Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 137 Monday January 2nd 2012

We all have addictions. Some are worse than others.  But what exactly is an addiction, and if we have them, should we do something about it? This week on the Musing Mommies Podcast, MuMos Kim and Dawn discuss some of their addictions and how they cope with them. Or not…

Also, tune in for the latest exciting segment from our friends at Night Light Stories!

Until next time,

~Dawn and Kim

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Email: Kim (at) musingmommies.com -or- Dawn (at) musingmommies.com

Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 85 Monday November 15th 2010

What is big, fat, and waddles when it walks?

No, it’s not MuMo Dawn when pregnant! We’re talking TURKEY baby!

This week the Musing Mommies podcast gets into the holiday spirit and discusses the most important thing about Thanksgiving, the FOOD! Join us as we discuss everything from traditions to technique and all the recipes that make that beautiful day in November absolutely glorious!

Until next time,
~Kim and Dawn

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LINKS |Potato Casserole (except I use bread crumbs, not cereal)|Mystery Pecan Pie|Cornbread Stuffing|

Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 58 Tuesday May 4th, 2010

Hey Musing Mommies! How do you wake up in the morning?

Well, if you are anything like me, you get up, pour the kids a bowl of cereal or hand them a yogurt smoothie and then you curl back up on the couch for some horizontal parenting!  Or, if you absolutely must keep your eyes open, you pour yourself a big steaming hot cup of coffee!

mmmmm coooooffeeeeeeeee! *drool*

Well, whatever it is you do, as always the Musing Mommies Podcast has you covered! This week, MuMos Kim and Dawn interview the hilarious inventor and mompreneur Jamie from the Straw-lution! Jamie is a busy mom of 3 and the creator of the most innovative new product on the market, a straw that goes in but doesn’t come out! Check out our interview with her and find out how one mom’s problem turned into a million dollar idea.

And then listen in as we wax poetic about our true love, coffee.  Ok, Dawn’s true love, but Kim still has a lot to say about it!

Until next time,
~Kim and Dawn

PS. If you want to get your hands on a package of Jamie’s amazing straws, go to her website and place your order. Enter in the code “mumo” at check out and get a discount on your purchase! woo hoo!!

LINKS|Flickr|HEB giveaway|Kiss My Face Giveaway|Straw-lution|

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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

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

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

Welcome our CG sisters!

My mission is to get my life in order.

I’ve let things go WAY too long. My house, my weight, my everything! I’m tired of being tired and worn out and not having accomplished much. So yesterday, after a slap in the face by my scale, I decided to do something about it. I opened up my google calendar and started scheduling things. Everything from showers to housework; from working out to swim lessons. I also included workouts with friends, walking with someone one day and doing a yoga/dance video with someone on another. I feel good about it. I’ve got a goal and a way to reach it. Today was my first day with my new schedule. And when I get an iPhone in February I’ll have it with me always. Today went great. I feel good, I accomplished much. I also started calorie counting! I stuck to it yesterday, and I feel I had more energy. Day two is starting and I have plans to go walking with a gal pal and a couple of hair appointments (me being the hairdresser . This weekend I get to go on a shoot with our very own MuMo Dawn! I’m way excited to be her assistant.

The family is doing great. No sickies, with the exception of some runny noses due to MOLD. DD is doing great in school. We had teacher parent conference this week and teacher said DD is smart, but she needs to slow down and not always be the first to turn in her work. Being so rushed she skips things and has very sloppy writing like her mother. But she does have all A’s at this point! She’s also doing well with all of her activities, piano, swim and school musical. She’s been getting awesome grades and lots of extra credits in piano. She’s been keeping up with her new swim team since she’s moved up a level. and the school musical has been fairly easy so far. She’s an “extra” so she doesn’t have much to memorize, good thing for me!

DS is doing well. He’s in school 3 days a week right now but at starting in November he’ll only be going two days. We’ve opted to drop that day and possibly get him into some martial arts class. His teacher decided to say home so a new teacher has taken her place. Miss Mary! DS loves Miss Mary. I picked him up from school yesterday and I found him in teachers lap as she read to the class! So cute! He’s already requested that she come over for a play date LOL!
DH has had a great week. He’s launched a new iPhone app for the Houston Zoo and it’s getting rave reviews. They also launched the app for the Woodland Park Zoo last week and it’s doing fab also. He’s still stressed but at least it’s with happy good things!  Well thank you gals for checking in on me.  I hope all of you have a great week.

Here’s to beginning something good. Anyone want to renew their lives with me?

~Kim

Good Morning Company Girls!

MuMo Dawn here – I’m hovering over my coffee hoping the steam helps the wake up process.  We had a big cold front come in yesterday afternoon; our temps went from 85 degrees at 2PM down to about 75 by 4PM.  This morning it is in the 50′s and while I love it, it makes me move a bit slower.  This old gal’s bones do not like the cold!  (truth be told, my body has never reacted well to cold, but I like to now blame it on being old. )

Of course, the cold weather is making the kids and the animals frisky, and before my coffee kicks in I am not so thrilled about it. lol!  This weekend should be fun though – I have 3 photo sessions on Saturday and I am absolutely ecstatic! Kim is going to be my super-duper assistant for the first one, a newborn session about an hour outside of town.  It will be nice to have someone in the car with me driving all that way.  And hopefully things will go a lot smoother with her helping me out.  Then Saturday evening I have 2 family holiday sessions. I am excited about those as well.

Last weekend my session and the wedding went great! There were some hiccups along the way, but it was a terrific day overall.  I just love shooting weddings! Hopefully I can pick up some more pretty soon.

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping by!
~Dawn

PS. Did you see our new banner up there?!? Isn’t it awesome!?

Mmmm on this chilly morning (64 degrees) a nice warm mug of Green Tea with Hazelnut creamer hits the spot!  Can’t you just feel that yummy goodness slide down that dry rough sleepy throat and coat the stomach perfectly?  I sure can.

Ah, Friday I love you!  It’s the start of the weekend.  Fun Friday, as we refer to it, is upon us.  The kids are at school. I’ve gotten some much needed house work checked off of my list.  I’ve eaten a good helping of leftovers for lunch and managed to paint my toenails a bright October-esque ORANGE!  hee hee hee. I love matching my toes to the season/holiday!  In a few hours I will pick up the kids, take DD to swim practice and we will get a fun Friday treat from somewhere. Then we’ll play for the rest of the day.

Tomorrow is a big day for DD. It’s her first ever swim meet!  This past week she moved up in Swim.  She is now a Bronze Team member. Woo Hoo. We are not sure what exactly to expect tomorrow since we’ve never been to a meet before.  But I expect it will be a great learning experience for both DD and her parents. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to act. Am I to cheer like crazy or do I sit quietly and critique? I guess I’ll just observe what everyone else is doing and then go with that!  Not sure I’ll be able to contain myself from a bit of cheering, just think Roseanne style! I will for sure have my camera though. DD and DS have their own Paparazzi.

Wish us luck this weekend!

~Kim

Hey there Company Girls!

The coffee will be hot all day today I am afraid – I have been up since 3:53 this morning. The baby is trying to make this early rising thing a Friday tradition! I am not liking it one bit!  He went down for a nap too early for me to nap too – so I puttered around in the garden for a while.  That was so nice – the temp outside is absolutely perfect! I love days like this!

So this week I’ve planted lettuce, spinach, onion and carrots and hopefully will finally finish planting for the fall with some garlic this week. I need to find some organic first. Everything is doing pretty great – I already have broccoli sprouts and the brussel sprout seeds I replanted a couple of weeks ago are slowly coming in too. Hopefully I can get it all going strong soon. Last night we had a bit of a hail storm and I was worried about my outside babies, but it appears they all weathered it just fine.

Well, I think I used up all my brain power for the moment, so I will go take a break. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!
Dawn

Hey all you local Musing Mommies podcast listeners! The MuMos Kim and Dawn have a very special treat for you! We are personally inviting you to join us for coffee at the local Starbuck’s during one of our Sunday night brain storming sessions! Please watch the video below… (oh and turn your speakers up!)

MuMo’s Invitation from kimberly Mills on Vimeo.

So there you have it! Sunday night, October 18 at 8:30.  We would love to see you there!

Until next time,
Kim and Dawn