By Amanda from HushAmanda.com It’s a hot, Friday afternoon and my mom and I have decided to take Conner and Chase to a playground across from a local private primary school near her home. We arrive to find the place completely cleared out, a huge score in my book so that my children can have full reign....

by Amanda from HushAmanda.com I’m not exactly a professional, but I’m no freshman either. I’ve clocked nearly 5 years of experience in this “I am mom” gig, so I feel capable enough to start tossing out classifications for all of us. Bring on the labels, right? The following...

by Amanda In college at UA, we had an awesome Rec Center. I have never been the “workout” type of gal, but after my first year (as a Sophomore), I came around. My then boyfriend (now husband) was in Birmingham and I had to find something to do. So, off I went. Frankly mah dears, I was looking...

One month ago yesterday, I lost a very important piece of me – my eyelashes. Not all of them, but enough to vault me into the treacherous world of falsies, online tutorials and shame. In this post, you’ll note that I lost my eyelashes in a freak accident involving my 2-year-old, an overzealous...

by Amanda from The Mom Job I’d hear jingle, jingle clank, clank each time he’d shift his weight while sitting, albeit rather impatiently, in the large, green chair in our living room. Conner didn’t ask too many questions and accepted his sentencing – to wait out 4 hours with...