Archives for March 2014

This Week’s Words of Wisdom Come From My Mama

As I prepare to fly 2,000 miles away in the wee hours of tomorrow morning for 7 days, I am reminded what a gift this trip is because it is with my boy.  Since he is 16 years old now, his years of being home with us are dwindling down quite quickly.  So getting to […]

Freebie Friday Winner!

Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win?  Keep on reading!!  And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware,  jewelry and more!  Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s announce this week’s lucky winner…. This week’s […]

Weekly Pet Pic Update: Willy The One Eyed Wonder Cat Finds His Furrever Purrever Home!

You may remember the article that we ran a few months ago about Willy, a sweet blind boy kitty, that my friend, Jamie fostered.  At that time, Jamie told us that Willy had come to the Arizona Humane Society with head trauma.  Once Jamie took him in, she noticed rather quickly that Willy didn’t have his vision, […]

Weekly Words of Wisdom

Right after I wrote this post this morning and was deciding if I was going to edit it before I published it, I received a touching email from one of my blog subscribers who told me that she enjoys reading about how I balance my family and life in my blog.  She also shared that […]

Freebie Friday Winner!

Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win?  Keep on reading!!  And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware,  jewelry and more!  Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s announce this week’s lucky winner…. This week’s […]

Feeling Frustrated for my Feverish Girl

Right now, my daughter is supposed to be at her tech rehearsal for the big Ahwatukee Children’s Theater production of “High School Musical 2” that opens this weekend.  But she’s not.  Instead she is here at home, on Tylenol because she is battling a 102 fever.  Yep, she is sick again. When the school called […]

Weekly Pet Picture: Lulu’s Lovely Locks

This week’s pet pic is of Ms Lulu, who has hair that human women may envy.  Take a look….what a pretty girl… And here is another picture of her pretty and healthy hair.  She shows it off for us here… I love how her human Mom, Heather styles Lulu’s hair with a stylish pink bow. […]

Weekly Words of Wisdom: Have You Met Kid President?

Every Saturday I post words of wisdom that I found moving, inspiring and/or fun from the week’s worth of all kinds of words of wisdom that I observe daily (I’m the kind of person that looks for that sort of thing every day).  Today I quote several from a very cool kid called the Kid […]

Freebie Friday Winner!

Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win?  Keep on reading!!  And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware,  jewelry and more!  Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s announce this week’s lucky winner…. This week’s […]

Family Food Smart Swaps

Manic:  My daily efforts to try to get my family to completely (well not quite 100%…but close) swap out the junky foods for healthy fare in our busy home. Managed:  Got my goals organized with rules (although I don’t dare tell my family that my new nutrition/shopping guidelines are called rules) and tools to make […]

Wine,Beer,Sangria & More Now Being Served At Pomegranate Cafe – A Forbes Listed Top 10 Wholesome Restaurant!

If you haven’t tried Pomegranate Cafe, located at 40th Street and Chandler Blvd. (a few doors down from Trader Joe’s) in Ahwatukee, then you are missing out on the cafe that Forbes listed as one of the top ten best delicious, healthy & wholesome restaurants in the nation!  And guess what?  This wonderful eatery, that […]

Weekly Pet Pic: One Polite Cat!

Who says that you can’t train cats?!  Although our other two won’t do this, Tucker says please every single time…   How cute is that?!  I am a proud cat mom of his manners! Send us your pet pics or videos to [email protected].  We love to post them every weekend to make you smile.  Enjoy […]

Weekly Words of Wisdom Relieves My Morning After Food Guilt!

Since this is my blog’s 3rd anniversary week and I am in a celebratory mood, I celebrated a little too much with my dinner plate last night!  My overindulging crime was committed at the yummy Caffe Boa restaurant while I waited for my daughter to finish up her rehearsal. Since her rehearsal went for 2 […]

Freebie Friday Winners-Surprise! 3 Win Today To Celebrate My Blog’s 3rd Anniversary!

Who is our Freebie Friday winner today?  Well guess what?!  In honor of managedmoms.com 3rd anniversary this week, we have THREE winners today!  Here is our first winner…. What did our winner win?  Keep on reading!!  And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes […]

Drug Store Beauty Deals You Gotta Know About!

Here are the hot beauty bargains in Walgreens stores now for March!  From head to toe, here are the deals so you are the beauty know.  Watch this morning show segment from “Your Life A to Z’ to see me and Kyle review each item…