Banish Bugs With DynaTrap #BackyardBiteBack

by Jamie Reeves // 2015-06-14 // No Comments

We love hanging out on our back patio in the summer, but unfortunately so do our neighborhood bugs! We live very close to the Harpeth River here in Middle Tennessee, and bugs are always an issue in the heat of... Continue reading →

Make Cash From Your Closet (If The Thought of Having a Garage Sale Makes You Want To Poke Your Eye Out)

by Jamie Reeves // 2015-04-11 // No Comments

It’s been years since I had a yard sale and afterwards I swore NEVER AGAIN. It wasn’t worth the effort and there is a subculture of garage sale stalkers who will stake out your house at 5 a.m. on sale... Continue reading →

Nashville: Lower Prices Coming to a Kroger Near You

by Jamie Reeves // 2014-08-18 // 6 Comments

Disclosure: I received a Kroger gift card at this blogger event. As always, though, all thoughts and opinions posted on my blog are all mine. While I am a huge bargain shopper and rarely pay full price for anything, I... Continue reading →

Zen Mowing Mama

by Jamie Reeves // 2014-04-17 // 1 Comment

Not our mower, but we do have a push mower (self-propelled oh yeah!) I will let ya’ll in on a little secret. I like to mow. OK ok I LOVE to mow. I’ve never really been into yard work but... Continue reading →

What I’m Pinning: Labor Day Edition

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-09-02 // 1 Comment

I found myself with a lot of wonderful down time this weekend and on Pinterest. I swear Pinterest is like Internet crack, but I digress. I’m definitely in the mood for fall. Here are some of my favorite pins from... Continue reading →

Dirty Dishes Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-04-30 // 2 Comments

My husband is the one who wears the chef’s hat in our house. I’m a follow the recipe kind of girl, while he’s more of an adventurer in the kitchen. His awesome cooking is well worth all the dirty dishes!... Continue reading →

Oh #$%&* Christmas Tree Needles, Oh #$%&* Christmas Tree Needles

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-01-06 // No Comments

Just a wee bit obsessed with Tard the Grumpy Cat lately. We like to let Christmas linger at Casa Blonde Mom Blog. Although I packed up the decorations just before New Year’s Eve, we didn’t get around to putting away... Continue reading →

Big List of Free Printable Calendars for Moms

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-01-01 // 5 Comments

Happy 2013! I love the start of a new year. New beginnings, new plans, new hopes and dreams…a brand spankin’ new calendar. It’s another reason to carry over my love for school and office supplies from the fall on over... Continue reading →

Running on Empty

by Jamie Reeves // 2012-11-12 // 6 Comments

I have a fear. A fear of running out of gas. And I don’t mean gas as in energy level (because DUDE I ran out of that a long time ago when the girls were toddlers and I have just... Continue reading →

He is The Bird Man…Coo Coo Ca Choo

by Jamie Reeves // 2012-09-07 // 7 Comments

Just kidding…we used an old flannel sheet. Living in the ‘burbs you’d be surprised at the random wildlife sightings we have. Earlier this week I spotted an ambling turtle on the grounds of the middle school and there was some... Continue reading →

Paradise Breeze For A Buck

by Jamie Reeves // 2011-07-18 // 4 Comments

Photo by D Sharon Pruitt, Pink Sherbet Photography, (free Creative Commons license) Generally speaking taking kids grocery shopping gets easier as they get older, although the nice thing about babies is they are self-contained little creatures who can’t run off the... Continue reading →

Baby You Can Drive My Car, Not That You’d Want To Be Caught Dead In It

by Jamie Reeves // 2011-04-05 // 5 Comments

I remember a time, pre-kids, when I’d spend considerable effort making my car showroom worthy, breaking out the Armor All, vacuuming, and sometimes even going a little crazy and splurging on new car scent air freshener. These days, unfortunately, my... Continue reading →

As The Wine [Does Not] Flow

by Jamie Reeves // 2010-01-06 // 11 Comments

Last Saturday, in an effort to detox from the holidays, I decided to forego all alchol for the remainder of the month. (See also digital scales flashing RUH ROH at me instead of numbers.) I may have picked a really... Continue reading →

Proof The Ice Cream Man Is The Fifth Horseman Of The Apocolypse

by Jamie Reeves // 2009-07-08 // 9 Comments

True mom confession: I have never bought my kids ice cream from the ice cream man. Before you pass judgment and think I am some sort of frozen treat Nazi or have banned my children from eating junk food, that’s... Continue reading →