Through My Looking Glass- A Modern Mom and Domestic Goddess In Training

I've become one of the millions of people that fell in love with Instagram. I enjoy seeing all the different artistic and sometimes just outright funny postings. InstaCollage, InstaFrame, InstaText, InstaPicFrame, and InstaEffect are a few of the entertaining apps I've used for my Instagram. For those of you interested in a fun way to use your Instagram "art", visit http://printstagr.am/ . This site has several affordable print options for you to utilize. I personally ordered the stickers and the poster collage. I am very satisfied with my purchase and I'm sure you will be too. Enjoy! Liz

I love being a Mom of two little girls, but it can definitely be stressful! Here are some cute and humorous things about Moms, and true!! Lol. Enjoy :) New favorite show: NickMom.

    For the third time in a year and a half, my husband and I are back visiting Burlington, Vermont. His company's main office is located here. We drove the 12 hours to get to Vermont from Ohio. Along the drive, I really wanted to stop at some unique, maybe even cheesy, road stops. I searched for the world's largest and smallest roadside stops. I found a great website that helps locate stops along your route. Check it out! I will definitely be using this site more often.  Roadtrippers With the above website, I found the World's Smallest Church located in New York. The church is in the Guinness Book of World Records and can fit two people inside. People have visited this church from all over and it has even been the site for weddings! However, since it is in the middle of a pond, the guest had to sit in boats. The rest of our drive to Vermont was through the Adirondack Mountains. It was beautiful! I will be uploading more photos in another post.

   I am sitting here all cozy on the recliner watching "Watch What Happens: Live" on Bravo. My 3 month old Basset-Hound/Border Collie mix puppy is sitting on the floor next to me, annoyingly attempting to chew on my computer cord. And now she is on the couch chewing on my red flowered pillows, even though two of her toys and her bone are sitting only a few feet away. It is 11:11 pm (make a wish!) and I have been browsing the Internet in my down time. My husband and children are sound asleep and I am nowhere near ready for bed. I'm such a night owl. Anyways, I found a very helpful site and I thought to myself, "How come I never thought of this before!? What a great idea". I am always looking for ways to organize my childrens' room and the cost of containers, shelves, etc. can really start to add up. This site has a great idea to use your old Folgers coffee cans! And they even have some labels already made up, all you have to do is print them. I am really loo

Every holiday has its own unique traditions. But what I love most about this holiday, Halloween, is being able to dress up and play the role of whatever you like. It is the time of year where you can be something other than your day to day self, get together with loved ones and celebrate the thrill of being spooked. I love watching back to back horror flicks and attending haunted attractions. Not to mention pumpkin carving and taking the kids trick or treating. Another Halloween has come and gone, with my last celebration of the season being Saturday at the VanMeter's Halloween party. Here is a fun DIY Halloween idea, that I did this year: Metallic and bling pumpkins   Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween ! !

Ahh, the joys of potty training. My two year old wore her first pair of underwear the other day! I started out only letting her wear them for a couple hours to avoid accidents. On top of potty training our two year old, my husband and I adopted a puppy from the shelter. She is a 3 month old border collie and basset hound mix. I just can't seem to quit filling my plate with more and more responsibilities, haha. The first half hour we had her home, she peed about five times on the carpet. It has been a couple days now and only a few accidents. Well, yesterday was going great! Our two year old woke up, put on her panties and wore them all day! She ran to me to let me know when she had to go to the "pot". And our puppy, Panda, didn't have one accident! I took her outside about every half hour to hour though. I couldn't believe how smooth things were going. I texted back and forth with my husband to tell him how well the potty training was going!! I spoke too soon..M

Here are some the photos my husband and I had taken for our 1st wedding anniversary. The photographer was Sweet Pea Palace Photography.