Growing Up

After my children went to bed for the evening last night I was looking through their baby albums. Wow, it's amazing how much they have grown! I still find it hard to believe that I am the mother of a 14 year old daughter. I found this picture of my daughters baptismal.


I can't believe that little girl has grown into a beautiful young woman.

Memes From Petula

My dear sweet friend, Petula tagged me for a couple of memes. Alright, she only tagged me for one of them, but I wanted to do both of them so she said I could.

BEAUTY SECRETS MEME

My Foundation: Cover Girl Fragrance Free in Ivory. I hate the way foundation smells so I always use fragrance free makeup.

My Mascara: Cover Girl Professional Super Thick Lash in Black Brown. I have very thin eye lashes so mascara is a definite must wear.

My Essential Beauty Product: Cover Girl Eyeliner in Brown, I do not feel like my makeup is complete without eyeliner on.

My Favorite Makeup Product: Anything Cover Girl!

My Perfume: My favorite perfume is Poison by Christan Dior, but I actually don't wear perfume very often. A lot of people have allergies and you are not allowed to wear it in a lot of places so I usually don't bother putting it on.

My Nails: They go from short to long depending upon the season. In the Spring and Summer they are usually short because they break while digging in the flower beds. When they are long I usually just have a pale gloss on them.

My Feet: I don't really do too much with my feet other then a pedicure once every other month. I always wear nail on my toes in the warm moths so they will look pretty in sandals.

Women I Admire For Their Beauty: Any mom who can look hot while still getting groceries with 2 kids, changing a diaper or wiping a snooty nosed toddler.

Women With The Best Sense Of Style: Any mom who can make baby spit up on their shirt look good.

How Do I Define Womanhood: I think womanhood is mental thing; it's responsibility, maturity and who you are.

My Fashion Publication: The only magazines that regularly come into my house are my kids Thomas the Tank Engine magazine and teen magazines. I do like reading Cosmo once in a while.

Favorite Mom Quote

My favorite mom quote would have to be "If raising kids were easy it wouldn't have started with something called labor".

What are your beauty secrets or favorite mom quote?

My Mother's Day

I had a really nice Mother's Day. I got two bouquets of flowers, one from hubby and one from Aurora. The best present I received was that hubby let me sleep in and cleaned the house for me. The man even vacuumed! I had my niece, J.T., today and her and Aidan even took a nap for me. Isn't that the cutest thing ever! I have to install my printers now so I can print a picture off for her mom. I hope you all had a great Mother's Day.

Happy Mother's Day

I could post a poem or even a song about what being a mother means to me, but I think the best way is to show you. Here are my children, my reason for smiling, for laughing, for being the person that I am today. They are the most precious gifts I could ever receive and I consider myself truly blessed because of them.

I want to wish all my mommy blogging friends a Happy Mother's Day.

Camera Critters Sunday #5

Camera Critters is a weekly meme brought to you by my BBFF, Misty.

No my dog did not have kittens, my cat did. Princess just seems to love them though.

Mother's Day Present, Smoke and a Tire

Today I had to go out and do a few errands, pick up a Mother's Day present for my mother-in-law and some flowers for my mothers grave. We made it a girls outing with myself, Brandi and my daughter. We really should have brought a guy with us though.

I did my errands, picked up the flowers, gift and a medical id bracelet for Aurora. We even stopped for a coffee at Tim Horton's. We were having a nice girl's day out...until on the drive home.

Brandi looks over at me and says, "Do you smell burning rubber?". I pulled over and not only was the tire flat, it was smoking. Have you ever seen 3 girls try to change a tire? It's not a pretty sight.


We managed with the help of a hatchet to change the flat and put the donut tire on. Man, we're good!

The Mom Song

My friend Anna posted this on my FunWall on Facebook and I thought it was such a cute mom song that I had to post it.

A Mother's Prayer

Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day,

With little time to stop and pray,

For life's been anything but calm,

Since you called on me to be a mom.


Running errands, matching socks,

Building dreams with building blocks.

Cooking, cleaning, and finding shoes,

And other stuff that children lose.


Fitting lids on bottled bugs,

Wiping tears and giving hugs.

A stack of last week's mail to read,

So where's the quiet time I need?


Yet when I steal a minute Lord,

Just at the sink or ironing board,

To ask the blessings of your grace,

I see them in my small one's face,


That you have blessed me all the while,

As I stop to kiss that precious smile.


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Are You A Drop Star

My good friend Tina from Mummy Diaries came up with a great way to say "Thank You!" to all the regulars who drop their eCards on us. She, with a teeny bit of help from me, has come up with this.



This is how works, the top droppers who has dropped their eCards on Mom Knows Everything or Mummy Diaries at least 8 times will have their site added to I'm A Drop Star Blog Roll.

For more information about how this works click here.

Stumble Upon Meme

My new blogging friend Mariuca tagged me for the Stumble Upon Meme.

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1. Copy from "START COPYING HERE" to "STOP COPYING HERE".
2. Add your site(s) to the list. Just be sure to post the "StumbleWorthy List" at each site you add.
3. Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving me a comment HERE. I will add you to the master list.
4. Come back and copy the master list back to your site, often. This will allow the new comers to achieve equal benefit as the late comers do.
5. Register in StumbleUpon and install the toolbar.
6. Go to the sites found on the list and give them a thumb up (I like it!).
7. Add me as your friend in StumbleUpon: Blanne.

Note: Your url will be deleted in the Master List if you do not comply to the given rules.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE LIST. OR CLICK HERE TO GET A BANNER THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR BLOG. THE MORE PARTICIPANTS, THE GREATER INCREASE IN TRAFFIC! :)

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I'm Allowed To Sing This Song

Remember my previous post about my mini Simon Cowell and how he hated my singing? Well, I think I've found a song that he doesn't mind me singing along to, heck he even sings along with it too.

Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls




So I guess it's just the 80's music he hates.

Happy Birthday Kim!

Today is a very special day. It's my friend Kim's birthday. Kim is a sweet heart and a great blogging buddy. Kim introduced me to blogging and has always answered all my "stupid" questions with only a small amount of laughing. She is also my sister's dearest friend. If Sharla doesn't call you to wish you a Happy Birthday Kim, I'll kick her butt!

Happy Birthday Glitters

Stop by Kim's and wish her a Happy Birthday!