Manic: Trying to feed my family healthy foods! Managed: Shopping at Sprouts Farmers Market! The healthy grocery store enables me to buy nutritious foods at great prices. Thanks Sprouts! And big news! The company is celebrating their big 10th anniversary with 10 Days of Giveaways! Check this out…. So starting this Wednesday, July […]
Weekly Pet Pic: Trendy Terrance!
It’s Saturday and that means that it’s time for our weekly pet pic! I’ve decided to title this week’s photo Trendy Terrance! Do you agree…. And we send a big thank you out to Terrance’s Mom, Tracy Smith for sending us this adorable pet pic of this precious pooch and his handsome hat. He sure […]
Freebie Friday Winner & Next Week’s Prize!
Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win? What is next week’s cool prize? 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 […]
Design on a Dime Home Office Floor Makeover
Manic: Anything that is a home improvement project! I simply don’t possess those skills! Managed: Being inspired by managedmoms.com contributor and design on a dime expert, Bridget! When she recently told me about how she ripped out her home office flooring to install a new one, I was quite…well…floored! This is something that I could […]
Getting Kids to Read Over the Summer
Manic: How much kids forget academically over the summer break! Managed: Taking our managedmoms.com writer and teacher, Lisa Walton’s advice about how to get kids to read over the summer. Take a look at her terrific tips… Lisa says: My son and I began compiling our summer reading list in early May. We began fulfilling […]
My Recent Reality Check Spoken to Me by my Child!
Manic: Halfway to the airport to catch our flight that was taking us all the way to Washington DC and realizing that I had left my cell phone at home! I was embarrassed to tell my hubby that I had done that! I couldn’t believe it myself and I didn’t want to make us late […]
Weekly Pet Pic: Homemade Hammock Happiness
Manic: Our home….just a little bit more than usual…since my daughter adopted a sweet little rescue kitten that she named Lucy. Managed: Now! Since a few weeks have passed, little Lucy has really settled in, the boy cats have accepted her and life is good, especially for Lucy! Take a look…. My girl made her […]
Freebie Friday Winner & Next Week’s Prize!
Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win? What is next week’s cool prize? 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 […]
Cool Hot Spots to Take Your Kids for Summer Break Fun
Manic: Bored kids as the long days of summer drag on! Managed: Gave my daughter a super fun assignment to try out some cool places for kids to see which ones that we would want to tell parents about in my KTVK Channel 3 segment this week. See what we picked as her favorites for boys […]
Cinderella Ticket Winner Posted!
Thank you to all of the folks who entered into the drawing for 4 front row tickets to see Cinderella performed by the Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre this Saturday night at the Chandler Center for the Arts. We entered all of the names into the random.org drawing and the lucky winner is….. Debbie Rydman!!! Congratulations to […]
AZ Local: Enter to Win Front Row Tickets to See ACT’s Cinderella!
Manic: Restless and antsy kids looking for stuff to do, as we proceed through the long and hot days of summer! Managed: Winning 4 front row tickets to see “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Enchanted Edition” performed by the Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre at the Chandler Center for the Arts this Saturday night! Managedmoms.com is giving away […]
Washington DC’s Newseum is a Must-See…My Family’s Review!
Manic: While vacationing in Washington DC two weeks ago, my son and I boarded the Metro train en route to see museums. We soon discovered that we picked the same day that thousands of Girl Scouts from around the nation chose to see DC, too! Managed: Decided to skip the main attractions that the Girl […]
Weekly Pet Pic: Pup Shac…well…sort of!
This week’s pet pic comes to us from managedmoms.com subscriber, Mary Hyde and it is one of my favorite pictures! This was taken by Mary’s very talented daughter who actually built the dog house herself, and as you can see, the house is popular with both the canine and the cat! Do you think […]
Freebie Friday Winner & Next Week’s Prize!
Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win? What is next week’s cool prize? 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 […]
June’s Ten Under $10 Drug Store Beauty Product Picks
It’s that time of month again when I go and see Bianca, one of my website writers and a Walgreen’s beauty expert, and she tells us what is hot and affordable in the drug store beauty aisle. Here are her picks for June that I showed on the KTVK “Your Life A to Z” morning show […]






