Idaho Mom Blog http://www.idahomomblog.com Tue, 21 May 2013 15:40:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 How To Embarrass Your Children http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/05/21/how-to-embarrass-your-children/ http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/05/21/how-to-embarrass-your-children/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:33 +0000 jen http://www.idahomomblog.com/?p=1170 My five year old is one of the most adorable children in the world. And one of the most difficult. Yep, he’s stubborn and has a mind of his own and wants the whole world to know his opinion on everything. In other words, he is just like his mother. Today he informed me that [...]

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]]> http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/05/21/how-to-embarrass-your-children/feed/ 0 Love Your Body Before You Change Your Body http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/05/20/love-your-body-before-you-change-your-body/ http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/05/20/love-your-body-before-you-change-your-body/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 17:12:40 +0000 jen http://www.idahomomblog.com/?p=1163 We all have moments where we do not love our physical appearance. Maybe it’s a big nose, a break out, a bad hair day (or month), or gaining or losing too much weight. These days come and go and are completely normal. But sometimes we allow our bad days to become bad weekends, weeks, months [...]

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]]> http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/05/20/love-your-body-before-you-change-your-body/feed/ 0 Easy Ways to Be Healthier and Get In Shape http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/05/06/easy-ways-to-be-healthier-and-get-in-shape/ http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/05/06/easy-ways-to-be-healthier-and-get-in-shape/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 01:46:58 +0000 jen http://www.idahomomblog.com/?p=1114 I’ve never counted calories before. In fact, I had no idea how many calories I was supposed to consume in one day. I also didn’t know how quickly calories add up. Last weekend while talking to the Mrs. Idaho America trainer, I was introduced to a free app for my iPhone called “Lose It!” This [...]

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]]> http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/05/06/easy-ways-to-be-healthier-and-get-in-shape/feed/ 0 Women’s Basic Self Defense Class http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/04/28/womens-basic-self-defense-class/ http://www.idahomomblog.com/2013/04/28/womens-basic-self-defense-class/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:26:58 +0000 jen http://www.idahomomblog.com/?p=1105 I recently organized a mother’s and daughter’s basic self defense class held at The Apple Athletic Club. Thanks to a permanent sponsor, I will be able to teach the class monthly.

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