Home Organization

Now that school is thoroughly underway, some parents are beginning to receive paperwork requesting permission to have their child complete a speech screening with the school speech-language pathologist (SLP). This can evoke reactions of fear and worry, maybe even...

Change is good. With change comes growth. A new season in life that presents budding possibilities but is also partnered with many struggles and obstacles to an otherwise accustomed way of being. So, it comes as no surprise when...

Change happens. If it is unwelcome, you may be lucky in that it happens slowly over a lengthy period of time. And sometimes, it slams into you like a sugared-up toddler “practicing” his football tackle. When change is big...

Disclosure :: This post is part of a series for World Breastfeeding Week and is sponsored by Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital. The Working Mom's Guide to Breastfeeding and Pumping You made it through your maternity leave! Congratulations! Hopefully,...

So, you and your family are moving. You've put your house on the market, prepared for countless showings and finally received an offer on your home. You've accepted and are in the escrow / closing process! Congrats! Now to pack! When...

Summertime is here!!! We are chillaxing and playing and summer camping and sprinkling and swimming. For me, this lack of structure is stressful. I thrive on ordered days and schedules. One of the ways I maintain a level of...

This list is not all-inclusive, but the tips below are what I’ve picked up along the way when it comes to getting your home market-ready. Spring is known in the real estate business as the "magic time". Home purchases...

Step 1: Remove all the carpet from your home. I kid. I kid. Unless you can. Then do it. Potty training. Eeesh. One of the crappiest (see what I did there?) jobs a parent has.  Our first was basically potty trained by daycare....

My first two children were born 12 months apart. You know what they call that? Irish Twins Oh we have the luck o' the Irish in our blood. Walking around wearing a baby, while holding a baby, is a tough gig. You...

Hi, my main title around here is Mom, or when my kids can't get my attention, it's {BETSY!!!}.  But I also believe I have earned the titles of house nurse, Boudreaux Bus driver, tutor, chef, ringmaster, Santa Claus, janitor, Mrs....