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The 2010 5MFM Ultimate Blog Party!

Admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:06 +0000

Hello Blogging World!

Thank you so very much for stopping by the Musing Mommies 2010 5MFM Ultimate Blog Party!

This is the home of the Musing Mommies Podcast; a show for moms, by moms. Kim and Dawn are two 30-something moms in Austin, Texas and each week they record a funny, exciting and entertaining hour long podcast. They discuss all things parenting and motherhood as well as just about anything else that comes up in their day to day lives. They do exciting interviews with inventors, small business owners, mompreneurs, authors, and bloggers, and they have giveaways at least once a month!

Kim is a SAHM to 2 children and is the motivator, research guru and mixmaster for the podcast. She does all the editing for the podcast and works like a rock star to bring our listeners great interviews and interesting topics. Kim has a deep devoted love for the Twilight Series (*cough* obsession! *cough*), and makes sure to work something Twilight into every show. She loves photography, music, audio books, crafty things and podcasting. She also co hosts a book club podcast and she has a great sense of humor.

Dawn is also a SAHM to 2 children, and she also owns her own photography business. When she’s not taking care of the kids or doing photography stuff, you can find her cooking, baking, or writing. She loves feeding people, both with food and with words, and she loves helping others in any way she can. Dawn uses the podcast as her own form of therapy to work through her social anxiety and awkwardness.

So come on in, take a look around and have a listen! The Musing Mommies always have something going on and we’d love to know what you think about our show!

And make sure you check out the Musing Mommies prize, number 99 on the 5MFM Prize Page. The MuMos will give one lucky winner a signed copy of Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner. If you are a mom who loves paranormal fiction, this is the perfect book for you!

Prizes we would love to win:

GRAND PRIZE at the Ultimate Blog Party 2010 is a Toshiba Satellite L505D-ES5025*
Bracelet Provided by: Christine Leiser Schroeder
Earrings Provided by: Christine Leiser Schroeder
USC 60
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Thanks for stopping by, we can’t wait to meet you!
The Musing Mommies, Kim and Dawn

I’ve got a question or two…

Kim — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:55:45 +0000

It’s February 1st, January is G.O.N.E. Do you feel more organized? No, me neither. But I feel like I’ve had a good start. Keeping it fresh in my mind is giving me steam to keep going. I know it’s a work in progress because it is such a big project. I know I can do it and I’m sure you can too.
Have you been enjoying the Facebook page daily tasks? Are they helping at all? What can we do to improve on them?

I have another question for you, are you ready? Ok here:
What can the Musing Mommies do to make your life better (that is within our power and within reason)?
What do you need from us?
What would you like for us to talk about?
Is there someone you’d like us to interview?
Do you want to be on the show?
Ok, so that was more than one question, but I’m on a roll
Tell us what you think. We love and need your feedback to make our podcast and website a better thing. Help us out please and give us your thoughts.

We love you and are so grateful for you, our fans.
~Kim

CG Coffee 1.22.10

Kim — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:47:42 +0000

Welcome welcome! I know it’s a coffee thing but make mine iced! It’s about 73 out there right now with the wind blowing hard. If you haven’t taken your antihistamine I feel bad for you cause CEDAR FEVER has hit and it’s making it hitting hard right now. I have a headache just listening to the wind out there. I hope I’ve taken enough to keep it at bay.

This week actually went really fast for me. DD’s school musical, Willy Wonka Jr, is tonight and tomorrow night. She had rehearsals Tues, Wed, and Thurs. It’s been a different kind of week. I started off with a meal plan on Sunday which worked very well. Monday night we talked with Laura from OrgJunkie.com and I was inspired to get more organized. I have ideas and even though I didn’t do as much as I’d like to I’m still on a roll.

Can I say that the 30 day shred from Jillian Michaels is HARD? Not so much the moves and exercises but the soreness of my quad after for oh about 4 days! Whew, gonna try again, but dang, I’d like to be able to walk , sit and stand without wincing!

I’m really getting excited about out show (podcast) I’ve lined up some really fun interviews and a few joint podcasts with some great podcasters. And our listener ship is going up. That is so very exciting to me. Our listeners are sharing us!!! YAY. Thank you to all that have shared our little show with your friends. So that’s what’s going on around here. I’m off to check and see what you all are up too.

Until next time
~Kim

Hi everyone!

Like Kim said, the weather here is crazy gorgeous this week! Oh man, I am dreaming of spring! Sadly, this is probably the closest we will get to spring as around here; we go from freezing winter to 100+ temps most years. I did a bad thing and stopped in at Lowe’s this morning to look in the garden center.

They have all their spring garden stuff out.

So, would one of you lend me about $200?? Please?

I am so excited about my spring garden, and I desperately need to sit down and figure out what I am going to do this year. The planting time is just around the corner!

Hope all you west-coasters are keeping above water, and our eastern friends are staying warm. If any of you need a break, the Musing Mommies would love to visit with you here in sunny Texas!

I look forward to visiting with you all this weekend! Have a good one.

~Dawn

CG Coffee 1.1.10 {a new decade}

Kim — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:46:55 +0000

WOW Coffee with the CGs on the first day of a new year and a new decade? What a way to start out! Welcome all. Come on in, grab a mug, and sit down to chat for a bit. These past few weeks have gone by fast. Are the holidays really over? It kinda makes me sad that they are. I don’t want to take my tree down and put the decorations away. It’s going to look so bare I guess that means I have to clean too.

The Musing Mommies are going to start something new. We are going to do our own type of small thing. On our Facebook fan page, we will list an organization tip or task for the day. You can do it or not it’s up to you, but we thought it would help us get a bit more organized and thought we’d share it with all of you. Let’s make 2010 the year of organization.

What will we start with??? I guess you’ll have to come on by the fan page and see what the task will be.

I hope you all had a safe and happy new years eve and got plenty of sleep

~Kim

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and a great New Year’s Eve. We didn’t do anything here – I made a bunch of junk food and the kids went to bed at the usual time; they didn’t even know anything was special about the day. Both kids are sporting a cold, thanks to my mom and her annual Christmas cold, so my oldest was up all night long (and therefor so was I. ugh). He sounds awful, coughing and gagging and blowing snot everywhere. The baby slept till way past his usual wake up time, or so I thought, until I went in his room and discovered he had no voice. Poor thing, if he had been calling for me I didn’t hear it.

This year my goal is organization too, so I hope to be participating in the Small Things over at Rachel’s site more and also doing the Musing Mommies challenges. The “new year” is such an interesting concept to me, and hopefully I can get a blog post out about it over on my personal blog. If only I can get rid of this headache first…

Enjoy the coffee and the visit. I look forward to checking in over at your blog as well.

Best wishes for a FANTASTIC 2010!!

~Dawn

Company Girl Coffee 12.18.09

Kim — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:15:03 +0000

Welcome girls! I’m tired. I could and would sleep for a long time. This week has done me in. Let’s go back to last week shall we? Friday night was our Musing Mommies Cookie Exchange and holiday party. We had a wonderful group of gals join us for some snacking and chatting. It was a great start to the weekend. We had more cookies than we could handle. We also had more snacks than we could eat because MuMo Dawn tends to go crazy when making food for parties! But I’m not going to complain cause it was all yum!

Sunday was Party with my girlfriends, we ate, drank, played Pokeno (which I ended up winning the last pot), and KARAOKE!!! It was a blast. But DH went outta town for 3 days so I was single mom and let me tell you it wears me out. I’m not used to it and I hope it never becomes a permanent thing.

This week was the last week of school until Jan 4th. We had parties, Christmas programs and piano recitals! I was busy this week. Tonight we’re going to go see the trail of lights which is a tradition. It should be fun.

I hope you all are having a great week/end. Be Safe and Merry!

~Kim

Hey there Company Girls!
Well, my week wasn’t near as busy as Kim’s, but I am still exhausted – does that count? The cookie exchange party was a blast, as was the other party Kim mentioned. I spent this week finishing up client orders, delivering prints and creating my own personal holiday card. I got it in from the printer yesterday and I think it turned out great. Is no one sending holiday cards this year? So far we’ve only received 1. Maybe everyone is getting them out late like me.

So what kind of holiday card do you like? Pictures, no pictures, year-in-review letter written by the dog or just a typical holiday greeting? Signed or not signed or does it matter? I am curious to your preference!

Hope you have a great week and a wonderful Christmas! May Santa bring you everything you desire!

~Dawn

The Pioneer Woman Coffee Talk

Kim — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:05:59 +0000

Welcome girls, it’s a chilly day so let your mug of delish warm you up. It’s been a busy week, hasn’t it? Thanksgiving travels, back to school, back to lessons and practice, and The Pioneer Woman!

Dawn and I talked all about our Thanksgiving travels in our last podcast but let me tell you just a bit. We traveled many miles, ate lots of food, conversed with many a family member and got home in time to go see NEW MOON together. I was so happy to be able to see the movie, again, with my co-host. I was dying to talk with her about it and now I can, finally!

So last night Dawn and I went to The Pioneer Woman’s book signing at the BookPeople store in Austin. It was cold, there were may people but it was really a treat to get to meet her and her family. She really seems to be as sweet as she can be.

All ages from tiny babies to "elderly"

I've never seen her so excited!

Dawn has the full account of our “night out with PW” on her blog: Fry Moments. Go read about it, it’s a great read and there are some fun pics there too.

I wish you all a safe, happy, healthy and WARM week!

~Kim

Company Girl Coffee 11.13.09 Day 13

Kim — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:52:01 +0000

Welcome Company Girls! Come on in, kick off your shoes, and grab a toasty mug. I’m so glad you stopped by. Today I am home! No gym, no piano practice, no swim practice, no grocery shopping just home. Me and my untidy dirty but soon to be clean house. Today I work on my house. I must clean this place or we’ll just have to move. I feel like I’ve been going going going all week. But for good reasons. I’ve been going to the gym, DD had a pilgrim play, book fair and Thanksgiving lunch at school. I was involved in all three. I’m being a good mom this week DS had a family cooking night with his school that we attended on Tuesday evening. The kids have so much fun making things and “cooking”. So this week has been full for me so my house has been overlooked and today is the day it gets some of my attention.

This Sunday will be mine and my hubby’s 12 anniversary. We’ve lined up a sitter and we’re going out tomorrow night. Not sure exactly but it will involve food, and possibly a movie, live music, bookstore, coffee shop or some combination of the four. I’m excited to have a date night with hubby, it’s been awhile.

I’ve also been WAY excited counting down the days to the “New Moon” midnight showing happening in just 6 days!!! My Twihard gal pals and I have been planning our tailgating party. :) Yes we are total Twinerds and we’re proud!

Musing Mommies have been participating in NaBloPoMo and I’m proud to say we’re doing a great job blogging everyday. It is challenging and I like it! I’ve also been participating over at my personal “photography” blog, with a few actual text post thrown in here and there. Check it out and let me know what you think.

I hope you all have a wonderful, safe and healthy week.

~Kim

Hey there Company Girls!

Hope you all had a great week. Mine has been pretty uneventful. The kids are driving me nuts as usual. The baby learned how to climb up on our playscape to the slide platform, and in doing that he has given me mini heart attacks almost every day.

On Wednesday he had an unexplained fever most of the day. I have no idea why, but hopefully it is not the start of anything. I can’t handle an illness in the family right now.

Happy Anniversary to my cohost Kim! I wish you many more happy years!

Have a good weekend! Thanks for stopping by!
~Dawn

Pros and Cons to Shopping Day 12

Kim — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:56:01 +0000

I have a love/hate relationship with Grocery shopping! I like to go by myself. I do not like going with the kids. It’s just not fun or even very productive when they are with me. So I schedule shopping when they are at school. Now I like to browse, when I have time, up and down the isles reading ingredients and doing some comparison shopping. I also like to listen to my ipod. I get in some good podcast, audiobook, or music time in and it makes the trip more enjoyable. I also like to go prepared. I try my best not to forget my reusable bags and my Cozi shopping list.

Now what really irks me is when I can’t find something I really need/want. Like the special holiday creamer! Why is it that out of the four grocers that I have closest to me only one of them has it in stock? Grrr now I love my HEB and there are three very close to me. My fav being the furthest away. The HEB Plus and the older less attractive and smallest HEB being the closest. I really do not enjoy shopping at the old HEB. But for some reason they are the ONLY one carrying the special creamer right now. Yet at the checkout I am printed a nice little coupon for this special creamer. Doesn’t make sense to me. Here is a coupon but we won’t have it in stock for a couple of weeks.

So how do you feel about grocery shopping? Do you love it? Hate it? Won’t do it? Or are you indifferent?

~Kim

That creamer is hard to find anywhere. Every year it is a scramble to find the bottles in the stores. And the stores don’t put it in the most obvious of places either. They still can’t keep it on the shelves.

But shopping in general, yes, I love me some alone shopping time. Shopping with the kids is a hassle. Just to keep them happy you have to get the massive cart that is impossible to steer. You have to bring snacks and beverages and 99% of the time I can’t just get what I came for because at some point I will get talked into buying something for the kids. It is so nice to go alone and skip the toy grabber games at the end; to push the small cart or even, *gasp* carry a hand basket! It is fun to peruse the specialty item section without having to worry about the baby pulling a pricey bottle of truffle oil off the shelves.

But, like Kim, I do hate it the most when the one item I go in for isn’t there. Grrr!

~Dawn

Movie Review- “The Haunted Airman” Day 11

Admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:25:00 +0000

The other night I invited some of “the girls” over, including MuMo Dawn, to watch the newly released “The Haunted Airman”. Since Robert Pattinson won most of our hearts with his Edward portrayal in Twilight the movie, it’s the least we can do to watch his other movies. Right?

This movie is not what I would consider a good movie. I’m sorry RPattz. But I will say that I think he is really a good actor. Just because the story line wasn’t the best doesn’t mean that RP didn’t shine.

This is a movie about a wounded war vet that is haunted by his dreams. He often sees things that aren’t actually there. His girlfriend isn’t what we think she is. His Doc is a bit creepy to say the least and the other patients, we’ll they seem fairly CRAZY.

In short, this movie isn’t very good, but if you need an younger RP fix, rent it, turn the sound down and gaze the screen when RP is on.

~Kim

Ok, I am going to chime in here. I agree with MuMo Kim about the movie – blech. The only way it was remotely enjoyable was because the gals were there too laughing and making funny comments. And as for RP, well I am so very sorry but from what I have seen of him so far I am not entirely sure he’s that great of an actor. Maybe he will get better with experience, but in this performance, well, honestly, he was Edward. It was the same character! And maybe that had a lot to do with the story line, but take out the constant cigarette smoking and the accent in this film and I half expected Bella to walk in the door at any moment.

JMO. Sorry Kim.

~Dawn

Company Girl Coffee 10.30.09

Admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:33:18 +0000

Welcome girls! I’ve just purchased some vanilla spiced rum creamer so grab a mug and test it out.

This week at DD’s school has been the “say no to drugs” week. Every day it’s was a new theme. Today was Literacy Day. Dress up as your favorite book character (they don’t allow the Halloween costume thing so this is the “best” option). Here is DD dressed as Junie B. Jones the boss of Lunch:

Happy and Safe Halloween to all!

Happy Friday Company Girls!
It’s been a pretty decent week here. The weather hasn’t been cooperative, but I can’t exactly complain. At least it hasn’t been 100 degrees and my garden has been getting plenty of water. I am now beginning to harvest green beans, the peas are blooming and the zucchini are making their debut. I am looking forward to harvesting lima beans in a few weeks and the start of some peppers.

I made an amazing dinner the other night using lots of fresh basil from my garden for some homemade pesto – it was absolutely divine!

This weekend should be a blast; Hubby, the kids and I will be attending a big Halloween party. I hope the kids hold out through the night. It will be our first Halloween in a different location, but for some reason I still bought a bunch of candy!! Old habits die hard I guess.

Hope you all have a spooktacular Halloween! Feel free to scroll down and check out our 2 giveaways! If you are in Texas, you could enter to win a $20 HEB gift card! We are also giving away some pink Breast Cancer Awareness goodies for our October MuMo giveaway.

Looking forward to checking out all of your posts as well. Thanks for stopping by!
~Dawn