Switched Eye Doctors for First Time in 15 years

Switched Eye Doctors for First Time in 15 years

I have been going to the same optometrist since I was 5 years old.  This is mainly because I have lived in the same 45 mile radius my entire life and just kept going there out of habit. I had no reason not to. Until now. I do want to know if I was perhaps [...]

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Rambler's Way: Made in America Proud

Rambler’s Way: Made in America Proud

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Ramblers Way. All opinions are 100% mine. My hometown of Manhattan, KS is not a small town but I am seeing the effects of big box stores putting locally-owned businesses out of business. When you try to go strolling downtown for some local shopping, [...]

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Medically Necessary Plastic Surgery

Medically Necessary Plastic Surgery

I am so thankful for plastic surgeons – the ones that solve medical problems or help women who have been scarred to have a more “normal” (even though I hate that word) appearance. Yes, plastic surgery can be medically neccessary and for those times I am so thankful we have highly qualified surgeons to right [...]

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I don't want to

I don’t want to

Lizzie’s favorite new phrase (or should I say phase) is, “I don’t want to.”  A typical exchange goes something like this: Me: “Lizzie, please turn off the television. Your movie is over.” Lizzie: “I don’t want to.” Me: “I know you don’t want to, but you must obey me. Too much tv will make you [...]

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Prevention, Causes and Treatment of Overuse Injuries in child athletes

Prevention, Causes and Treatment of Overuse Injuries in child athletes

Fifty percent of all sports-related injuries in children ages 5-14 are due to overuse.  This number was only 10 percent 30 years ago! This information is compiled by the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children and is the guiding statistic for the creation of the Rocky Mountain Youth Sports Medicine Institute. Dr. Brooke Pengel is the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday - What I See

Wordless Wednesday – What I See

When you look at this picture you see a preschooler that fell asleep watching Thomas the Train. Me? I see a toy room that took me all day to clean out so that my husband can shampoo the carpets and finally rid the house of the evil smell of cat urine! Now my living room [...]

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Grandma Mable's Meals Menu Planning ~ Giveaway

Grandma Mable’s Meals Menu Planning ~ Giveaway

Grandma Mable’s Meals is a menu planning service. Once a week you receive an e-mail with a PDF file of a full week’s menu – complete with shopping list and recipes. These are dinner menus, it does not come with breakfast or lunch, but for $24 a year you never have to worry about sitting [...]

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The best time of my life!

The best time of my life!

Even though I have lots of days where I might not feel like it, this is the best time of my life. People wouldn’t write songs like “Let them be little” and “It won’t be like this for long” or “You’re gonna miss this” if it wasn’t true. I have really hard days though. Days [...]

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Sesame Street Movies on USB storage drives ~ Giveaway

Sesame Street Movies on USB storage drives ~ Giveaway

Sesame Street just released 7 new movies pre-loaded on character-themed USB storage devices.  These USB devices can be used to store all your photos, music and documents as well. Each drive can hold up to 400 photos, 400 songs or an almost unlimited amount of documents. Every single Sesame Street USB device is preloaded with [...]

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Mommy & Me Monday - Joy & Laughter

Mommy & Me Monday – Joy & Laughter

My friend Kami just started a new photography business called “Orange Peel Photography” and she did our family photographs just recently.  My favorite thing about her work is how has this amazing timing and captures emotions in nanoseconds.  You can browse her blog to see what I mean! I am going to be posting soon [...]

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