I was plugging away at work this morning when I looked up to check the date to include on a letter. When I saw July 20 staring me in the face I had a little panic attack. July 20 already? The summer is half over. I have only seven more weeks to play before the […]
Daily Ramblings
Another installment in my Positive Discipline Articles. Recently I had the great fortune of crossing paths with Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, Inc. She runs a very comprehensive educational website chocked full of parenting advice focused solely toward helping parents raise capable, well behaved children with high self esteem. Amy offers a free […]
You may have noticed that little button that recently showed up in the upper left corner of Heligirl. There’s a really exciting reason it’s there. I took an amazing parenting webinar from Positive Parenting Solutions last month just before my vacation and was completely floored by all the great information available, how it was presented, […]
Our house has an unspoken rule. The dogs and cats wrote it, but the kids seem to know it intuitively and follow it to the letter. That rule is: no one pees alone in our house. Or poos for that matter. No one. Ever. Period. Gotta go? You’d better not close the door all the […]
Today is a big new first here at Heligirl. I’ve done a blog swap with Ericka from Alabaster Cow. Hop on over to check out my brutally honest post about the guardian angel who entered my life when I was a pathetically miserable “victim” of my circumstance and taught me a simple, yet infinitely valuable […]
Today was a special day. I have Wednesdays off and am loving being home with the kids one day a week, especially in the summer. We get to do stuff when everyone else is at work. It’s like my mini-SAHM experience, without the Prozac (meaning if I was a SAHM I’d most likely need it […]
Those there bloggy awards are sure coming fast and furious. I had to go to the dry cleaner to get my red carpet dress pressed. What a dilemma to have. So, as was so eloquently done before me, I shall share with you who I am wearing as I strut down the red carpet. Joan […]
Why is it that every time I list something on Craig’s List it seems to be an open invitation for the hairy underbelly of society to rear their scary heads? Seriously, there are times it is beyond ridiculous. You see, I wanted to have a garage sale. Hubby rolled his eyes and complained about how […]
