Lucky 7s

A few of the blogs I follow have been doing a feature called the "Seven Series"...I thought it was fun, and totally random, which means it is a perfect fit for me and this blog.


1.  Europe
2.  Boston, MA
3.  Turks and Caicos
4.  All of the Civil War battlegrounds in the U.S.
5.  Savannah, GA
6.  Hawaii
7.  Belize



1.  Memories my children will remember throughout their lives
2.  Scrapbooks for our family and both of my kids
3.  A craft room where I can sit down and make things whenever the urge strikes me
4.  A vegetable garden
5.  My own stationary
6.  Anything on a sewing machine (I am challenged)
7.  My dreams a reality


1.  Eleanor Roosevelt
2.  Diane Sawyer
3.  Princess Diana
4.  My grandparents' parents
5.  Warren Buffett
6.  Bradley Nowell from Sublime
7.  JFK


1.  An iPad
2.  A house with a gigantic craft room
3.  A king-sized bed
4.  A swimming pool
5.  A piano
6.  A deepfreeze
7.  My own business


1.  Ignorance
2.  Incorrect apostrophes (ie:  Merriman's instead of the plural Merrimans)
3.  Junk drawers
4.  Dusty ceiling fans
5.  Dirty cars
6.  Laundry
7.  People who lie for no reason


1.  Gone with the Wind
2.  Dirty Dancing
3.  Terms of Endearment
4.  When Harry Met Sally
5.  Tombstone
6.  Pretty in Pink
7.  Shawshank Redemption


1.  Hugs and any kind of expression of love from my children
2.  When my husband holds my hand
3.  Time with my girlfriends
4.  A good book
5.  Driving into Fayetteville from over the mountains
6.  Football season
7.  A good mani/pedi or any kind of pampering


1.  "In My Life" by the Beatles
2.  "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
3.  "Mayonaise" by Smashing Pumpkins
4.  "Southern Hospitality" by Ludacris
5.  "You're All I Need to Get By" by Method Man and Mary J. Blige
6.  "Me & Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin
7.  "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield



1.  Filibuster
2.  Oblique
3.  Epidermis
4.  Piece
5.  Lozenge
6.  Wanker
7.  Phlegm

She's Crafty Sunday...DIY Personalized Lapboards

I love giving gifts...the thought behind them, the excitement on a person's face when they get it and the act of coming up with that one special thing.  I also love personalized things...my kids have been victims of monogrammed everything and labels containing their names on anything that can't be monogrammed. 

When you have a 5-year old, you are a regular passenger on the birthday party train.  I usually don't know the child who is having the party other than through Vaughn's ramblings about someone being their BFF and worst enemy all in the span of a sentence.  But on the rare occasion that I do feel as though I know a kid or that my kid is good friends with a kid, I really want to try to do something special for birthday gifts. 

Enter the lapboard...a way to combine my love of all things personalized and do something thoughtful for Vaughn's little friends.  Also, it gives me an outlet, albeit small, for my creative juices to flow (and it doesn't take up a ton of space that I currently do not have because I do not have a craft area in my home).  Here are a couple of lapboards I made recently, one for Vaughn and one for her sweet little friend, Emily, from preschool.

If you have any creative ability, a Michael's and a few paint pens, you can do this...totally easy!   This is a great gift for a school aged child, they can use it for homework, other artsy stuff and eating if you have a sick kiddo or are allowing the special treat of eating outside of the kitchen.

In case you haven't noticed, I am  in a total identity crisis with this blog, I'm not sure what I want my focus to be or what to write about (on the rare occasion that I do blog).  After thinking about it, I think I am going to keep it random until it comes to me, afterall, this blog is about being "The EveryMom" - which means I am a little bit of everything in every way to a lot of different people, so why shouldn't my blog capture that very thing?  So, stay tuned for more random posts about many random things...