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 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…

Happy 3rd Anniversary Managedmoms Blog!

It’s in the bag!  Three years of managedmoms.com and we are looking forward to many more!  This week marks our 3rd anniversary since I launched this blog, my labor of love!  I can’t thank you all enough for your support and following my blog!  Woo hoo!  Here are some of my favorite posts that you […]

March Ten Under $10 Drugstore Beauty Buys

If you saw my segment on the “Your Life A to Z” show today and want to know more about the products I showed, here is the list.  I will upload the segment video so you can see all the products, as soon as I get the video from KTVK.  There are some great deals […]

Flattering Fashions for Women…Plus Cool Kids Clothes, Too

Manic:  Finding fashions for me that flatter and clothes for my kids that are good quality and made by lines that are green and/or give back. Managed:  Did some fashion research for myself plus I found some cool kid clothing that you gotta know about.  First I found some interesting pieces for women like a […]

Life’s Lows & Highs Give Me Pause To Be Thankful

If you read my blog post yesterday, then you know that my son played a big game last night to determine if his hockey team will travel to Nationals to represent Arizona.  You may also remember that I was especially excited about this game (in addition to it being game 3 in a hard fought […]

Weekly Pet Pic: To Cheer On My Son’s Big Game Tonight!

I pulled an oldie but goodie for this week’s pet pic. Since my son’s hockey team plays game 3 tonight in the big 3-game series to see which team goes to Nationals, here is a picture of my boy (when he was little) with our cat, Stan (when Stan was a lot younger, too).  He […]

Chicken with Mushrooms & Pearl Onions Recipe

Manic:  So far sticking with my New Year’s resolution to cook more whole food meals for my family in spite of a very busy schedule. Managed:  Accepting that cooking 4 to 5 times a week is a victory and to not worry about the other couple of nights when a pizza arrives or we are […]

Manic Mom Promise: Schedule a Down Date with Yourself!

Do your Mondays feel like this fun t-shirt that I got from The Purple Skirt Boutique…. Maybe your Monday has you running in your work heels or your Mom tennis shoes getting the kids from point A to point B on time, fed with their completed homework (that sent you to several different stores for […]

Weekly Pet Pics: Hide & See

This week’s pet pics that I snapped of our cats cracks me up.  This first one is the Hide in Hide & See….although I don’t think she is doing a good job finding a hiding place…. and this next picture is the see as in do you see me with all of your stuff…..   […]

Weekly Words of Wisdom

Happy Saturday.  Time for our weekly words of wisdom.  This one was sent to us from managedmoms.com subscriber, Bruce.  I think this is a great one to share with our kids as they come into their own and this works for us grown-ups, too….   Since I can’t enlarge the image, here it is again….. […]