Freebie Friday Winner!

              Happy Friday!  Time to announce another Freebie Friday winner!  Who is today’s winner??  So 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 […]

Stocking Stuffers For All Ages

Christmas morning is just around the corner so don’t forget to get the stuff for the stockings.  I found some great stuff for all ages.  Let’s start with the guys because they can be hard to shop for… For Him: *Swiss Tech Credit Card Multi-tool ($5 at Walgreens) — This credit card shaped tool kit […]

Holiday Shopping & Kids: Toys, Technology & Trade-offs

Manic:  The holiday gift wish list from kids with requests for all kinds of electronic items from conversing dolls to elaborate gaming devices and more.  To further complicate things, age appropriateness must also be considered.  Toys are not simple play things like they were when I was a child back in the late 60s and […]

Our Harris Home Cats Featured In Magazine Article!

Our household has four fab felines who recently became celebrities with a magazine article all about them!  Yes, Tucker, Stanley, Lucy and Sadie are the star of the show this month.Foothills Living Magazine writer Stephanie Hayden asked to interview our four very spoiled furry family members and the cats gave me their blessing to speak […]

Quick & Easy Foods To Bring To A Holiday Dinner

Manic:  You have been invited to a friend’s Thanksgiving dinner but you don’t have a lot of time to prepare something elaborate.  Or perhaps you have a long road trip planned to get to your family’s Christmas celebration.  In both cases, you want to bring something festive and fun, but you don’t have a lot […]

I See Me! Free Personalized Children’s Book Winner!

Congrats to our winner who entered in our drawing for a FREE I See Me! personalized children’s book!     We drew our winner through random.org and the lucky recipient is….   Jennifer Taylor Clark!!!! I See Me! will personalize a book for Jennifer and this is just in time for the holidays!  Congrats to […]

Freebie Friday Winner!

          Happy Friday!  Time to announce another Freebie Friday winner!  Who is today’s winner??  So 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 […]

Enter To Win The Celeb Fave I See Me Personalized Kid’s Book!

Here is a chance to win a free personalized children’s book that is a celebrity favorite!  Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and more….for the child in your life….be sure to enter this drawing for a chance to win the perfect holiday gift for a child!  I See Me and Managedmoms are giving away one FREE I […]

18: A Milestone Birthday & 9 Months To Go

My first born turned 18 today.  And in a quick 9 months (kind of ironic), he will leave us to go to college. Back in 1997, I anxiously waited 9 months for my first born, my little baby boy to come into the world. Now 18 years later, he is anxiously waiting 9 months to […]

Freebie Friday Winner!

            Happy Friday!  Time to announce another Freebie Friday winner!  Who is today’s winner??  So 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!  […]

Our Big Small Yard Makeover!

Manic:  Having a small backyard that, for the last 10 years, would flood every time it rained  Lucky for us, it doesn’t rain much here in Phoenix, but a year ago September, when we had record rain, we had to sandbag our home and the water came right up to the sandbags! Managed:  Finally, after […]

Freebie Friday Winner

            Happy Friday!  Time to announce another Freebie Friday winner!  Who is today’s winner??  So 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!  […]

An Injured Foot & Hypothyroidism: My Recent Health Reality Check – Ladies Listen To Your Body!

Manic:  Me…a few weeks back with lots of gym workouts (that was good) and moving too fast every day, literally (not good) as I worked to balance the demands of parenting two teenagers, a freelance career, home and more.  The logo that my original webmaster designed for me hits the nail on the head!  The […]

Think Pink & Shop BCA Items That Give Back

There are still a few weeks left to shop for gift ideas and items for yourself that give back to Breast Cancer Awareness month.  I found some great stuff and a fabulous website that has all sorts of items that give back to the cause called Loxabeauty.com.  You can get the high quality and hip […]

The 4 Fall Break Week Drawings & The Winners Are…..

We had a terrific response to our four drawings that we did to celebrate my kids’ Fall Break week! Thank you to ALL of you that entered the drawings for the cool prizes!  And thanks to those of you that included nice comments about this blog with your entries.  So nice!  Blogging is definitely work […]