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Today’s giveaway and post is sponsored by Michelle Baker of Thirty-One Gifts. Shop Thirty-One for functional totes, storage, purses and thermals with tons of uses in your every day life! Lots of us on the Reno Moms Blog team are fans of Thirty-One, and with good reason. Whether it’s the range …

I hate bananas. Always have. They gross me out…they get mushy and brown and turn into gelatinous goo. Every time I see a kid eat a banana, I throw up a little in my mouth. I always swore to myself that when I became a parent—IF I became a parent …

I received a great Christmas present from my best friend. It’s a book called PostSecret, which is the collected results of an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. Confessions have included “I don’t care about recycling (but I pretend …

I get stuck a lot on the fact that I am not very good with traditions this time of year. I always have big plans and then, POOF! It’s already the 24th and I am freaking out about everything.  Who haven’t I gotten something for? Did I make enough cookies? …

Last year, I was down in a metaphorical hole. It had been a really rough year and a half leading up to things. I had lost my job of nine years, so we then lost our house. We moved in with my in-laws and watched a family member get horribly …

I love being a mom. It has changed me in ways I cannot even being to describe. My life is better. I am filled with this indescribable love that pours out of me. Becoming a mom is the single best thing that has ever happened to me. If I had …

This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series I Don't Know How She Does ItUp next in our popular series, “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” Reno Moms Blog co-founder and contributor Annie McFarland takes a turn with this post about raising her daughter, bringing home the …

This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series I Don't Know How She Does ItOur popular series is back! Reno Moms Blog contributor Jenn D. is on the blog today with the latest entry in “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” our look at how a variety …

Today’s post is from guest contributor Tammy Ingraham. A Reno mom of five, Tammy has seen it all, and more than once. She’s also earned lots of life experience in raising a special needs child, adoption and step-parenting. Read on for sage wisdom from a pro. “Don’t blink!” As a young …

I love a fizzy, frothy glass of champagne. But not for its taste, and not because it goes oh-so-well with strawberries (it does!). I love champagne because it’s FUN. I think moms need guilty pleasures. One of my favorite things on a quiet night alone (kids at grandma’s, husband working …