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Complaint of the day!
In one sentence, make a complaint, like you are complaining (or whining) to the person that can change it. It'll feel good to get it off your chest, even if it is something small.
LATEST POSTED BY: JoyHere's one I know has probably NEVER been complained about before....... Dear House, will you please either clean yourself or start throwing things at the people who defile you?! Oh, but not me. You can't throw things at me because I've been picking you up for years!! I've earned the right to defile you if I want to!ViewOctober.25th.2011
Word of the Day
In one word (or less!), name your heart today. ONE WORD ONLY! Others can comment and respond to your post, but YOU must keep it short and sweet (but your word does not have to be sweet at all!)....Let's see what happens, OK? Peace for your Path! Love, Robin
LATEST POSTED BY: QuiltndollmakerLearningViewApril.30th.2012
Moms in the Mission
Through marriage, motherhood, sisterhood, and solace, our lives are dedicated to shining a light in this world for Christ. Whether the mission-field in foreign countries, our own neighborhood, online, or in our own home, this group is for you: a woman fearfully and wonderfully made to shine His light...on purpose.
LATEST POSTED BY: itisbygraceMerry Christmas mission-focused mommys! I hope you and your families enjoy rich blessings this season!ViewDecember.25th.2009
New websites, coupons, samples, etc... FREE!!!
I don't know about you, but I love free stuff!!! This circle keeps you posted with coupons, samples, free stuff, and websites that I think everyone will love!
LATEST POSTED BY: CanadianNannyLooking for child care in Canada? Skip the agency fees and try www.CanadianNanny.ca. Low cost to register and no additional fees once you've found someone.ViewJuly.26th.2011
Guilty Pleasures
That reality show you can't miss? The soap opera you have watched forever? The "made for tv movies" you can sit and watch all weekend? The "smut novels" you just can't put down? Share them with us. We all have them. I bet you aren't alone in yours!
LATEST POSTED BY: KasandriaHmmm Guilty Pleasures: Reality TV, Travel, Celebrity Gossip, and ReadingViewFebruary.27th.2012
The Prayer Chain
This circle is a place for all of us who pray (or need a prayer)to come and share our needs and care for each other, regardless of denomination.
LATEST POSTED BY: indianaI'm asking for prayers for my friend Nancy, her husband Eric and their 11 year old daughter Sarah. Nancy found out yesterday there is a mass on one of her lungs and that there is a 98% chance it is lung cancer. Please pray for them as they navigate the early stages of this process.ViewMay.19th.2011
Coupons!
Use coupons? Want coupons? Have coupons? Need coupons? All about coupons!
LATEST POSTED BY: Kayla SA coupon a day means you can put the scissors away USAToday.com - Wendy Nelson's "gateway into a bad habit," as she puts it, sounds innocent enough: a Stanley three-in-one LED flashlight bundled with two keychain flashlights — $24.95 for the whole shebang — that she scooped up as a birthday present for her husband two years ago off Woot, the housewares-heavy daily deal site. Coming up is a facial and massage as a treat for her wedding anniversary. But these days — when an ad for daily-deal titan Groupon teases, "All your savvy friends are paying half" — "do you really need an excuse (to splurge)?" asks Nelson, 57. "It might be Flag Day." The coupon is cool, having shed its stigma thanks to the rise of sites including Groupon, LivingSocial, Thrillist and Lifebooker, which lure bargain hunters with often achingly cheeky ads (In search of an off-price gynecology exam? "Look out below!"). Also helping is the popularity of the TLC show Extreme Couponing, which wraps its first season June 15. Twentysomethings use them, as do relatively wealthy people — and guys. iPhones are checked first thing in the morning for the day's discounts. Romances are kindled over daily-deal restaurant dates, often at pricey places couples couldn't otherwise afford. Vacations and honeymoons are planned around boutique hotels and unique activities dug up from daily-deal sites. Christmas lists get ticked off thanks to clicking, not clipping. And with no flipping or snipping required, the modern coupon is relatively hassle- and pain-free: Instead of subjecting themselves to ink-stained and paper-cut fingers, today's discount devotees merely need to flash an image of their purchased deal from their Droid X. "No matter how much money you make, you always love a great deal," says Doug Clinton, a research analyst who tracks the daily-deal industry for Piper Jaffray, an investment bank. "There's not a stigma attached to pulling out a Groupon vs. pulling out a coupon you clipped from the newspaper. That makes you look totally out of touch." Keep reading: http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2011-06-05-daily-deals-extreme-couponing-groupon_n.htm?loc=interstitialskipViewJune.6th.2011
Inspirations
This is the place to talk about the people and things that inspire you to grow, to change, to try harder and do better today than you did yesterday. Who knows--maybe you will inspire someone else!
LATEST POSTED BY: BrandieMy note: I struggled where to place this. But I ultimately decided here, because I think Jenny sharing is inspirational to everyone who struggles with depression. The fight goes on. by The Bloggess http://thebloggess.com/2012/01/the-fight-goes-on/ If you follow me on twitter you already know that I’ve been battling off one of the most severe bouts of depression I’ve ever had. Yesterday it started to pass, and for the first time in weeks I cried with relief instead of with hopelessness. Depression can be crippling, and deadly. I’m lucky that it’s a rare thing for me, and that I have a support system to lean on. I’m lucky that I’ve learned that depression lies to you, and that you should never listen to it, in spite of how persuasive it is at the time. When cancer sufferers fight, recover, and go into remission we laud their bravery. We call them survivors. Because they are. When depression sufferers fight, recover and go into remission we seldom even know, simply because so many suffer in the dark…ashamed to admit something they see as a personal weakness…afraid that people will worry, and more afraid that they won’t. We find ourselves unable to do anything but cling to the couch and force ourselves to breathe. Click the link to continue readingViewJanuary.3rd.2012
Mom's Homeroom
Mom's Homeroom is an amazing resource on msn.com that provides moms ways to help their kids succeed in school. TheMotherhood is proud to be working with Mom's Homeroom and Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats -- and through the brilliant reporting by Renee Ross of Cutie Booty Cakes and Jennifer Leet of Dirty Shirt Blog -- to share and discuss with you the awesome information on Mom's Homeroom!
LATEST POSTED BY: DD2sMomGo ahead, raise your hand to be the room-mom, the book fair committee chair, the one who organizes the recess and library helpers...here's a tricky tool that make your new job so easy! VolunteerSpot is a free and simple online calendar sign up tool that makes it easy to schedule and sign up parent helpers at school, at sports, at Scouts...anywhere you coordiante a group of people. VolunteerSpot is quick to setup, volunteers signup with a few clicks, and it send automated reminder emails....so people show up for the spots they signed up for. Their free eBooks have terrific information for planning school carnivals, talent shows, parent-teacher conferences and fundraisers. Check it out - a Homeroom mom's must-have tool, for sure! http://www.VolunteerSpot.com http://www.VolunteerSpot.comViewJanuary.25th.2010
The Problem with Women is Men
For fans of Charles Orlando's book The Problem with Women is Men! Leave comments, questions, thoughts and opinions on the book!
LATEST POSTED BY: Erin OWhy women apologize more than men Canadian researchers have the proof: Women apologize more often than men. Case closed, right? Not quite. Here's a look at what psychologists Karina Schumann and Michael Ross at Ontario's University of Waterloo found, what they didn't show, and the implications for ratcheting down the War of the Sexes. Read more: http://theweek.com/article/index/207597/why-women-apologize-more-than-menViewOctober.1st.2010
Oops...I did it again
Join in to confess your latest oops. No need to hide in shame...we are all apt to trip up at least once in awhile. Ask for advice in righting a wrong or just share a giggle. p.s. I should probably make this circle my home page.
LATEST POSTED BY: robinMy oops: Broke a bone in my ankle and tore a bunch of ligaments trying to be "fun mom" while playing soccer two weeks ago. I do not play soccer. I am not fun, and I am feeling pretty embarrassed retelling the story thousands and thousands of times to strangers (especially at the soccer field). Yet, telling it HERE to all of you actually helps. Thanks for listening...ViewSeptember.23rd.2010
Oops...I did it again
Join in to confess your latest oops. No need to hide in shame...we are all apt to trip up at least once in awhile. Ask for advice in righting a wrong or just share a giggle. p.s. I should probably make this circle my home page.
LATEST POSTED BY: robinMy oops: Broke a bone in my ankle and tore a bunch of ligaments trying to be "fun mom" while playing soccer two weeks ago. I do not play soccer. I am not fun, and I am feeling pretty embarrassed retelling the story thousands and thousands of times to strangers (especially at the soccer field). Yet, telling it HERE to all of you actually helps. Thanks for listening...ViewSeptember.23rd.2010Halloween!
This is the circle to discuss all things Halloween: costumes (for kids and grownups!), party ideas, recipes, decorations, and of course, your favorite candy to steal from your kids' haul. (Oh, come on, you know you do it!)
LATEST POSTED BY: DeborahSeven Things You Don't Know About the Great Pumpkin.... Snoopy taking first flight as a World War I ace. Charlie Brown taking grief as rocks pile up in his Halloween bag. And Linus taking to his patch as he awaits the mighty Great Pumpkin. The scenes are so deeply poignant and richly imagined that “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” still resonates 45 years after the holiday classic first aired on CBS to high ratings. “Great Pumpkin” debuted nearly a year after the first animated “Peanuts” special — “A Charlie Brown Christmas” — shocked network executives by winning the night and winning over a nation. (Half of all TVs in the United States were tuned to the first airing of “Christmas.”) Read more: http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/article_a02bae34-01e0-11e1-a929-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1cN335DgmViewOctober.31st.2011
Little Chefs
My son, who is 9 years old wants to be a chef. I created this circle for moms who have an aspiring little chef, who needs new and easy recipes to make at home, for kid parties, fundraisers at school and so on. Please only Post recipes that will be easy for kids to make with mom or dad:) snack or dessert recipes, easy grilling ideas for summer, party or picnic recipes etc.... post pictures of recipes and ask questions for ideas. Thank you and look forward to hearing from all the great recipes from all you mom's out there!
LATEST POSTED BY: inlawswithmoneyWhat a GREAT idea! Both my kids (ages 3 and 6) LOVE to cook! I will definately be checking back here to see what all you have and will post if we come up with anything fun!!ViewJune.3rd.2009
Six Words About...
Sometimes the less you have to work with, the more you manage to do. Let's come up with our own six word memoirs on various topics. Brevity is the soul of wit! (Hey, that statement is six words!)
LATEST POSTED BY: BrandieThe Makeover!ViewApril.7th.2010Creative Kids
A group for the kids of the moms of the motherhood to showcase their creativity: from play forts to drawings to singing to poetry or wherever your creativity lives! Share it with us!
LATEST POSTED BY: Erin OWhy we need to let kids be creative By Carolina A. Miranda, Parenting.com It's a brisk winter morning in New York City and a class of bubbly preschoolers have burst into Room 5 of the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School for a period of free play. Amid an explosion of drawing, coloring, and play-dough kneading, Maxine, 3, and Harper, 4, two towheaded girls in pink skirts, are building a tower out of colorful wood blocks. Their structure, however, is top-heavy, and it begins to wobble. The pair stops and scrutinizes their work. Harper dismantles the tower and starts to rebuild. "Let's put it like this," she tells Maxine, using the biggest blocks to create a solid foundation. Up the tower goes again, this time standing firmly on a solid base. This may not seem like a remarkable activity -- kids build stuff and pull it apart on a daily basis. But what Harper did in revising her construction methods was to engage a two-step thought process known as "divergent thinking." First, her mind flipped through her knowledge on the geometry of blocks (cubes are sturdy; cones, not so much). Then it generated new ideas for how she might use them (place large cubes at the bottom, instead of on top). Divergent thinking is key to problem solving and is the backbone of creativity -- understanding what is, and then imagining the possibilities of what could be. The word "creativity," in our society, tends to be applied to artistic endeavors. But divergent thinking is an essential part of everyday life, whether it's navigating office politics or devising a new social-media network. When a toddler figures out that he can climb a strategically placed chair to reach a cookie on the kitchen counter, he has engaged in highly creative problem solving (to the chagrin of his parents). "We all have creative potential," says Mark Runco, Ph.D., director of the University of Georgia's Torrance Center for Creativity & Talent Development. "Our job as parents and teachers is to help kids fulfill it." Whether that potential is being fulfilled is another story entirely. Kyung Hee Kim, Ph.D., an educational psychologist at the College of William & Mary, in Virginia, has spent the past decade poring over the creativity scores of more than 300,000 American K-12 students. The news is not good: "Creativity scores have significantly decreased since 1990," she says. Moreover, "creativity scores for kindergartners through third-graders decreased the most, and those from the fourth through sixth grades decreased by the next largest amount." Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/03/living/let-kids-be-creative-p/index.html?hpt=hp_bn8ViewJanuary.4th.2012TheMotherhood.com: You've Got To See This!
This is a circle for the post, note, quote or video you saw today that has stuck with you, here on theMotherhood. It is the one that you want to make sure EVERYONE sees. The one that is making you think in a new way, the one that inspires conversation, the one that pokes your heart. Just reblog that post here, You've Got To See This!
LATEST POSTED BY: DeborahThe new captain jumped from the deck, fully dressed, and sprinted through the water. A former lifeguard, he kept his eyes on his victim as he headed straight for the couple swimming between their anchored sportfisher and the beach. “I think he thinks you’re drowning,” the husband said to his wife. They had been splashing each other and she had screamed but now they were just standing, neck-deep on the sand bar. “We’re fine, what is he doing?” she asked, a little annoyed. “We’re fine!” the husband yelled, waving him off, but his captain kept swimming hard. ”Move!” he barked as he sprinted between the stunned owners. Directly behind them, not ten feet away, their nine-year-old daughter was drowning. Safely above the surface in the arms of the captain, she burst into tears, “Daddy!”
How did this captain know – from fifty feet away – what the father couldn’t recognize from just ten? Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. The captain was trained to recognize drowning by experts and years of experience. The father, on the other hand, had learned what drowning looks like by watching television.
Important to read the rest here:http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/ViewMay.31st.2011Crazy about Honey
This circle is anything and everything about our honey - our husband, our partner. Be supportive. Compromise. Listen. Relationship is both ways.
LATEST POSTED BY: QuiltndollmakerMy sweet hubby and I have been married for 37 years. When we had been married for only about 8 years we were having bummpy times with two kids calling it quits was not a solution for us. We went to one of those seminars for couples and it saved us! I am so thankful we have hung in there and supported one another through thick and thin, and terrible times with a troubled teen! He is my best friend and rock! I think Compromise and humor are sooo important to keeping a relationship alive for the long haul....ViewJuly.14th.2011mom's big night in
Pull up a comfy chair, kick up your feet...grab a glass of wine or cup of tea, and let's talk and laugh and have a good evening in...with friends.
LATEST POSTED BY: EmilyYeah!! Can't wait for tonight!!!!!ViewJanuary.23rd.2012
Tell It Like It Is
Let's get real, mom.... This is a place to throw your dirty laundry onto the rest of the pile... because you know you're not the only one out there, so let's get real and just tell it like it is. If things weren't, or aren't, the way they should have been...what are you doing, or what have you done to make today and tomorrow different from those yesteryears? Spill the beans, triumphs, downfalls and all.
LATEST POSTED BY: JillSimpsonWe've all been there--with the screaming baby or toddler on a plane (and frankly I'm glad I'm not there anymore!)--but file this funny story under "It could be worse!!" By http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/author/lisa-belkin/ http://jojostein.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/7/8_How_to_Survive_a_Mid-Air_Disaster.html , a TV writer, who describes herself as a “first time parent and long-time neurotic,” read my http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/a-crying-child-kicked-off-a-plane/ about the mother and child who were escorted off a Southwest flight last week, and sent me an essay she wrote about being that parent — the kind whose child won’t stop screaming.Many of us have been where she sat. But, she warns, most of us would never want to do what she did.http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/how-not-to-calm-a-child-on-a-plane/?hp .ViewNovember.4th.2009
