All Things Gurly, Mommy & Family
My youngest has been asking lately to see pictures of him as a baby. He was my "Budda Baby" coming in at 10lbs. 7oz. and the chubbiest cheeks you have every seen. While I was showing him pictures of him, I started looking through old pictures too and came across this one. This picture is my absolute favorite of my kids (so far). The baby in this photo is now 3 1/2 … [Read more...]
Try to get past this sentence without getting Dancing Queen stuck in your head. Ok, I spend about an hour a week cutting coupons for my weekend shopping. I'm not a coupon hoarder thing, I just LOVE saving money. I mean LURV IT. One thing I don’t like? Puke breath. Seriously. Ran into that at the gym yesterday. HashtagBrushYoTeef. The other thing I don't … [Read more...]
I'd had my baby girl, Daphne, home from the NICU for a few days. She was about 3 weeks old. I was sitting at home with my baby in my lap. Alone together. A quiet moment. Looking at Daphne, I began bawling my eyes out because it hit me all at once that my mom will never get to see her perfect grand baby. (My mom passed away 7 years ago from M.S.) As I was sitting … [Read more...]
[dropcap] I [/dropcap] don't get excited about a lot of things...especially movies. Especially these days when the only movies I'm seeing star a Lion as the main character. That is until the release date of "Magic Mike" was announced. Within the first two seconds of the first preview and I knew I wanted to see it. I went as far as planning a full on GNO, changing my cover … [Read more...]
I'm often asked how I stay fit. Well, I love to run. I've been a runner my whole life and seems to be the only thing that keeps me sane. BUT, as much as I love to run, I couldn't get through a cardio work out without the perfect "cardio mix." And even then, there are no shortcuts. I've discovered that you can't simply copy off someone else's playlist. I've tried. You have … [Read more...]