Join us tomorrow night on December 4th at 9pm EST for the #HolidayMocktials Twitter party. We will be discussing entertaining over the holidays, my new book Mocktails & More and hopefully gaining tidbits of inspiration from each other. Christmas is a stressful time and the #HolidayMocktails Twitter party has arrived just in time for each of us to share our little secrets to relieve the stress. My book Mocktails & More is designed to help with this also, by providing 24 delicious ...
My Writing
Anger Management – My Mom Fail Moment
Today my friend Ellie at One Crafty Mother has raised a challenge which I cannot ignore. In case you haven't come across Ellie or her blog let me just say she's inspiring to say the least and when she puts a call out I know it's going to benefit me to respond. Here's the challenge: I want you to think of a moment, or period in your life (maybe it's still happening - even better) where you were feeling shame and vulnerability. There is a difference between shame and guilt - just to clarify - ...
Tales of Bliss~Canadian Family
This past Fall I had the pleasure of attending a conference in Toronto, Blissdom Canada. While there I attended many inspiring and educational sessions which helped me define more clearly where I wanted to take Sober Julie Doing Life. At one of these sessions the editor of Canadian Family magazine invited us to submit articles using the topic "Finding Your Bliss". Of course this fit well with my journey in life and I penned up a piece and submitted it. Well friends, my article was chosen to ...
Self Improvement, CFM Boots & God
I wrote this a year ago and it's still one of my favorite posts. Dancing shoes you say?? I say YES!!! Don’t all women have a favorite pair of shoes? I certainly did. They changed over time but irrelevant of which pair they were, whether they were the red sexy strappy shoes or my black high heeled boots I just felt FABULOUS in them. I may not have been able to get an instantly flat tummy but my butt certainly got an inch higher ! They were like surface value self-improvement in ...
No Hope of Winning the SuperMom Title
Sitting in my armchair by the fire watching a movie with the family I am feeling quite relaxed, exhausted even. This Christmas season was no different than others, there had been socializing, birthdays and so many wonderful memories. Although I've enjoyed myself I have to admit I'm so ready for the girls to head back to school. I cannot believe how much work it is to keep these girls occupied, didn't I play by myself by the age of 6 and 8? If only I were a better Mother; that type of Mom I ...