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Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Your Own Style Yoga Shirt
Add Your Own Style to Your Yoga Shirt   Fold your shirt in half . . . keep reading

Hair Streaks
All you need to add a streak of color to any hair style is a Bobbie Pin and some embroidery floss. . . . keep reading

Tips for Back-to-School Shopping
Tips for Back-to-School Shopping The frenzied back-to-school shopping season is upon us, and more than ever, it’s evident that parents want a new and thrif . . . keep reading

What Can One Person Do?
a donation of $2,000 worth of pet food, and I’ve helped to forge new friends from other countries who all care about the same things I care about. And it all started with a simple posting on Facebook because I wanted to help a local animal shelter. It’s been magical.” . . . keep reading

Give Meaningful Gifts of Self this Christmas

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Studio 5 contributor and licensed therapist Julie Hanks, LCSW shares meaningful gifts of self to give your spouse this Christmas.


The most meaningful Christmas gifts don’t require much money, but do require thought, time, and awareness. Though it’s fun to shop and wrap gifts, we ultimately all wish for the same emotional gifts from our spouse — things that can’t be purchased – gifts of self. We all long for reassurance that we are loved and cherished, for comfort when we are sad or hurt or scared, and for validation that our experience matters to the person we love the most. Even if your husband doesn’t have the words to express these wishes, he longs for the same emotional gifts too. Here are some ideas to get you started thinking less about gifts you can buy and more about gifts you can offer from your heart.

1. Gift of Emotions

Tell your emotional truth

Too often, in an effort not to hurt your spouse’s feelings, you may have stopped expressing the full range of emotions – your hurts, your fears, your anger and your joys, and dreams. “I don’t want to be a nag” or “I ‘m supposed to be nice and happy all of the time” are common phrases I hear in my therapy office as reasons women stop expressing themselves. It’s helpful to consider that intimacy means “into-me-see” or see into me. True intimacy requires a deep level of emotional honesty and the tender expression of a full range of emotions, not just the good, happy, nice ones. Your thoughts, your feelings, and your expression of them are what make you uniquely you.

Ask for what you really want (more…)

Blog Tour for Romance Novel, Wind Warriors

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

I have some great news to share with you! Come September, I will be participating in a huge blog tour put on by Cynthia Roberts, author of the upcoming romance novel Wind Warrior!

There are some pretty exciting prizes for everyone involved – Cynthia is giving away $600 dollars worth of wonderful items! YOU could win one of five fabulous prizes! There will be something romantic, something succulent, something exquisite, and two others that will offer you lots of choices… Curious? Check out what you could win on the official blog tour giveaway website, here! You can also learn more about how this giveaway will operate.

Mom-stuff.com has a new romance article written by Cynthia. It is Romance 101. We are so excited to have her professional words of wisdom on Mom-stuff.com.

I’m looking forward to being a part of this great blog tour, and I hope you will come and join us! I will choose 5 entries from your comments on Sept 28.

Each participating blog will randomly choose five entrants from their list of participants to be placed in the grand pool where 5 winners will be randomly selected, So leave a comment and you will be entered.

Winners will be chosen on Sept. 30th and notified via email by Cynthia

All finalists must provide their name and official delivery address at the time of finalist selection to me.

New Resources Articles on mom-stuff.com

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Articles to make this the best summer ever at mom-stuff.com

8 Great Tips To Organize Kids’ Rooms  http://www.mom-stuff.com/public/300.cfm

Scared of Your Child’s Room? http://www.mom-stuff.com/public/299.cfm

Got friends or family coming to visit? http://www.mom-stuff.com/public/298.cfm

The Cancer of Resentment. http://www.mom-stuff.com/public/297.cfm

Women are Social Media. http://www.mom-stuff.com/public/296.cfm

New Summer Fun Activities on www.Mom-Stuff.com (more…)

Blog Tour Visits Trench Mommy

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

The Mom-Stuff Blog Tour is visiting From the Trenches of Motherhood this week.  Mandy is a preacher’s wife and a mother of three. Mandy has a positive attitude about life which really shows in her blog and her Blog Frog Community. She wants to encourage others to improve their lives.  Today I want to share a post from her blog to show you her personality. This post encourages wife’s to love and appreciate their husbands.

Fan The Flame {Part Two”}

Welcome to week two of my marriage series based on the book Seven Reasons Why God Created Marriage.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join us as we seek to grow our marriages.

This week’s verse is:

“Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” – Romans 15:7 (ESV)

This week’s theme is:

Accept One Another

I love my husband, but there are times he does something and it annoys me.  A lot. (more…)

Blog Tour visits Lolidots

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

The Mom-Stuff Blog Tour is visiting Lolidots this week.   Robin is a small town  girl with a great sense of humor.  Her blog is an unexpected extension of her Boutique that has been a wonderful experience for her. Robin loves doing the product reviews and hosting the fun giveaways for all of her readers. She is starting to be more comfortable with the main page of the blog and really enjoying it.  The creative outlet is nice to have but, what she enjoys the most are the friendships she has made through it and because of it. So go visit Lolidots and become one of her new friends,
Today we want to share her post on relationships’.

Mawwaige is what bwings us togevah today…

**First, let me say that if you don’t understand the title of this post then I demand you go out and rent (or totally just buy) The Princess Bride.Posted by Robin Haws at Lolidots

I was going to do another post about Lost, what with it being D-Day and all. Then I thought about my dear readers who maybe are not counting down the actual minutes to the show tonight. With that and the thought of all the Lost posts that will inevitably appear once the show starts, I got the ol’ noodle crankin’ and am going to take a crack at something else. Bear with me here. I’m not sure where it will go. (more…)

Featured Blog-SOLO dot MOM

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Today is our last day at  SOLO dot MOM on our Mom-Stuff Blog Tour. The Mom-Stuff Team has really enjoyed visiting Kathrine’s great blog.  She is a great resource for all moms, not just single moms. We love her articles  on dating, parenting and self improvement. We have picked this article to share with you because we want to show you the spirit of Katherine’s blog. She is very practical and every mom can learn from her daily living dating attitude. She also has started a webazine titled Single Parenting 101 providing inspiration, encouragement as well as practical tips on parenting. She would like to invite other single parents to jump on board with her. Swing by both of her sites.

the joys of dating

JOYS OF DATING (more…)

SOLO dot MOM-Featured Blog of the Week

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Our Featured Blog this week is SOLO dot Mom. Kathrine is a single mom with great articles on parenting, dating and personal development. Kathrine has started a webazine titled Single Parenting 101 providing inspiration, encouragement as well as practical tips on parenting. She would like to invite other single parents to jump on board with her. We have really enjoyed getting to know Katherine better this week.  Visit her blog and tell her thanks for sharing with our mom-stuff community. We want to share a post with you from her blog. Make sure you click on the links for part1 and part 2.

Oct 16, 2009

List for Newlyweds, Part 3 of 5 (more…)

Honor Our Fathers

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Mom-Stuff has published their Father’s Day site with lots of fun and economical ways to Honor the Men in our lives. Make this Father’s day an unforgettable event with homemade crafts and activities. Check out our family fun section for fun things to do on Father’s Day.  Also check out the scrapbooking section for a unique father’s day scrap booking page.   In the kids craft sections learn how to make homemade gifts for dad. Check out the recipe sections for dessert recipes that dad will love.   Make sure to check out the romance section for relationship articles. This month’s product review is on the lasted fad of bead watches.  Get your free pattern for the latest fashion of Spunky Headbands. Don’t forget to stop by and check out health and nutrition for the latest article how to be green while cleaning. Come and visit us at http://mom-stuff.com

The Mom-Stuff Mother’s Day site has been launched

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Come and visit us at www.mom-stuff.com


Its time to Honor our Mother’s.  Make this Mother’s day an unforgettable event with passed down recipes, and homemade crafts. Check out our family fun section mother day tributes (it is not too late to send us your tribute, email to contact@mom-stuff.com with tribute in the subject line.)  Also check out the scrapbooking section for a unique and simple mothers scrapbooking page.   In the kids craft sections learn how to make inexpensive gifts mom’s will just love. Check out the recipe sections for fun recipes that have been passed down through our family and make them apart of your family.   Make sure to check out the romance section for an article about how to stop controlling others by our own fears. This month’s product review is about online coupon sites.  We have also added a pattern for the latest fashion of Spunky Headbands. Don’t forget to stop by and check out health and nutrition for the latest article on the 10 lies food companies use. See you at www.mom-stuff.com.