This was supposed to be a stress-free (or as close as possible) Christmas for me. Normally, I’m the one who hosts Christmas at my house for the herd of relatives who swoop in for a day of feeding frenzy and gift-opening chaos. My husband’s family is large, loud and wonderful but since I was filming […]
It’s that time of year again. That time when I must channel my inner misbehaving elf, and find new and different things for our elf on the shelf to do every day. As I read all of my friends’ posts on Facebook, I see how many creative things their elves get into and I really […]
Last night during dinner, tragedy struck. Gracie swallowed her loose tooth. She was inconsolable all through dinner because she had heard at school that the Tooth Fairy won’t visit if you don’t have a tooth to put under the pillow. I assured her that the Tooth Fairy would certainly come and that she was well […]
November marks the beginning of the thermostat war in the Bennett household. We have three different control zones in our home and Scott and I have come to an understanding with regard to two of those zones but when it comes to the master bedroom it is all-out war. I like the temp at a […]
For Gracie, this has been the year of American Girl. She received an American Girl doll for Christmas last year and we also took a trip to the American Girl store in Atlanta this past summer. Big mistake! Gracie loves reading the American Girl books and even knows when the AG catalog is due to […]
Yesterday morning I spent a couple of hours doing some clothes shopping because filming is set to begin on the Discovery Channel series again in a little over a week. The majority of the wardrobe is already supplied for me but there were just a few extra pieces I wanted. For me, shopping is such […]
Being the OCD mother that I am, I’m well-prepared for cold and flu season. I am stocked with tissues, cough medicine, vitamin C, lots of fresh batteries for the temporal thermometer and vaporizer and all the TLC my kids will require. We’ve had our flu shots and I’ve trained my children in the fine art […]
I have been under more than my fair share of stress lately. I know everyone else is as well so I don’t mean to sound whiny but I balance my own full-time cat behavior consulting practice and am also in the middle of filming my first television series for the Discovery Channel. Add to that, […]
Lately we have been making frequent visits to the chiropractor to ease my daughter’s chronic neck pain. She had developed a new sleeping pattern of rolling over onto her stomach and turning her face to the side. This caused her to wake up with an extremely stiff neck every morning. To solve the problem, I […]
At the beginning of the school year my daughter wanted nothing more than to be a cheerleader for the elementary football team. When she was in kindergarten she was a cheerleader but since she didn’t understand the first thing about football, she quickly grew bored and could hardly wait until the end of the season. […]