I knew it was going to be out late last night and that I wouldn't want to write when I got home before I went to bed, so I jotted a litt...

This is one of those posts that has sat in the background WAY too long. As I attached the new family photo at the top of this blog this even...

Great day! Today was the Oregon American Mother's conference. It was FABULOUS! There were some profound things shared. The theme was ...

image: kaboodle.com May I begin by saying that last night's lasagna was AWESOME! It tasted so fresh. I loved the fact that I didn...

Did you read my last post ? More important than that, did you read the blog I linked to in my last post? Did you make it to the very end of...

For the time being, I have disconnected from Facebook. Before I deactivated my account, it warned me that the two blogs I have listed there ...

A friend texted me the other day telling me that she'd booked a speaker for the American Mothers conference that's coming up in ...

"By the end of the week it'll be half strength" was what #4 was told when he went in to have his ear re-checked yesterday. It ...

Me; Amanda Larimer, Oregon's 2012 Young Mother of the Year, #1 and #3 Today at noon was the annual Mother's Day mass at the Grot...

It's 5am, and I'm up...on purpose. Yesterday I was up at 4:40. Today was the same. Why haven't I done this before?! First of a...

We only subscribe to the local paper because of the coupons.  Really! At one point, many years ago, the Warden was quoted in the paper twi...

I received a phone call Sunday evening informing me that I'd been nominated as co-president for the Oregon Association of American Mothe...

After seeing how many people have read the post about preparing for the Gala, I thought I'd better just dive in and share more details a...

 Warning:  The photos at the end of this post were taken after the gala, and it was raining earlier in the evening, so...you get the idea--n...