Mom Stuff
Ross Dress for Less Comes to St. Louis/$25 Giftcard Giveaway – CLOSED
If you love getting awesome, name-brand stuff at ridiculously low prices, then you need to visit a Ross Dress for Less store. And that visit got a whole lot easier for St. Louis-area residents last week (3/3/12) when the nation’s largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain made its debut in the area with two new [...]
12Mar2012 | lipsticktocrayons | 89 comments | Continued
Free Chocolate Event for Moms at the Lodge of Des Peres
Dr. Diane Sanford, Ph.D. , is hosting a free event at the Lodge of Des Peres that involves eating chocolate and talking about the strategies to cope with the mental, emotional and physical challenges of motherhood. I personally owe Diane an enormous debt of gratitude because I heard her speak when I was four months pregnant [...]
9Feb2012 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
The Healthy School Lunch Makeover
By Connie Diekman, Registered Dietitian
As a mom, you likely know what your child eats for breakfast and dinner, but what about lunch at school? Typically, kids get about 30 to 50 percent of their calories while at school. The good news is there are several changes happening in school cafeterias across the country this year [...]
Diplaying Quilts as Artwork, Creating Heirlooms
I’ve shared with you that one of my prized possessions is a quilt made by Campus Quilts from the baby clothes of my three children. And now, Campus Quilts is in the process of creating another quilt for me that will honor my late father’s memory. I wrote about that here and I will enthusiastically [...]
19Sep2011 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
Memorial Quilt to Honor my Father’s Memory
My father, Roger L. Melton, Jr., died on April 30, 2011. It was somewhat unexpected and it’s still hard. As I said in my eulogy to him, he was my hero. He retired after 30 years as police officer and had a decorated (and sometimes colorful) career in law enforcement. I learned just days before [...]
29Aug2011 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
Great Idea for Mother’s Day – Scentsy Wickless Candles.
I have a new item in my home that I love, love, love. It’s a Scentsy wickless candle.
Scentsy wickless candles are a safe way to bring great fragrance and stylish decor into your home. They are flameless candles that are heated in a decorative warmer where wax is slowly melted by a small, low-watt bulb.
You [...]
$50 Snapfish Giveaway for Mother’s Day – Check out the Photobooks! – CLOSED
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I LOVE SNAPFISH PHOTOBOOKS! And what would make a better Mother’s Day present than a Snapfish photobook?
You can honor mom by capturing her favorite moments in a personalized photo book. You can even archive her favorite family recipes! Snapfish offers photo books with many creative layouts [...]
How I’m Getting Uber-Organized — AboutOne!
Last month, I had to help my 15-year-old daughter gather information on all her activities, awards, work accolades and volunteer hours so she could fill out a National Honor Society application. That should’ve been stressful and taken us hours of digging through files and scrapbooks and certificates. It wasn’t and it didn’t.
My son is working [...]
