Archive for July, 2008

How to Keep Cool: Ideas for Free, for $1, for $5, and $10!

It’s hot. Darn hot. Hot, hot, hot. There are only a couple of times a year when I question our decision to live in Texas, and they are July and August. Because it’s so hot! Before kids, it was easier for me to escape the heat. Park in the garage, drive to an air conditioned office,...
July 30th, 2008 | North Dallas | Read More

Meet our MOMumental Mom of the Week (July 31, 2008)

Meet Michelle, our second MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Michelle City: Frisco Marital Status: married Mom to: Seven year old daughter, Presley and one year old son, Camden. Occupation: Mommy, wife, and volunteer/founder of Chloe Duyck Memorial Fund, a fund we started in memory of our second daughter...
July 30th, 2008 | Moms Out Loud - Inform, Connect, & Celebrate | Read More

First Mom’s Night Out a Big Success!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Premier Wines in Plano on July 24 for the first Moms Out Loud Mom’s Night Out party. We were so happy to see everyone having a good time, meeting new Moms, and reconnecting with others. We even had two women who had gone to high school together bump into each...
July 30th, 2008 | Mom Time, Moms Out Loud - Inform, Connect, & Celebrate | Read More

Moms Out Loud in the News!

In Sunday’s Plano Star Courier, the front page headline was: “Stay-at-Home Moms Turn Entrepreneurs.” And guess who was one of the four featured Moms?!? Yours truly….and Moms Out Loud! Please click the headline above and read the article. It is inspirational, even if you are...
July 30th, 2008 | Moms Out Loud - Inform, Connect, & Celebrate, mompreneur | Read More

Top 10 Reasons to Love Living in the Dallas Suburbs

My husband brought home a Dallas Observer on Friday afternoon. I am not an avid Observer reader, nor am I even a browser, even though I’ve lived in Dallas for almost 10 years and in the DFW area for about 15. The music they write about is a little too loud, the politics are a little too in-your-face,...
July 23rd, 2008 | North Dallas | Read More

How to Get the Best Fall Sports Experience – For Your Kids AND You

We’re blushing. Our inexperience in the world of fall season sports was revealed when we chose the topic for last week: What’s the best way to set your kid up in fall sports? You seasoned “soccer Moms” out there must have thought – ha ha! You’re asking this question...
July 23rd, 2008 | North Dallas, Pre-Schoolers | Read More

The Shopping Challenge: Costco/Target/Kroger, Where’s Your Best Buy?

As my household has become a single-income family (at least temporarily – because Moms Out Loud will be fantastically successful!!), cutting our expenses has become a reality for me. And, like many Moms I know who don’t work outside the home, I feel like household frugality is my sole responsibility,...
July 17th, 2008 | Household Solutions | Read More

The Shopping Challenge: Costco/Target/Kroger, Where’s Your Best Buy? The Shopping Challenge Details

This week we went out on street to tackle an issue many moms have: where to find the cheapest groceries? We went to three local stores: Target, Kroger, and Costco looking for 20 common items that you buy at least monthly. Laundry Detergent Dishwasher Soap Windex box of Pasta Cheese sticks Loaf of Bread Lunch...
July 17th, 2008 | Household Solutions | Read More

Meet our MOMumental Mom of the Week (July 17, 2008)

Meet Jill, our FIRST MOMumental Mom. Name: Jill City: Plano Marital Status: married Mom to: Samantha (“Sami”), 15-month old girl Occupation: Attorney. However, I have started my own business, Sweet Cheeks. I specialize in monogrammed diaper covers, onesies, bibs, burp cloths, etc. for...
July 17th, 2008 | Moms Out Loud - Inform, Connect, & Celebrate | Read More

The Beauty of the Bribe (…Or How to Get Your Kids to Do What You Want)

Yesterday was Jim’s birthday. He’d kill me if I told you how old, so let’s just say: he’s older than me. We decided to splurge and take the kids to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner before coming home to have homemade birthday cake (which almost-three-year-old Jack helped make….it...
July 13th, 2008 | Moments in the Minivan, Parenting Tricks | Read More
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