Living The Dream in the Mad-Town
One of my favorite hobbies is photography. I love capturing memories of my family and friend’s families. I am self taught and have enjoyed every second of it. I try and take classes here and there and I read A LOT on-line. It can be an expensive hobby, so I don’t own everything I would [...]
It’s a vicious cycle and it happens to me year after year. Cold weather, dark mornings, and winter blues roll in and my motivation to run rolls out… I ran my third half marathon in October and a 15K in Chicago in November. I bought some new winter workout clothes (I hate to be cold) [...]
Last week I created an email account for each of my children. Not because all the email addresses will be taken up when it’s time for them to create an account (..har har), but because I want to forward memories to them that I don’t want to get lost in translation. Everyone is getting older, [...]
Being a Mom is by far the most rewarding thing in my life. I’d like to think of myself as a good Mom. I love on, nurture, snuggle, run errands with my daughter, take her to swimming, gymnastics, to friends’ houses to play and I make sure she is well fed and clothed. But I [...]
I know none of you wait until the last minute to figure out gifts for important people in your lives. Neither do I {ahem}. So I’ll share this list in case you run into someone else who is desperately trying to figure out some last minute gifts. For your best friend: This is the [...]
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens-bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens…” Join us for 12 Days of Favorite Things. Starting December 14 – December 25, we will be posting our favorite things on Instagram. (If you haven’t installed the app on your smartphone, you’ll need to start there.) Follow the format for [...]
I am a self proclaimed germ-a-phob. I fully admit that I carry hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes with me everywhere I go. I wipe down carts at department and grocery stores. I use to use those cart covers when my daughter was younger. Now there are times I think I take it too seriously and [...]
Raise your hands if your family has gotten into the Elf on the Shelf bandwagon. I’ll be honest, I think these things are a bit creepy. I wasn’t sure how my son was going to take to this thing, especially since about a week before he announced to us that he didn’t even want Santa [...]
Hello to our Readers! All of us Madison Mamas are still here! After a really busy summer and getting little ones in school (some for the first time) we are ready to start blogging again. With the holidays approaching, it couldn’t be a better time. We are all getting ready to post about all things [...]
A few months back when we were all blogging about our DIY projects I wrote about this vintage desk I inherited from my husband’s Grandma’s house. It was all ready to be painted and waiting for some new hardware. I FINALLY was able to get it finished last week. I was really struggling with the [...]
