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Pot roast is not the most exciting food, but it provides comfort as well as some funny, heartwarming memories of a time when I learned to cook. First of all, the evolution of my cooking skills resembled a fickle...

I don't know about you, but between flu season, all of the "snow" and winter weather, it seems like this is my kids' first full week of preschool since before Christmas. Moms who have survived winter 2018 so far,...

Two weeks ago at my side of the family's annual ThanksChristmasGiving get-together, my mom asked a group of us daughters and daughter-in-laws what we were planning on doing with our families in the weeks preceding Christmas. I have elaborate...

I am someone who is usually filled with words, but with everything going on, I am running out of words. Anything I can think to say seems insignificant right now. So, my post for this month is going to...

It's picturesque in my head. The kids are napping and my husband and I steal away to the bedroom for some alone time. I lock the door just in case. Anticipation fills my heart and my head. It's a...

As we head into back to school time, mamas everywhere are thinking about what to pack in their kids’ lunchboxes. Some of our own CMB mamas have written awesome posts about what they’re feeding their kiddos, and I’ve taken...

Recently, our Chattanooga Moms Blog contributors were treated to a night of fun at Painting With a Twist, a new paint party location here in Chattanooga. Located conveniently off East Brainerd Road, the space is clean and new and...

I have clinical depression. It stinks. It's especially not fun during a global pandemic, when I can't really see my friends much, go to church or the gym, and have kids running around my house a lot more than...

Believe it or not, parenthood doesn’t have to be all dino nuggets and macaroni! Although I’ve been a pretty healthy eater most of my adult life, food allergies and intolerances have forced my family to change what and how...

My love affair with IKEA first began overseas when I purchased an iconic POÄNG chair, used, for only $20. Before I moved back to America, I sold the chair, but I later found the same style and even the...