Heartwarming Story: A daughter finally finds her long lost mother through technology Sometimes in life, you can’t help but accept fate. This is what happened to a young woman named Lena Pierce when she gave birth to a baby named Eva May when she was just 13 years old. Because of state law, she had […]
Free Child Safety App for Parents from Kars4Kids
It’s heartbreaking hearing reports in the news about children dying from heatstroke after being left unattended in vehicles. Parents are humans too but it’s a mistake no parent can bear to make. Kars4Kids has made available a free Bluetooth enabled app developed for this purpose that will signal an alarm as soon as the phone has been […]
Shriners Hospitals for Children Walk for Love on Saturday, July 5th – Fun for the whole family!
Summer is a time for fun – but what if you can have fun with your kids AND do good for others in need at the same time? Shriners Hospitals for Children is hosting a Walk for LOVE at Loring Park at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 5th. Walk for LOVE is fun festival-like event […]
My first CD release – Concert Event February 7th
I shared a couple months ago that I was raising funds for my first CD of my piano compositions – well, I succeeded! My CD was completed and my CD release concert event is tonight – Friday, February 7th at 7:00pm at my church in New Hope. It’s free and open to all. Free childcare […]
25 Simple Things I Love about the Christmas Season as a Mom
Experiencing the Christmas season as a mom has been very different from my experiences as a child. It turns out though, some of those things are amazing regardless if you are the child or the parent. 1. Baking Christmas cookies. 2. Receiving homemade Christmas cookies from a friend. 3. A good workout at the gym […]
All moms have personal goals and dreams. Here’s a big one of mine, and I need your support.
Most of you know me as a frugal mom of 2 living in the Twin Cities because that’s what I write about here (and I love doing it!). But many of you may not be aware that I’m also a local church musician and composer of piano music and am working hard on releasing my […]
What Really Matters – Some Inspiring Words for Us All from a Young Woman’s Memorial Service
What Really Matters I have worked as a church organist for the past 15 years or so. Over those years, I have played for many, many funerals (or “memorial services”). Most of them for older people I didn’t know well. Some for older people I did know well. And a few for younger people that […]
To Flat Screen TV and back – to Old Reliable Tube TV
Our 26″ flat screen Sylvania TV died on Black Friday at about 1pm. We had only had it for four and a half years. To me, that’s not very long. But I suppose that in today’s world of “planned obsolescence” and the fact that there’s always being something better to upgrade to, it probably was. Darn! That thing cost […]
Ten Things I’ve Learned Since Becoming a Mom
Dedicated to all the other moms out there! 1. It’s possible to go-go-go all day, from early morning to late at night, and get nothing done. Seriously! Everything I did today I’ll have to do all over again tomorrow anyway. 2. Captain Crunch Oops! All Berries! cereal makes your poop blue. 3. Talking casually about poop […]
A Frugal Christmas
My Childhood Christmas I have to admit that growing up, Christmas was HUGE in my family. And as an only child, my parents wanted to make it very special for me, so in addition to our special traditions of decorating the tree and baking cookies with Christmas records playing (they still play records), going to […]