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FunkyBlueLovin’ imagines me and you, and you and me… no, wait, she’s just manifesting her perfect life.

Got Tribal? Nefertitties does, and now has a piece of paper to prove it. She also just turned 31, and desperately needs a party… with spankings!

Speaking of birthday parties, Scarlet Mae goes from peaceful beach retreat to preschool party central, in a matter of hours… with pepsi.

Signs, signs, everywhere are signs. Melia, are you listening?

HippyMom sucks, blows and gets dirty, with the help of a PervyBird.

MamaBirdie knows she’s never really alone.

Stumbling on a cure for her ills, Yums gets all tingly.

Melia Lore tells the scariest bathroom story EVER.

The Official Hippymom.com Blog announces the Year of the Tiger!

Wouldn’t You Like to Know? is biding her time, waiting for the snow to melt.

Learn to Meditate with Crystals on Calming Winds.

Mama Duck has Eco-Friendly and Cheap Home Decor Ideas!

Parenting teenagers is not for the faint of heart, says SocGradMama.

Melia Lore thinks she knows more about her cervix than politicians do. Imagine that!

Find out what the awesome events are happening in March on Hippymom.com!

Luscious Decadence has one word for you: Cheesecake!

Snow? In Alabama?! See the pictures on Gray Gaia.

I imagine myself on an island with white sand and crystal blue water and a matching blue sky with an amazing and bright sun shining down on me. I am sitting up on the most comfortable lounge chair in the world with big chunky black sunglasses on and a baseball cap sitting wherever it fell on my head. I have a laptop that never needs plugged in and never loses battery power! This laptop comes with pictures of my family and friends and my gorgeous children, as well as Tetris and Microsoft Word. My laptop does get internet but only to two sites an eclectic music site such as Youtube and a dictionary/thesaurus site. I feel a slight breeze upon my skin and I can smell the salty air. I have a table next to me for my books and my drinks. My drinks are never ending and whatever I want to drink appears. Those lovely cabana girls rock my world. My life is bliss. For 4 hours a day I get to relax alone and do as I please on my island. I can write, I can read, I can swim, I can go jogging along the beach. Down at the far end of the beach and you can witness horses galloping across sand, beautiful and big horses! I am in awe as they make their way down the beach.

After four hours, I see and hear my children. Coming at me, running and squealing. They get to me and give me this huge hug and I start chasing them around. They have brought buckets and shovels to make their glorious sand castles. I see Caleb coming out of the clearing between the trees. He starts chasing Vinnie around as I settle down with the girls to build that sand castle. I look out into the ocean and just whisper a thank you to God. Thank you for this amazing place and for my family.

Just as I whisper out my thank you the girls start bickering about their sand castles and chuckle to myself. Life would not be complete without them arguing about something. We then pack up our stuff and head to the house. We have a gorgeous one level house with windows galore. We have french doors all around that stay open and you can see the curtains swaying in the breeze. Everyone is just so much more happier when the sun is shining, everyday. We get ready to make dinner and everyone does something to help. Of course the girls fight over their jobs and Vinnie whines because we’re not moving fast enough! That little boy is HUNGRY! *snicker* So we get dinner fixed and we eat outside! It’s that time of day when it’s not to hot and the breeze is blowing just enough to give us a whiff of the ocean. We eat and laugh and talk about our day.

As we complete our meal we get things cleaned up. Then we settle down and start reading stories to each other. We make up stories and add to stories and the girls get such a kick out of it. They just can’t stop giggling. I love that. Then it’s bath time and then bed time. The kids fight with us of course but then they quietly lay their head on their pillows and before I can turn the lights out they are asleep. I pull their bug nets around them and completely open their windows to the wondrous breeze floating around the island. I blow silent kisses to them at the door and close it behind me.

Then I go out on our deck and see the moonlight. Such glorious moonlight. Night time and day time, I can never really figure out which one I love more. I wrap a sheet around my body and I cuddle up next to Caleb with a book while he’s working on his computer. The moonlight is so bright we don’t need the actual light to see. I look out onto the ocean and the moon lights the way and I drop everything and run to the ocean and dive in. I just swim around in the moonlight for a bit, soaking in the amount of joy I feel. After a bit I get up and Caleb is waiting for me on the beach with a huge towel and he wraps it around me as well as his arms and gives me a huge hug. We are happier now, than before. He kisses me on the cheek and I run and he runs to catch up with me and we collapse on our bed….

……A dream that I want to come true and to never end.

I have big plans for when the snow completely disappears, the flowers start blooming, and when the leaves grow from the trees. I have big plans to be outside as much as I can. I plan on writing out a list of books (and this includes school books) and by the middle of spring I plan to have acquired these said books. I, also, plan on buying the most comfortable lounge chair in the world. Then I plan on parking myself outside for three months.

We’re moving to a place that has a fenced in back yard and I plan on buying tons of outdoor toys for my children. No TV this summer, unless of course it’s raining. I plan to be outside and enjoy the nice warm sun. I will play and I will read!

I have this plan that I will scout out where the sun will hit the backyard. Then I will park my comfortable lounge chair in the midst of the lovely rays and read while my children play. I want to bask in the suns glory and thank the Lord that it’s not snowing. That it’s warm and I don’t have to bundle up. No gloves, no hats, no boots. A pair of flip flops, shorts and a tank!

This snow that we’ve had really made me appreciate the sun a lot more. I think when I get my degree and start venturing out looking for jobs, it very well will be where there’s light to no snow and the winters are mild!!!!

I miss you sun.

Wouldn’t You Like to Know has uncovered a star in the making on You Tube.

Is Living Well Really the Best Revenge? Find out what Spectacular Me thinks.

Melia Lore chronicles the great white winter of 2010.

MamaBirdie sheds a glimmer of hope for spring on the Official Hippymom.com Blog: Preparing Your Garden for Spring.

The Inside Life meets her Challenges.

Moves in Curves has Nothing Substantial to Say.

Read all about the trials and tribulations of a work-at-home-mom on Moments to Keep.

Melia Lore reviews The Body Scoop for Girls on the Official Hippymom.com Blog.

The Eyes Have It on Luscious Decadence.

Tribal Style breaks down the slow moves.

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Here’s a couple other pictures to satisfy your snow needs!!

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does a way better version of Fireflies by Owl City!!!

This is why I love youtube because everyone can get their music out there. Whether or not they are signed we can be introduced to different types of voices and songs and it just makes my soul happy.

Here’s one more, just because I like this version, too!

Modern Sage shares her weird Candy Striped Grub drawing.

SocGradMama is pulling her hair out in Homework Hell(p)!

Equality and Justice 4 All tells us What Pissed Me Off This Week.

Are you Missing the Miraculous? Spectacular Me! says, “snap out of it!”

Calming Winds reminds us that no matter what happens around us, we can survive by Clinging to the Core.

Melia Lore is corrupting the youth with her feminist sex studies. Read all about it: Sex and the Melia.

The Official Hippymom Blog has a great Valentine Kid Craft Project for your family to try this month.

Wouldn’t You Like To Know what she’s watching on TV?

Luscious Decadence has come up with 10 Ways to Give Back.

Moves in Curves is Snowed In!

I don’t think you’re ready for this Jelly Jaunt on the Inside Life.

Gray Gaia is just looking for a reason to celebrate.

Don’t forget to sign up for the upcoming online workshops being offered at Hippymom.com during the month of February:

Tuning Your Senses

Scrapbooking

Freelancing

The girls and I have come to a compromise that if we three want to watch tv together we have to agree on something all of will enjoy.   We only watch maybe 3 shows a day together but if it’s how they want to spend their *wintry* time with me.. then that’s fine by me. 

So, the shows we have agreed upon are Backyardigans, iCarly, Spongebob, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen episodes!

Backyardigans is about 5 different characters and they all star or 4 out of the 5 star in an episode.  Most episodes are set to certain genres of music.  My two favorite episodes are Surf’s Up and Castaways.  Even, my 23 month old loves it and he doesn’t watch much tv! I love that it teaches them different genres of music and it doesn’t limit itself to pop, indie, rock.. etc.  I completely believe that music should be an important part of their lives, so hearing them learn these songs isn’t to bad.

iCarly is about 4 (sometimes 6) characters.  We each have our favorites.  I love Carly and the girls like Sam.  I think it’s because she’s in trouble the majority of the time but that’s another story.  Every once in awhile it’ll have a more “teen” situation, such as Carly and Freddy alone… in his room… kissing, we can bypass that because at least they really don’t understand that yet.  I will make the appropriate reaction such as, oooh his mom is gonna get her *snicker* but this show makes us laugh especially when Carly’s brother Spencer is around.  He’s always inventing something goofy or getting into crazy situations.. such as winning a boat but having no where to put the boat but his parking lot..

Spongebob Squarepants.makes.me.laugh Enough said.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, admit it, you wanted to be them before they became hobo elite.  They have been powerful females since they were what 5! Anyways.. their teen made for tv movies always entertained me and the girls like seeing sets of twins.  So it works for us!

Anyways, this is what happens when mom is sick and doesn’t feel up to chasin’ monkeys around all day! We have marathons!

Wouldn’t You Like to Know exercises self-control with Chocolate Graham Cracker Crunch.

Take a Little Sip of Sunshine with Luscious Decadence.

Browniegasms on Moves in Curves. YUMMO.

Tribal Style featured a video of the Florida Tribal Dance Advanced ATS Students’ Hafla Performance.

Spectacular Me! has A New Set of Tools and wants to know if you’ll use them, too.

Modern Sage ponders the Destruction of the Ego.

Melia Lore documents a Night of Insomniac Hell.

Every Child Deserves a Voice, and the Official Hippymom Blog discusses Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

Love Them or Leave Them: Calming Winds talks about affirmations.

The Inside Life Howls at the Moon.