Mommy Musings

I always love when I see other people post about deals and whatnot that they find, so I thought I'd do a little of my own!  I'm sure most of you have already heard about Ebates .  But here's the info for those of you who haven't yet.  We all love to shop online right?  Well who wouldn't want to earn cash back at almost every place your shop?  You just sign into Ebates {and you get a $10 gift card when you sign up} and find the store you want to shop in.  You click on it and just shop away!  You earn different percentages back depending on the store.  And every few months Ebates sends you a big fat check for the money you earned.  Who doesn't love free money?!? ThredUp is one of my new favorite sites both for shopping and getting rid of old clothes for the girls, AND NOW ME!!  It is an online consignment shop for both kids and women's clothes.  You order a bag, fill it with clothes you no longer want, and they will either give yo...

I am so very excited to be featured as Jenn's Blog of the Week over at Munchkin Land Design!!! Jenn obviously designed my blog for me, and even months later I am still so in love with it.  With just a few questions, Jenn figured out who I really am, and gave me a design that showcases that.  She is super professional and easy to work with!   Even more generous?  Jenn is offering my readers a 5% discount for the next week!!!  Just enter the code BOTWMommyMusings on your order form ! Thanks again Jennn!

A few months ago I wrote this post about my friend Christophe.  He suffers from an extremely rare disease that consumes his whole life.  Any lesser person would give up and just lay in bed all day.  But Christophe has this courage and strength I've never seen before.  He has made a video I want to share with all of you.  Please please take the time to watch it.  I know it will move and inspire you the same way it has me.  Make sure to grab some tissues.

I'm here today to introduce you to someone I hold very dear in my heart.  I have known Christophe since we were in first grade.  I had a huge crush on him in 6th grade {which I'm not actually sure he ever knew about}.  We were close friends in high school and I even took him as my date to my freshman year semi. So why am I telling you all this?  Christophe has suffer from a rare degenerative muscle disease called Myofribullar Myopathy his whole life.  Only 100 people in the entire country have been diagnosed with it.  He has had several organ transplants and many other medical procedures done.  He is 28. Christophe has the greatest heart and will to live that I have ever seen.  He has started his own blog to start to spread awareness about both his disease and organ donation.  Please head on over there and give your support to him and continually send him your prayers.  If anyone can come up with research or a cure for this diseas...

I love getting to share the love here in the blogging world, and so today I thought I'd share with you some of my new favorite blogs.  I'm even luckier because they are all friends of mine in real life!  I'd love if you could go check them out, become a follower, and show them some love! The first blog I want to tell you about is my mom!!  She blogs over at "Between the two...... Living life between two cultures, two homes, two basset hounds and two granddaughters ."  Here's a little description she wrote about herself..."We supposedly speak the same language, but with differing accents and phrases. Married life with an Englishman has been quite an adventure! I am the mother of three amazing, now grown up women, I live life between our home and "future retirement" home, caring for two basset hounds and loving every minute I spend with my two granddaughters."  It's so great getting to see my mom perspective on so many different things......