Easy Acrylic Post-It Note Tutorial

I always like to start the school year out with a simple gift of gratitude for the time and care the teachers of my children will invest in them over the upcoming year. As I see it, if we expect our teachers to give our children their best, we need to let them know how [...]

Looking for “Good Fruit”…

I know that you will find this impossible to fathom, but my kids, in spite of all the love and attention we have poured out on them, are occasionally naughty.  They throw tantrums when they don’t get their way.  They talk back to me if they don’t want to do what I tell them to [...]

Tips to Healthier Eating & a Slimmer Budget

It seems everyone has back to school on the brain. Supply lists, back packs, class schedules, 1 st day fashions, and more. It can be a bit overwhelming and costly! Besides the growing school lists, feeding our kids during the school year can easily throw a budget into total chaos. With a few tricks, you [...]

Guest Post: Author Lauren Kessler & Daughter, Lizzie

Lauren Kessler is the author of My Teenage Werewolf. Both she and her daughter dual post on their blog, My Teenage Werewolf. Enjoy the following post written by each of them, in their own words.Lauren’s Post:

When people find out that I’ve written a book (My Teenage Werewolf) starring my own teen daughter – [...]

SYL: Angels4Epilepsy

Jamie is a 7 year old little girl with a vision, a vision to help other kids with epilepsy to know that they are not alone. Two years ago, Jamie and her family discovered, after a seizure at 5:30 in the morning, that she had epilepsy. What a scary time this was for [...]

How to Pack a Healthy Eco-Friendly School Lunch for Your Child

With back to school time fast approaching, parents’ thoughts have turned to how to pack a healthy school lunch (at least mine has).  My kids don’t take hot lunch.  Not only does it completely lack any nutritional value, it really doesn’t taste very good.

That leaves me with needing to come up with tasty, healthy alternatives [...]

What Do You Believe?

One question before I write this….are you just another ingredient, or are you the spoon?

You’re probably wondering what I mean….simply, are you just sitting back believing everything you hear, or are you actually willing to stand up for what you believe in, even when it sometimes means stirring the pot?

In the world of blogging, we [...]

Five Ways to Celebrate the End of Summer

Although summer doesn’t officially end until next month, the beginning of the school year signals it’s drawing to a close for us.  While we welcome the return of a more structured schedule, we want to spend a bit longer reveling in the slower pace we’ve been enjoying.  Here are a few ways we like to [...]

Blogher 2010 Experience

This post is overdue, for sure, but since I got home, I’ve had some sort of middle  ear thing going on, and it has me completely spaced out….anyway, just wanted to recap on everything that went down on my trip to Blogher in NYC.

If you’ve never attended a blogging conference, I really encourage you to [...]

SYL: Airline Ambassadors

Airline Ambassadors International is an organization, affiliated with the United Nations, that helps ordinary people become “Ambassadors of Goodwill” in their own communities and abroad. The organization started as airline employees making a difference in their travels, but now medical personnel, students, families, etc., can volunteer with Airline Ambassadors.

Their mission is to provide help [...]

Our New Adventure with Workboxes

I shared this post on my personal blog, Real Heart Prints, and thought it might be useful to some of my readers here, as well. I’ve been reading so much lately about the latest in homeschooling, workboxes. Workboxes began with Sue Patrick’s Workbox System. Even though I don’t own the book, I’ve [...]

SYLW: Mercy Ships

Mercy Ships is an organization that I remember dreaming about serving with back when I was still a teenager.  I used to pore over literature I’d gotten from them, thinking that someday I might volunteer with them.  In fact, one of the ladies in my church had actually returned from serving as a nurse, and [...]

Shine Your Light Wed: Convoy of Hope

(Throughout this post will be pictures of Haiti that Convoy of Hope has given me permission to use.  Some of these pictures are graphic, so I give warning before you read, in case you have a child in the room.)

Convoy of Hope is an organization that I’ve been learning more about since the earthquake [...]

M2M: Organizing Your Homeschool

With the new year upon us, it’s usually the time of year that we take a step back, reevaluate how things are going, and then tweak what we’re doing, making changes if needed.  If you homeschool, then you know how important it is to do this, especially in your kids’ schedules and study times.  We [...]

M2M: Schedule Say What? Plan Your Time

Ok, so maybe that title implies I’ve been watching a bit too much Hannah Montana with Jacob….oh well.:)  We are back on track here at MamaBuzz, busy as ever.  So, this week I thought I’d share a few tips with all of you busy mamas on scheduling your week.  It’s a daunting task, but somebody’s [...]

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