My Kid Ate My Cheese

An “almost” New Look Unveiled!

September 2, 2010 |

Author CheeselessMom

I am sure a few of you may have noticed that my website was “offline” for the past few days. I was getting antsy about wanting to refresh it a little bit and ended up “breaking” it! haha! Figures! So lets get to the point of the “why” behind the reason I wanted to give my site a redo. In short – I wanted it to look cleaner/more professional/tidy/organized. Which it was not. It was turning into a psychedelic nightmare! I have been thinking of my future, why I blog, if there is a method to my madness, etc.

At first I stared at my blank piece of paper with no idea what the heck I was going to write about. And then it dawned on me. I kind of use my blog as a journal. A place where I can create a network of moms – not to rival those huge sites out there that I adore – but something where I can really get to know the majority of people I interact with. And whatever grows from there – fantastic! I’m an honest person, though with my history of being in sales some might question that! But in all reality I really do get behind services, products, and more importantly, people that I know, trust, and find value in. In those cases I will 100% get behind them and express my lover of them to all of you.

Moving forward I will also be including a recipe section in which I will highlight a recipe (err, or in some cases a concoction) that I tried out on the family each week. Full with photos, feedback from the family, and the “how to’s”. I would also love for any of you who have a great recipe to let me know, write it up, and you will be given the title of “Guest Chef” and your post with recipe will be on the site…. more details to come.

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The Queen Expects The World – But We Can Only Afford “insert crap city here”

August 30, 2010 |

Author CheeselessMom

It’s Monday! Bitter-sweet; gone is the lazy weekend but here we are facing a fresh start to a new week. Meh, it could be worse! I could be having a root canal, or Lasik surgery – ooooh, or worse: I could be having a Brazilian bikini wax on my lunch break from a corporate office gig. (One day I will tell that story!) But be as it may – Monday.

Now I have the awesome responsibility as a mom to be one in a team of two who are responsible for arranging and throwing our child, The Queen, the most fantastical birthday party a 5 year old could ever ever want. Little does the 5 year old mama and dad are on a budget. For Real! Not like money has never been an object in our family – because that could not be farther from the truth. Money is something that is closely guarded, counted, and stashed (almost literally) because frankly, its not as plentiful as it once was. I know, blame me for that – but that’s another blog post.

In any event (bah-ha) I really need to crank up the heat under my imagination of creations and figure out what to do for her. B-day is about 4 weeks away – not a lot of time in the world of party planning. But I am seriously stuck for ideas. At no cost do I want to step foot into a “Puke – E – Fleas” sort of establishment. And I want NOTHING to do with those indoor inflated playgrounds that do more harm to a little ones body than imaginable. I do know that I don’t want to hold the party at my house (too many animals to worry about – MY DOGS! What were YOU thinking?!) and I want to spend as little as possible.

Things to consider:

My daughter is turning 5
She absolutely lives for dance (she takes ballet, hip-hop, jazz, and tap)
She loves music
She is very creative – loves to learn new things
She is not really a fan of reading (we are working on this one though)
She loves animals
She dislikes Pizza and bugs

Can anyone provide some suggestions or places to look at? I don’t know too many people in the community here (I know – that’s a shocker) so I feel like a newbie x 100%.