This post was written by Gretta, who is a contributor here at Eighty MPH Mom, and I asked her to write a piece about her missionary work - it is fascinating! The decision Have you ever tried to do life your way and things just don't ever seem to work out for you? My husband and I tried several different things over the past 10 … [Read more...]
A couple of years ago I had jury duty. Now you would think that since I am a police officer's wife, they would excuse me. Not so much. I showed up and spent two days being questioned by the defense attorney and prosecutor. And I mean REALLY grilled. They finally let me go after they mentally wore me down. I actually felt like I was living the … [Read more...]
Meningococcal disease, also called meningitis, is a very serious disease that causes infection of the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. My husband had Encephalitis as a child (which is similar to Meningitis) and it was incredibly scary. Meningitis can affect people of all ages, but it is especially serious in teens, children … [Read more...]
I now have a pretty new button to match my new design! If you enter giveaways at Eighty MPH Mom, or have my old button in your sidebar, please replace it with the new button - thanks! You can either save the button above, or grab the coding from my sidebar :) … [Read more...]
Oh how I wish I knew about Campus Book Rentals sooner. When my son attended Cal Poly a couple of years ago, it seems that everything was overwhelmingly expensive. The tuition was high, and we also had to purchase a meal plan. Then we remembered the textbooks and oh my, that hit the pocketbook pretty hard as well. After a couple of years, he … [Read more...]
Conversation gone wrong... The other night, we were going to pick up Mexican food for dinner. Here is how this conversation went: Me: "I'll drive to pick up dinner if you'll go in to get it" Him: "Okay, sweet!" Me (Five minutes before we left): "We'll leave in five minutes hon" Him: "Okay" Me (Five minutes later): "Okay … [Read more...]
For the past week, I have been working on getting everything blog related organized for the new year. It is amazing how much there is...I am not completely yet done, but it feels good to get my all of my ducks in a row (so to speak). Since this is a quiet time in blogging, for most of us, now is a great time to do a few things that will make your … [Read more...]
I am just thrilled beyond words to have my new site design up and running! All of the credit goes to an amazing guy named Greg. You might know him from Telling Dad, but did you also know that he has a design site called Engine One Media? Yes he does, and he is fantastic! Greg is working hard to get Engine 1 Media all situated so you can see … [Read more...]
I feel quite honored to be featured as a Mom Central VIP! I enjoy working with them and I am so excited to see what 2012 has in store with Mom Central! If you'd like to see my feature, head over to their site and read the Mom Central VIP Eighty MPH Mom post - you might even learn a few new things about yours truly! In my feature, I listed … [Read more...]
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Gift Card Weekend for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. The weeks before Christmas were really fun for me. Not only was I busy buying presents for my family, decorating the house, baking, etc., but I was entering contests like crazy! There were so many to choose from, and they kept … [Read more...]
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