I have a fun giveaway going on this week at my review blog.  Check it out!  This does NOT replace my regular weekly giveaway here on Musings.  That is still to come. Also, on Chic Critique today I’m having a "Best Of" edition.  I’m giving a rundown of the best products I’ve reviewed over the [...]

Tonight we opted for a rather unconventional dinner; we piled the kids in the car and went out for ice cream.  On the way home, we commented to the kids ever so modestly that not everyone gets ice cream for dinner, and they evidently have the best parents in the world. My 8-year-old son piped [...]

So I really thought that taking a week off would help my hand and arm complaints subside.  And it did!!  When I got back from She Speaks, where I had only been using a laptop computer (no mouse and no designing), I was feeling some better, although I was still having some symptoms.  Then I [...]

It’s Saturday morning, and I’ll tell you what, there is NOTHING like waking up in your own bed.  NUTTIN’ LIKE IT. The ride home last night was enough to make me ban family vacations until the kids are married or otherwise living on their own.  Read: not in my car for more than 30 minutes [...]

I think my last blog post title might have been a tad misleading.  I was not at home when I wrote it.  I was just predicting the sad state of affairs that will be my arrival at home if I continue to indulge in Boardwalk fare. Tonight, however, we WILL be going home, and I [...]

I’ve been going to the Jersey shore for vacation every summer since I married into the husband’s family.  This is our 15th year.  Eight adults and eight kids cram into a 4-bedroom/2-bathroom condo on the beach.  And believe it or not, it works.  For the most part.  It helps that we’re all pretty easy going. [...]

Arianne from To Think Is To Create is minding the store today while I’m soaking up the sun at the shore.  Be sure to give her a hearty bloggy welcome. When I found out I’d be guest posting over here at Chez M.O.A.H, I was excited.  I love to guest post, because it’s fun to [...]