It’s Been Awhile…

Well…it’s been forever since I’ve written a blog post, I wonder if I even remember how? 

Kidding, totally kidding, but it has been a minute.  I’ve had so much going on in my life over the past few months that I’ve barely had time to think, let alone do much else. 

So what, you may ask has been going on?  A LOT!  Between the beginning of baseball and softball seasons, tons of blended family issues and me starting a new job; I’ve just been insanely busy, but I’m devoted to keeping up with y’all… it just might take me a little longer than normal, so please bare with me. 

Though I rarely discuss family issues on my blog, I think that my blended family presents a unique opportunity for me to maybe help someone else out who may be going through what I like to call “blended family drama” or at the very least let someone who is dealing with the same kinds of issues know that they are not alone.  For that reason I’ve decided to start getting a little more personal, I hope y’all don’t mind.  With that said, I promise to still bring y’all the best products for families, recipes and all of the other goodies that I’ve always posted, just mixed with a little more me. 

So what’s in store in the next couple of weeks here at Misadventures in Baby Raising?

• My take on the new Sustainable Earth office supply line by Staples (LOVE it BTW)
• A killer recipe for Gyros and Falafel (and lots more goodies as well)
• My Top 5 Tips for WAHM (work-at-home-moms)
• Blended Family Drama…an ongoing saga
• Top Gifts for Mother’s Day

I hope y’all will check back in over the next few weeks as I’m really excited to be sharing a little  more of me and my life with all of you!  u

Until next time y’all…

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Forgetful Friday…What Happened At MIBR This Week!

If you’ve followed Misadventures in Baby Raising long enough, you probably know that I’m a little forgetful—alright, that’s an understatement, I’m a lot forgetful…all of the time! 

 

And since I definitely have the tendency to forget everything I thought I’d make this Friday, Forgetful Friday and make it a post where I (try) to remind you about all of the cool stuff that happened on Misadventures in Baby Raising this week, the giveaway’s that are coming to an end and what I’m looking forward to next week, next month, or even next year!

Here goes…

This week we talked about Disney/Pixar’s new movie Brave…can’t wait to see this one!

I showed you all what I looked like twenty seven years ago and then completely lost in when I saw the words twenty seven years ago on my screen!

And in addition to The Mommy Hook giveaway we also introduced y’all to the CleanItSupply.com Clorox Disinfecting spray giveaway!

Before I forget…there are tons of awesome giveaways over at MisadventurousMommy.com including a $10 iTunes gift card giveaway, $15 Walmart gift card giveaway and you can win a $25 Restaurant.com gift card…so hurry and enter before it’s too late!

Alright y’all…that’s it for this week!  See y’all next week bright and early…unless I decide to surprise y’all with a post  this weekend! 

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Wordless Wednesday: Little Misadventurous Mommy!

I thought I’d be retro in this week’s Wordless Wednesday and put up a picture of me when I was around 6…twenty seven years ago!  Wow, nothing makes you feel older faster than typing twenty seven years ago!!!!

 

Make sure you check out what picture I used as my Wordless Wednesday photo at MisadventurousMommy.com!

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My Goals for 2012, NOT to Be Confused With Resolutions!

I don’t like New Year’s resolutions—I just don’t! 

I’m either forever setting completely unrealistic goals that I will never be able to accomplish within a year, or I just make resolutions that I know going in I’ll never keep.  If you’ve been around here for a while then you may remember my New Year’s Unresolutions post from last year; since I still feel the same way about resolutions, but still want to set a few goals (both personally and professionally) for myself for 2012 I decided to do a post dedicated to 5 Things I Want To Accomplish in 2012!

5.  Stop cursing so much!  If you know me then you are probably laughing (really, really hard) right now, because I curse like a sailor (it’s one of my worst habits); I would really like to STOP doing that this year.  It may have been cool (at least we thought so) to drop the F bomb 300 times when I was 18, but at 33—not so much!

4.  Make the Dean’s List!  This one is HUGE for me!  I’ve made the Dean’s List before, but with my blog, kids and, well, life in general getting in the way, I haven’t made school the priority I should have been making it for the past several semesters.  I would really like to change that this year and get back on track and back to the damn near 4.0 I’m used to having!

3.  Make More $!  Though I realize that this may be at the top of a lot of people’s “resolutions” lists, I also know that using it as a goal just makes sense!  I’m proud to say that in 2011 I made more money blogging than I have since I started Misadventures three years ago.  I never imagined when I began blogging that I would I was starting something that I would fall in love with doing (being a blogger is something that I couldn’t imagine not being) AND that I would make money from—it really is the best of both worlds!  That said, making more money in 2012 than last year would totally kick butt (see I’m trying with the curse words)! 

2.  Spend more quality time with my kids!  I know that being a SAHM (or WAHM as I think more accurately describes what I am) I’m with my kids everyday, but sometimes I’m so busy that I don’t get to spend as much fun time with them as I would like!  Taking a little break over the holidays has really made me realize how much fun my kids are and how awesome it is to spend time just hanging out with them—we had all 6 kids here over the Christmas break and trust me when I say that once they get “too old” to hang out with Mom and Dad, there’s no going back!  I intend to spend every single second I can just chillin’ with my kiddos this year!

1.  Finally get misadventuresinbabyraising.blogspot.com turned into misadventuresinbabyraising.com!  This one has been needed for TOO long, but once you get a PR 4 (or PR 3 as the case is currently) you get all excited and you don’t dare do anything to lose that, however, I’m tired of Misadventures not really being mine and intend to change that as soon as possible! 

And I think that’s about it!  So, I want to know—are you as resolutions un-friendly as I am?  Why do you (or don’t you) make resolutions?  What are your goals for 2012?    Oh, and if you get a second make sure you check out my NEW blog MisadventurousMommy.com (it’s my uncensored, I’m-gonna-take-over-the-world-and-there’s-not-a-damn-thing-you-can-do-about-it, yeah, I might be a mom, but I’m a pretty kick ass (sorry I couldn’t resist) mom if I do say so myself blog)! 

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