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Balancing Bedlam Moments

Feeding a Large Family for $500 a Month

March 2, 2010

Welcome! If you’re new to Balancing Beauty and Bedlam, you may like to subscribe for free updates. Subscribe via RSS to read updates in your favorite feed reader, or via email to have new posts delivered directly to your inbox. Thanks for visiting!I get so many questions on how I can possibly feed our family [...]

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Teaching Your Child to Apologize

December 31, 2009

Cultivating a heart of forgiveness in our children begins with the modeling that occurs in the home. Growing up in an environment where I often heard “I’m sorry” from my parents allowed me to begin understanding the true nature of an apology. Many of my friends have shared that they never received a true apology from their parents, and therefore have continued to struggle with giving apologies as an adult.

Beginning to teach the importance of apologies, and model for our children how to apologize is something that can’t begin early enough. My personal mothering is constantly in process…

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Baking and Decorating Christmas Cookies

December 22, 2009

Gathered in the kitchen, aprons of old clenched tightly around my waist, I close my eyes while the delectable aroma of my freshly baked gingerbread cookies arouse sensations and memories of baking days gone past.

I’m so proud of this gorgeous Christmas Tree project.

Sigh…

Martha Stewart I am!

NOT!

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The Real Family Photos – beauty and bedlam style

December 21, 2009

It’s Christmas time. The time of year when we gather our fashionista best and smile pretty for the camera. Right?

Well, the best laid family photos do not always turn out how we expected. We’ll capture our traditional family picture on Christmas eve, but in honor of my sweet friend Toni’s request to share some of our not so perfect family photos, I thought I would give you one of our bedlam moment “out takes.”

As I was redoing my blog header up above, I thought it would be fun to capture a family “beauty and bedlam” shot in action. It started out so beautifully with my amazing photographer husband helping us out.

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Winter Bedlam

December 20, 2009

Yes, beautiful North Carolina Winter Wonderland is bliss, unless you slip off the hill into the briers on either side of the jump.

Every one agrees, he looks just like one of Wolverine’s victims (from the X-men, for those of you not familiar with the movie.)

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Before Hiring a Santa…

December 10, 2009

Dear Retail Establishments:

Before hiring a Santa, please ask to see what “said Santa” looks like in his Santa gear. Not trying to perpetuate the attitude that “looks are all that matters,” but when hired Santa sends children screaming to their mamas, an image consultant needs to be consulted quickly.

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The Art of Multitasking

December 1, 2009

When you attempt to master the art of multitasking during a Freezer Day, realize that having a definite plan of attack in place is a good thing.

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Preparing for a large crowd of guests

November 21, 2009

What do you do when your son “reminds” you that there are 100 guests invited to his Sweet 16 party in three days (which is today)?

1. Don’t panic.

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Tasty Tuesday – South American Style

November 10, 2009

It’s been a long time since I’ve traveled internationally, but one of the thing that never ceases to amaze me, especially in the Central/South American countries, is the variety of foods offered on every single corner, and window front.

There is something for everyone, especially if you have no worries about the affect that some of [...]

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Under Construction

September 27, 2009

Welcome to my new home on the web. Please excuse my bedlam moment while this site is under construction. It will be up and running soon! You can still visit my old site until the transfer is complete.