resolutions to declare a fresh start to our lives. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Terrible Toy Did Your Child Receive This Xmas? Ever Heard of Baby Alive??

  

  She might look cute, but she poops 15 times a day…(pic from www.hasbro.com)Before I had children, I would buy kids whatever toy I thought would be fun for them... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION