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

    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.

Those that know me, especially my Mom, know that I was never the tidiest of people. My room was ALWAYS messy. Unless of course, my Mom told me I had to clean my room or I couldn't go out with my friends. Then it was a 2 hour cleaning job (and hiding stuff under the bed and in drawers).      Flash forward 8 years and I have my own home with my husband and two daughters. My home is now something I take pride in. Even though there still are some days were things are not in place (we have a 2 year old and 5 year old-you can imagine the messes), for the most part our house is very clean. My husband and I take turns with certain household jobs. I do most of them since I am the stay at home parent, but he is great about helping me when he gets home from work. I feel very lucky in that area. My husband hates to dust, which is great because that is my favorite chore! He helps with laundry and I make sure to have dinner ready for him when he gets home from work. And I love the smell of a fr

     My husband and I just celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary. Here is a fun way we came up with a prop for our anniversary photo shoot. First, we picked out 3 different shaped wine bottles, emptied them, pulled off the labels and washed them.   Then, I sprayed the wine bottles with Chalkboard paint from a spray can.     After the wine bottles were left to dry overnight, I used some chalk to spell out "ONE" and then added some fake flowers for decoration.  Voila!       This is the setting where we shot our anniversary photos. My handsome husband :)                                           It was a gorgeous sunset that evening! No filter!     Ready for the photo shoot. <3     Another photo of the beautiful sunset.