Thanks for visiting! I'm Alicia, the author of this blog, and I love sharing bits of our life here and on social media. Back in 2008, when my oldest was only a month old, I started Making Time For Mommy as a way to make time for myself and meet other moms. I hope this blog encourages you to make time for yourself, gives you ideas for family fun, and provides easy tips you can incorporate into your busy life!      ---read more about me here ---

Holiday Baking Party

Making Christmas cookies is one of  my favorite things to do during the Holidays. To prepare for hours of baking I ran to Walmart to pick up all of the ingredients I needed. You can view the story of my trip below. I bought ingredients to make: peanut butter hot cocoa,  sugar cookies, chocolate peanut … Read more

Wordless Wednesday: Visit with Santa

I have linked this post to: Wordless Wednesday Home 5 Minutes for Mom ~ Go Graham Go! ~ Jolly Mom Mom of 3 Girls ~MomStart ~ Two of a Kind… Momma Findings ~ Mom Knows It All Frosted Fingers ~ A Daily Dose of Toni The Divine Miss Mommy Grammy Mouse Tails

Christmas Shopping at Family Dollar

Recently I was invited to a Family Dollar Holiday event. We entered a hotel suite with lots of beautiful decorations. *** *** We were then told that all the decorations there had been bought at Family Dollar. *** After listening to people from the corporate office speak we all went to a local Family Dollar … Read more

Shipping with The UPS Store #lovinlogistics

Shipping packages is not on my list of things I like to do with children in tow. That all changed for me today when I went to The UPS Store. Yes, there was absolutely no waiting in a long line. Yes, my packages would ship from Illinois to New York in two days. Yes, my … Read more

1-800-Baskets – Last Minute Gift Idea and a Giveaway

(Edited 12/17/10- Update on shipping deadlines at the bottom of this post) Need a last minute gift idea? 1-800-Baskets is offering FREE standard shipping on orders placed before December 20th. They have over 50 Christmas gifts under $50… perfect for everyone on your list. My favorite basket is the Golden Cheer Gift Basket with Lindt® … Read more

Wordless Wednesday: Advent Calendar

Jacob helping Lucas open his advent calendar :) *** I have linked this post to: Wordless Wednesday Home 5 Minutes for Mom ~ Go Graham Go! ~ Jolly Mom Mom of 3 Girls ~MomStart ~ Two of a Kind… Momma Findings ~ Mom Knows It All Frosted Fingers ~ A Daily Dose of Toni The … Read more

Tassimo Home Brewing System Review and Giveaway

I love going out for coffee but it gets to be expensive so I was excited when Tassimo asked me to review their T20 Home Brewing System. I love that the Tassimo has accessory kits to personalize the brewer. The company sent me red but they have other color options as well. Isn’t that fun? … Read more