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In my world, kids eat too much candy. They need more candy like they need a hole in the head. Couple that with kids who have multiple food allergies, and Valentine’s Day can be a real bummer. To try to meet the demand for Valentines without adding to the sugar load, I have created a [...]
Although I’m not a Mom, I have an amazing Mom (this first sentence will make her instantly cry, sorry Mom)! I’d like to share my perspective as both a young professional and young adult living away from home throughout college and my young professional career and how I’ve continued to have an amazing relationship with [...]
I am finally completing my series on stewardship. I saved the hardest topic for last: Stewardship of your finances. I think it is the hardest, because I am not very good with finances. There are three things I do with money: spend it, spend it, and spend it! However, it is good to have your [...]
You might never guess by looking at me that I am a rebel at heart. I appear to be a plain wife and Mom who is plodding through life doing my best to get done what needs to get done. In reality, I am a rebel. You see, I am rebelling against many of the [...]
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2011 came and went faster than I could blink an eye, with the dawn of many new and great adventures that God presented to us. I wanted to start off this New Year talking about a very serious health problem that I have been dealing with and felt that sharing my experience would help other [...]
This year we were thankful for the babies born in 2011. Just look at all these adorable faces! A BIG congrats to 8 of our ANOM writers, (in order) Heather, Keleigh, Melanie, Sarah, Lindsey, Melissa, Valerie and Maria, in the birth of their beautiful babies this year! (You can read a few of their [...]
It’s nearly Christmas – a time for celebrating the birth of Christ with loved ones near and far!! Presents have been purchased and wrapped (hopefully), travel plans have been set, menus have been planned, homes have been decorated, stockings have been hung and hearts have been prepared worldwide. Many open presents on Christmas morning. Others [...]
When I was growing up and thinking about what it would be like to be married and have children, I always pictured perfectly groomed, perfectly behaved, perfect children. I would never “be like my mother” and say seemingly utterly ridiculous things. I even had that sense when I was first married and we were childless. [...]
By Cynthia Ramnarace for Green Goes Simple When I was a child, my sister and I treated piles of torn Christmas wrapping paper as if they were freshly fallen leaves — running through them, jumping on them and then helping to throw them in the trash. (Yes, I’m old enough to remember the days before [...]
Christmastime is upon us. As much as we would like to believe that Christmas is about family and presents, Christmas is only here and celebrated because of one history-altering event – the birth of Christ. In these preceding weeks, it is a time to celebrate the season of Advent and prepare for the true meaning [...]
A Nation of Moms would love to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! We personally have so much to be thankful for this year, but we are especially thankful for our families and all the new additions (so far 7 babies this year) and grateful for our readers and sponsors! Thanks for making A Nation of [...]
Last year we wrote about how we attempted to grill a turkey. How did it turn out? It was simply the best turkey I had ever tasted. I mean, I don’t even like turkey and this way of making it has me craving it again this year. For us, hands down, there is only one [...]
In continuing our WordPress for Beginners series, we will be discussing how to make a simple blog button. Nothing fancy and something very easy and basic for you beginners out there. There are many free online places for you to make a blog button, but two of my favorite ones are Picnik and Scrapblog. I use [...]
By Lynda Fassa for Green Goes Simple I love this time of year. Besides hustling for the school bus in the morning and the magic of birthdays for two of my kids, autumn in the Northeast brings the gorgeous spectrum of turning leaves and the appeal of crisp fresh apples. But most exciting of all [...]
In continuing our WordPress for Beginners series, we will be discussing how to install a theme, what templates are and how you can use them to your advantage, general settings and adding users to your blog. Finding, Installing and/or Changing Themes on WordPress There are about as many theme choices out there (both paid and [...]
As a new graduate student I was asked to take a TA class. The training prepared me to assist professors with grading assignments in their classes. One of the first things I learned in that TA course was to avoid using a red pen when I was grading papers. I remember laughing to [...]
Next up in our WordPress for Beginners series are a few of my favorite and most useful plug-ins, how to upload them and a small demo of a couple of them. Plug-ins are what make WordPress so glorious. how to upload them in 2 different ways using a featured gallery the advantages of adrotate, need url for [...]
If you’re a complete beginner on the WordPress platform and you need some help, you’ve come to the right place. We’re in the middle of our WordPress for Beginners series, and we will be touching on the subject of pages, drop down menus and widgets for your blog’s sidebar. These are the other topics we’ve [...]
If you are just joining us in this series, you may want to check out our introductory post on this Beginner’s WordPress tutorial series and our previous video tutorial on creating and publishing a WordPress post. This post will be just a brief overview of categories, tags and hyperlinks… Categories vs Tags Both categories and tags [...]
Do you remember what it was like before kids? A recent comment from a single friend got me reminiscing about the way things used to be. She had dropped in to say hello and I asked if she would mind watching the kids so I could run take a shower. Alone. Without interruptions. She laughingly [...]
It’s October – My favorite time of year! Coming off one of the hottest summers in Texas history, you better believe that the cooler temperatures (well – low 90′s) is a nice reprieve from the 70+ days of 100 degree temperatures. Although we don’t get the nice change of colors in the leaves like other [...]
I think I lost a friend. I don’t know how, but I’m pretty sure she’s not my friend anymore. And, I think she’s not my friend because I have made the decision to put my kids above my career. We all make decisions in life, some big and some small, and we make them everyday. [...]
In this third post on stewardship, I want to talk about our responsibilities to the earth. Remember the definition of stewardship? The conducting, managing or caring of something, especially the careful management of something entrusted into one’s care. The earth is ours. It belongs to all people and has been given to us for the [...]
In my introductory post on this beginner’s WordPress tutorial series, I told you that the next topic would be on publishing your posts. And it is, but I had to divide it into two parts because it was getting rather long. Let’s skip ahead for a bit and assume you have everything set up on [...]
I have had numerous email requests to see our Media Kit and Quick Sheet and where we got them done. To to tell you the truth I did it myself. What is a Media Kit? Generally speaking in blog terms, a Media Kit is a multi-paginated, all-encompassing collection of your blog’s statistics and specific demographics. [...]
Every once in a while I receive an email or comment, or I notice someone on one of the groups or forums to which I belong asking simple questions about WordPress. It seems like many Blogger bloggers are afraid to make the switch because of the unknown platform of WordPress. Instead of being intimidated by [...]
If you want to be a good Christian, citizen, role model to your children, or just respect the people and family around you, this topic should be important to you. For a Christian, stewardship should be the overflow of our relationship to God. In this post, I want to discuss the time management aspect of [...]
By Marisa Belger for Green Goes Simple Elevate Been on your feet all day? The easiest way to start pampering them is to stop using them. Find a comfortable seat and elevate your feet to relieve aching and swelling. Soak Fill a large basin — a big mixing bowl works well — with enough warm [...]
I am learning to be more honest with myself. This means that I have to take a hard look at my life, actions and attitudes and realize that I struggle. I struggle with selfishness, pride, laziness and self-dislike, to name a few. In the next two to three posts, I am going to talk about [...]
I recently read an article by stay-at-home mom who was told that she must have a lot of time for herself since she stays home and that ” you don’t do much all day, do you?”. I’m sure most stay-at-home moms at one point or another has heard this statement and by golly, I bet [...]
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