Posts by: Amber

So now that we finally have beautiful wood floors and a gorgeous new rug…. now, after years of ugly, hideous carpeting… now, we have stains showing up all the time.

Our latest awful stains have been grape and blood. the blood stains were super tiny, but still I […]

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The importance of kid date night

On February 25, 2013 By

Jealousy!
In every family a little jealousy must come. Sibling jealousy to be specific.

One of the ways that we try to combat this jealousy is to have kid date night. This is a night where mom and dad take Big Brother out all by himself. (We’ll do this with Little Sister also when […]

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Slightly Easier Monster Jean Patch

On February 18, 2013 By

You’ll find tons of cute littler monster patches when you look up how to patch holey jeans. And when you look in Pinterest you’ll find dozens more of these cute little things. But all of them look like a big effort to me. More effort than I really wan to give. That’s a conundrum since […]

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I have two children. Big Brother  is 3 ½ and Little Sister is 1 and 4 months. I have had 2 pregnancies and 2 births.  And I have met the black hole that is postpartum depression. I initially wrote about this early after having Little Sister and to be honest, I […]

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DIY charging station

On February 4, 2013 By

Charging stations are great. I love how they keep everything nice and tidy. All the cords are tucked away and the charging station can look fantastic on your counter.
But here’s the problem. They’re all pretty generic. White or brown, with the exception of the wild grass one.


(Um I actually […]

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Overwhelmed at work, now what?

On January 23, 2013 By

Every once in a while life gets… crazy. Like out of control, can’t think past the next few minutes without feeling anxiety creep in. Well once in a while has turned into the norm now. Not at home, no, that’s my solace. Loud, screamy, jumping, boisterous solace, but still… my solace.

Work has been out […]

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Big Changes. Big. Huge.

On January 13, 2013 By

Big changes are coming for The Mom Road. Big. Huge. (This is me channeling Julia Roberts a la Pretty Woman, can you picture it?) Anyway, there are some major things going to happening to this little blog. My little corner of the internet has been so sadly ignored. When I started this blog I had […]

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Great Baby Shower Gift

On January 6, 2013 By

Reading has always been important to me. I want my children to also have a love of books and realize what joy can come from them. With this in mind, when my friends threw my baby shower they asked everyone to bring a book to get our little library started off. Well one of the […]

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Fekkai Hair Care

On December 18, 2012 By

What to do with my hair? That’s an everyday question for me. I have had curly hair my entire life. Well, that is until after my second child. Apparently it is completely possible that your hair can transform into a totally different style. And it’s happened to me. It took me decades to learn […]

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The littlest hearts are broken

On December 16, 2012 By

Friday morning… terrible terrible morning. 20 children and 6 adults were killed in an elementary school just a couple of miles from my home. These poor families. It’s heart breaking, truly heart breaking.

Today as I sat in church, I saw a little girl about 8 years old crying. Not tearing up, crying. It was […]

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