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Quick, Easy & Healthy Dinner Ideas

By on in Chef Mommy, Main Course

I make a handful of the same recipes over and over again. I needed something new and I needed it to be quick and easy. So I decided to pick up this little sliced ham for around $8. This one was about two pounds so I new I could get at least two dinners out […]

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Snacktime for Mommy

By on in Sanity, Wellness

I have something in common with my sister-in-law, Carla…we both like popcorn and red wine as an evening snack. Carla is a neat person in a lot of ways. I pretty much always learn something when I hang out with her, like this quick and easy meal recipe. Don’t you just love people like that? […]

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Clocking In To Learn the Value of a Dollar

By on in Being a Mom, Saving Money

I recently learned something interesting from my neighbor Tracy, who is the mother of one of the dog walkers. I was interviewing her for my column about how she teaches her kids (ages 9 and 14) about money. She said her son, Jake, came to her and asked for a video game that was “only […]

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A View From the Plastic Surgeon’s Office

By on in Humor, Wellness

“If you can laugh at it, you can live with it.” ~ Erma Bombeck (Or in my case, laugh at it and then have it surgically removed.) So, I have this lump…but as lumps go, this is the kind you want to have because it’s not dangerous. It’s on my face (lovely, huh?) and a trip […]

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Erma Bombeck Book Giveaway Winner

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…or should I say winners. Since there are only a handful of people interested, EVERYBODY WINS!!! This is the part where I get to pretend I am Oprah, “And YOU get a book, and YOU get a book, and YOU get a book!” Thanks so much for reading TheMommyhood.com and congratulations to: Jennifer Kelley SS (Hmmm. Susan […]

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The Wiz

By on in Humor, Life is Messy, Motherhood Moments

“The grass is always greener over the septic tank.” ~ Erma Bombeck Well if the grass is greener at my neighbor’s house…it’s because my must-have-been-raised-in-a-barn son went in their yard. And it didn’t stop there… My kids love to play with the neighbor kids who live in the house behind ours. The family has three […]

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Go Ahead, Eat Their Easter Candy!

By on in Being a Mom, Giveaway

“Seize the moment. Think of all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” ~ Erma Bombeck The more I learn about Erma Bombeck, the more I realize she is my kinda gal. And I am not just saying that because as soon as I was alone in the house today, I […]

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Easter

By on in To TheMommyhood.com Readers

Happy Easter from TheMommyhood.com! May the Easter Bunny bring your kids all the candy you like to eat when they are sleeping…

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Celebrating Erma Bombeck

By on in Being a Mom, Giveaway, Humor, Women in Business

Today is Earth Day, but it also happens to be the day Erma Bombeck died. While I love mother Earth, on this day (and for the next few) I intend to pay homage to one of the funniest moms to walk the planet. She would have been the ultimate blogger, no? It’s pretty awesome that […]

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GE Momsperience Trip Winner

By on in Giveaway, tips and solutions

Thanks so much for your comments. I share a lot of the same kitchen challenges you do, and will be hunting tips and solutions for us at the GE Momsperience next month. Wish we could all go together, but I can only take one person. The winner of the 2011 GE Momspereince Trip Giveaway is […]

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