Ninja Mommy Hacks: Life with 2 Minions and lots of wine!

Note: Military only hotel! Here are my tidbits: 1) The beach is amazing for kids!  Gentle waves where my 3 year old can sit in the surf and play without being SUCKED into the ocean. 2) Hotel food is pretty good!  The Breakfast buffet is amazing!  $18 per adult, but even if you wanted to save money and head to IHOP 2 blocks up-- it comes out to the SAME price!  Barefoot bar has chili dogs for $6.   Warriors lounge has a good happy hour.   There is a ROOM RATE with Breakfast Buffet, chose this rate!  Saves you money if you want to eat on site daily.  3) PX on site, and it's a good size.  We got cereal and milk for breakfast each morning when we wanted to save money.  BEER and wine selection!   Save $$- buy your liquor there! 4) Rooms are not that big...  2 beds, and a bathroom.   Patio is a good size, but of course you will need to watch the little's as they are out there. 5) Rooms have a s...

We just spent 1 night at Tenaya Lodge (March 29, 2018)- and we fell in love.   Here are my tidbits:  website:  Tenaya Lodge Do this:  1) Prepare for the price.  Regular rate is $479, but the calendar shows some (weeknights) as low as $169.    SO WORTH IT! 2) Budget!   Almost everything is extra $$, but you are in Yosemite (ok, more like 1 mile to the gate), the scenery is amazing and you get what you pay for! 3) Ice Skating rink  ($15 approx per person)-  It's covered outside.  Not sure if year -round 4) in winter (snow) they have FREE sledding runs, just bring your sled!   Below was start of spring, we had to walk down the  hill towards Archery to sled.   A short run, but my littles had a blast. 5) Other things to do:    Arcade/game room $, Archery $, Nature Hikes $, Tour in a nice small bus of Yosemite $$, Yoga for kids $, morning stretching $, Paint Nights $$, and MORE!...

Hello everyone!  6 of us girls went on the 3 night Carnival Cruise to Ensenada, where I did NOT get off the boat- I was there to relax, read, and chill.  1) Carnival impressed us!   FORGET YOU PRINCESS, I will be sticking to Carnival and Disney until further notice! Why... 1) the Food was amazing- everywhere (except room service, skip that)! 2) our Cruise director led amazing lobby parties every night 3) Stand-up Comedians you see on Comedy Central, doing multiple shows each night. 4) RELAXATION to the max! 5) the Club.. yes I went clubbing.  By that I mean I sat with my glass of wine and chair danced to some amazing music- alone!  My buddies all went to bed. 6) the naps where children cannot interrupt me! 7) The waterslides looked amazing, going in early March = too cold! 8) the Library!  I found Girl on the Train, and read it in 4 hours!   Bring a book, and swap it out with another! 9) Dinner dance parties while you eat.. GREA...

So I started Thriving 8 weeks ago.. and I love it.  3 steps, all done in the first 30 min of the day!   2 Capsules, a shake 30 min later and a patch that goes on your body for 24 hours.   I upgraded to the DUO patches- 2 patches that have more product and it bigger.  That. is. it!  Everyone reacts differently.. for me-- instant energy!    The first night I was wide awake until midnight feeling GREAT!     Then on day 2, I quit coffee completely?   I didn't need it...  and now my husband was pissed the Coffee Fairy stopped coming at 5:30am. Here are all of my amazing symptoms on the Le-Vel Thrive 3 step system:  Bloat immediately went away I lost a pant size in 7 days.    I lost 2.5 pant sizes in 8 weeks Energy from 4:45am - 10pm No crashing in the afternoon (no other caffeine needed) No need to snack at all in the day Not hungry much!  I crave salads and sandwiches I sleep HARDE...

Sequoia Lake hosted the 1st ever Yoga Retreat last weekend (9/15) and it was pretty damn awesome. It was held at camp TQ and over 100 people showed up to Yoga & Meditate away the weekend. Here are my tidbits: First up: accommodations: 1) It's Glamping at it's finest.  Each cabin does NOT have a heater, but has electrical outlets.  1 queen size bed + bunk beds... which are not all that comfortable.  I would suggest a gel topper (like the ones Costco has) or a Twin air mattress to put on top of the 2 inch cot thing... would make your stay more comfortable. 2) Coffee... if you are a snob... bring a Keriug!   In fact, you can't go wrong bringing in a SMALL table and setting up a full on breakfast bar.  BE SURE to bring Air Tight igloo's!  Bears love food!  So.. keep it locked up!     Breakfast is served at 8am which is WAY too late,  yoga starts at 6:15am... and we were dying by 7:30...    hence the need for your ...

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Here was our journey, as you know every kid is different.. but hopefully you will get some insight. 10am report time to surgery center.  Procedure took 30 minutes. Our doctor was Dr. Brent Lanier, Clovis/Fresno California (the best from what I heard from many people) They would not let us see him until he started to wake up, and I saw why with other kids-  they still have all the stuff hooked up to them with breathing masks on... it can be traumatic to see. When Aidan initially woke up he was a mess, crying and silently screaming..mouth open and upset.  I picked him up and held him and he was not OK.    Nurses told me it was the coming out of the sleep and being disoriented (affects of the drugs). Within 10 minutes of what seemed to be agony, my husband noticed bright red blood on his inner corner of the mouth.  He quickly called the nurse over.  She brought Dr. Lanier over and they saw a small bleed.   He quickly decided to go back into...