Take the Pledge: No Texting & Driving Teens…and All Ages!

Wow!  That is all I can say.  I don’t even watch a lot of reality shows and I usually don’t watch “Extreme Home Makeover,” but when I went to record my favs, “Desperate Housewives” and “Brothers and Sisters,” a little voice told me to instead tape “Extreme Home Makeover” tonight.  So I did. So, as […]

Mama Home Remedies

Manic:  My teenager woke up with a virus today! Managed:   My Channel 3 segment called Mama Home Remedies aired today!  Since I just did this segment, I had everything on hand to care for him with some really good all natural remedies.  This stuff works for adults, too.  See it now and be well: [vodpod […]

Manic morning update!

Read the post before this one first about how my mornings have been more manic than managed lately!  Then read this one. Ok, now that you read that one, I have good news that I want to share with all of you manic morning parents out there (surely I’m not the only one?!).  This morning […]

Anniversary blessings

Wow.  Last week I was thinking that our 18th wedding anniversary was still two weeks away because I couldn’t believe that it is already mid-January.   I don’t know why that surprises me when I think about how time flies.  How is it possible that I met my husband on a blind date back in the […]

From virus to Vegas…what a week!

Last week was not at all what I had envisioned.  Of the three New Year’s resolutions I made,  I was only able to attack one of them.  Perhaps I was over ambitious making 3 resolutions, you think?!  Of course, like most people, I planned to return to the gym.  Next was to cook more for […]

Tips for life with a new teenager!

Two months ago we became the proud, but anxious, parents of a teenager.  Our first-born turned 13 and we have been wondering what these years will bring.  We wonder because we hear funny and not-so-funny tales of teens filling a household with strange new hormones.  And we also wonder because we remember when we filled […]

Our First 2011 Manic Managed Moment

Happy New Year!  In true Harris Home fashion, we had our first manic managed moment of the year happen at 1:30 a.m. on New Years Day.  I share this story to help me laugh it off and to provide some tips in case this situation ever happens in your house!  It involves ignoring my husband’s […]