Darn the internet!

Always a little too late

This story has happened one to many times now. At least if there were no internet, I wouldn't know immediately that someone else already thought of my idea first. Here is how it typically goes...

I like to think of myself as creative and an idea generator, I mean I didn't choose to be a marketer by accident. I love strategizing about ideas then putting together a plan and carefully monitoring and tweaking the plan until we have a WIN!

The pieces don't fall into place as easily for me domestically speaking. I have come up with some killer ideas over the past one and a half years that I have been home with my kids. I get super excited, start to plan ( in my head) what I will be doing to kick-off this brilliant plan, then I turn to the internet to research and VOILA, some other domestic goddess has already done it!

My latest idea was to have a Pinterest Party, inviting my girlfriends over for a relaxing afternoon filled with home-made spa type concoctions such as this Spiced Sugar Scrub, So you can understand how annoyed I was to see that other women were already throwing these "Pinterest Parties".

In my defense, I have yet to find a Spa Pinterest Party, they have all been for crafting or cooking, so maybe I have a niche here after all!

Simple, yummy snacks!

Peanut Butter Balls

I am all about simplicity these days. These little snacks are packed with protein, goodness and let's not forget about the delicious taste. All of that and you can make them in under 5 minutes!

Ingredients ( ok, ya'll know I don't measure )
- A scoop of peanut butter, it is probably equivalent to 3/4 cup
- Rolled oats ( raw) about 1.5 cups
- Chocolate chips ( I prefer raisins but we didn't have them in the cupboard this week)

You just dump all the ingredients into a bowl and mix until the peanut butter coats the oats and chocolate chips ( or raisins).

Roll them into little balls and place on a plate.

Then move them to the fridge to gel together. Eat and Enjoy! I know my little ones do .

What is your Super Power?

I'm a (former)milk producing, diaper slinging, dream delivering,baby whispering, boo boo kissing, Super Mom...

So I write this as my family suffers with yet another illness. It all started around Halloween and since then there has been at least one sick person in our humble abode.

This weeks germ of choice is Streptococcus!

Now, I know that writing this down on "paper" will only burst my Super Mommy bubble that has kept me safe from all the dirty germs in this house, but  I find it so amazing that through all the colds, viruses, bacterial infections, I am somehow staying healthy so I can take care of the rest of the family. 

I think there is something in a mother's make-up ( and I'm not talking about the stuff we slather on our face to hide the weeks or years of sleep deprivation) that allows us to keep the germs at bay while our family is sick. That's why I think we need to change our name from plain Jane "Mom" and don the title "Super Mom". Now don't get me wrong, Dads. You have your own super powers ( giggle creating, football playing, grill food making, Super Dad!) These are equally important powers but right now Super Dad has the super cold... so he'll resume his heroic efforts momentarily.

However, every mom out there knows the moment everyone feels better and is running around, making a mess of the house, you will notice that all familiar tickle in the back of the throat, the little cough, and as the fatigue sets in the germs take hold of Good Ol', "Super Mom"!