MuMo listeners know the Musing Mommies love HEB – we talk about it all the time!  If you have an HEB close [...]]]>

Moms love HEB, and HEB loves MOMS!!

Once again, HEB has contacted the Musing Mommies and generously offered up an amazing prize for the Musing Mommies to give away, a $20 gift card to HEB!!

MuMo listeners know the Musing Mommies love HEB – we talk about it all the time!  If you have an HEB close to you (which, if you live in Texas – that’s pretty likely!), you know how convenient it is to shop for just about everything you could need.  With their amazing selection of groceries, party supplies, cards, housewares and home decor, HEB is a great “one stop shop”.  And just in time for Mother’s Day HEB has some great deals to help you make the moms in your life feel special.

Here are some of the amazing in store offers available right now:

• $3 Off Hand-Tied Bouquets or Floral Arrangements (in store coupon)
• Floral Combo Loco:  ‘Always In My Heart Bouquet’ bouquet with free vase
• Dipped Strawberries (available for a limited time)
• Gift Cards
• Buy $50 in gift cards, SAVE $5 on your next H-E-B purchase*! Offer valid from 4/28/2010 – 5/11/2010
• Fragrances starting at $19.99
• Buy any 3 Hallmark Expressions Card, get one free with in store coupon

Also, check out this great article from HEB, 10 Ways to Spend Mother’s Day.

Here’s how you enter!

To enter this giveaway you must first leave the Musing Mommies a review on iTunes.  Please leave a comment in this post telling us you did, and your iTunes profile name so we can identify you. If you have already left us an iTunes review in the past, just leave us a comment here telling us you did.

After your first, required entry, you may then enter a few more times by doing the following:

1. Leave a comment in this post telling Kim and Dawn what YOU want to do on Mother’s Day. (maybe we can pass along the ideas to our husbands!)

2. Leave a separate comment telling us how HEB can help you with your Mother’s Day planning and celebration.

3. follow us on Twitter or “like” us on Facebook.  Leave us a comment letting us know that you follow or like.

That’s it! Easy as pie! mmmm…..piiiiieeeee! lol!

Entries will be accepted until 8pm on MONDAY, MAY 10TH! That’s pretty quick so get crackin’!

Rules and Regulations:
Giveaway open to US residents 18 years old and older. Winner will be selected by random number selection on May 10th through Random.org.  Winner will be notified via email and/or announced on our next podcast. Our HEB contact will be responsible for prize fulfillment.

Happy Mother’s Day!
~Kim and Dawn

Out with the old and in with the new! The Musing Mommies are saying adios to 2009 and hello good lookin’ to 2010!  After a great week of family, celebration, gifts and FOOD, Kim and Dawn wrap up the year with a mini show for your listening [...]]]> Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 41 Wednesday December 30th, 2009

Out with the old and in with the new! The Musing Mommies are saying adios to 2009 and hello good lookin’ to 2010!  After a great week of family, celebration, gifts and FOOD, Kim and Dawn wrap up the year with a mini show for your listening pleasure.  Listen in as we discuss New Year’s resolutions and what we look forward to in the coming year.

We hope you continue to join us each week in 2010, as we have so many great things in store. We lift our glasses in a toast to you, our loyal listeners! May 2010 be your best year ever!

Until next week,
Kim and Dawn

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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 [...]]]>

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

You better watch out, you better not cry! You better not pout, I’m telling you why!  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Christmas is now drawing near at hand, and the Musing Mommies Kim and Dawn want you to have yourself a merry little Christmas.  Do [...]]]> Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 37 Monday November 30th, 2009

You better watch out, you better not cry! You better not pout, I’m telling you why!  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Christmas is now drawing near at hand, and the Musing Mommies Kim and Dawn want you to have yourself a merry little Christmas.  Do you hear what I hear?  Bells will be ringing and…

Well, you get the idea.  This week Kim and Dawn are talking about Christmas Music and Traditions.  Do you rock around the Christmas tree?  Do you go tell it on the mountain? Do go a wassailing?

{Sorry, I can’t help myself.}

Tune in to the Musing Mommies Podcast and find out what our favorite songs are, what traditions we have, and remember your childhood right along with us.  Come get in the spirit with the MuMos!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Until next time,
Kim and Dawn

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Girl, I’m not even thinking about that stuff today!! I am still swimming in tryptophan! lol

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Ours was a whirlwind; after a completely sleepless night at my parents [...]]]>
Welcome Company Girls and Other Beloved Readers!
It’s 10AM on Black Friday – Have you finished your holiday shopping yet?

Girl, I’m not even thinking about that stuff today!! I am still swimming in tryptophan! lol

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Ours was a whirlwind; after a completely sleepless night at my parents house (compliments of our 1 yr old’s all night scream-a-thon), we left early and drove almost 4 hours to my husband’s family in southern Louisiana.  Thankfully both boys slept most of the way; the baby catching up on the night’s lost sleep and the older boy in a benadryl induced snooze courtesy of some troublesome allergies.

It was a lovely drive.

Lunch was a big, beautiful, tasty blur, and afterward we headed over to my hubby’s grandmother’s house to visit with her for a bit.  At which time, I sat down in her chair and promptly passed out, sound asleep.

ahem.

So, I guess I didn’t get to visit much, but it was nice that my family just let me snore and drool for a brief, refreshing cat nap.  It was probably the one thing that allowed me to remain awake for the drive back to Houston that night.(with the help of a gigantic coffee…)

Oh yeah, almost 4 more hours in the car. Awesome!

The trip to Houston was a little more interesting.  The baby made sure to keep us all awake by screaming loud enough to shatter the windows every few miles.

Thankfully though, we didn’t hit any traffic, so it was an uneventful drive.  Though, we did have to stop at three different places to get gas before we left.  But that is a long story for another post.  I will most likely talk about it over on my personal blog, which will be up later today (after I catch up on a week’s worth of posting. ugh).

Kim will not be contributing today as she is on the road herself visiting family up in Dallas and Oklahoma.  But she sends her love.  …and some left over gravy.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to read about your holiday week.

Until,
Dawn

It’s time to throw the diet out the window, pack the skinny jeans away for a while and get into the holiday season.  On this week’s podcast, Musing Mommies Kim and Dawn talk TURKEY!

…and everything else Thanksgiving.

Get out your stretchy yoga pants girls, Turkey day [...]]]> Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 36 Tuesday, November 23rd, 2009

It’s time to throw the diet out the window, pack the skinny jeans away for a while and get into the holiday season.  On this week’s podcast, Musing Mommies Kim and Dawn talk TURKEY!

…and everything else Thanksgiving.

Get out your stretchy yoga pants girls, Turkey day is upon us! It’s time to listen in because the MuMos have all the information you need to get your holiday started right.

Until next time,
Kim and Dawn

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Hey there MuMos! The Musing Mommies are back this week with another exciting podcast!

This week Kim and Dawn take on 2 things that go hand in hand; like peanut butter and jelly, cake and ice cream, cinnamon and sugar, hamburgers and french fries…(I see a food theme here)

This [...]]]> Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 32, October 27, 2009

Hey there MuMos! The Musing Mommies are back this week with another exciting podcast!

This week Kim and Dawn take on 2 things that go hand in hand; like peanut butter and jelly, cake and ice cream, cinnamon and sugar, hamburgers and french fries…(I see a food theme here)

This podcast is about Pumpkins and Challenges!!

???

Maybe we should rethink that “going together” thing.

Ok, so they don’t exactly go together, but ’tis the season for both, right?  With exciting announcements, to-die-for recipes and personal reflections, this is a show you don’t want to miss.

Get your notepad out and get ready to jot some ideas down. This Musing Mommies podcast is loaded with tons of great info and opportunity for personal growth.  (and we don’t mean “growth” on the scale….or do we??) You’ll have to listen to find out!

Until next time,
Kim and Dawn

LINKS Pumpkin Nook|Mom Advice|Pioneer Woman

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How was your week? Got any plans for the weekend? I hope all is well. My week was busy, but not overly stressful. Got some things done that I intended to.  This weekend I get [...]]]> It’s Friday, it’s Friday, come on in and at this late time of the day enjoy some beverage of your choice!

How was your week? Got any plans for the weekend? I hope all is well. My week was busy, but not overly stressful. Got some things done that I intended to.  This weekend I get to play assistant for Dawn again.  This time a senior shoot!  I’m excited about that.  I don’t have too much to gab about, other thank how excited I am that New Moon (movie) comes out in less than a month!!! *calming breath* BTW, scroll down to the previous post and read about our current giveaway/contest. Enter if you dare!

Talk with you all soon.

~Kim

Hello All!

Another busy week for me! I had 3 photo sessions over last weekend so I am neck deep in editing land.  MuMo Kim made a most excellent assistant, and I get the pleasure of working with her again this weekend on a senior session. I am so excited!

We are now all set with Halloween costumes for the boys.  I broke down and purchased the Batman Dark Night costume for the Kiddo and a sweet friend of mine loaned us a Classic Batman costume for the baby.  They should be super cute!  I can feel my brain starting to gear up for the holidays…I am craving Christmas music and many a baked good. lol! And now that the temps have dropped again I think my holiday spirit has been stirred.  I can’t wait to get full swing into the season.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by.  The comments should be fixed now, so please let us know you were here.

~Dawn

Ah, Friday I love you!  It’s the start of the weekend.  Fun Friday, as [...]]]> 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