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Today is the one year anniversary of Katrina. I read one of the best posts I've read in a long time by Jennifer at Mississippi Girl. You can check it out here. Read More

She got tagged by She Lives

Memes

So Carol over at She Lives tagged me for a meme about my dogs and made the comment that I would be like who is she and why is she tagging me. Are you kidding? Carol is the reason that I have been able to sleep until 7 a.m. for several mornings because after reading this post, she suggested a little trick called bribery. And y'all it works 90% of the time. To show my appreciation I will tell you Read More

A rose by any other name is just as sweet

Just for fun, Memes

Barb over at A Chelsea Morning is asking how people came up with the name of their blog. So here is my explanation.I started this blog back in July and when blogger asked for a name I sat and thought, and thought, and then thought some more. The name that kept coming to mind was Big Mama and I kept thinking, do I really want to be known as Big Mama? And obviously Motherhood has worn me down Read More

Go ahead caller

Fashion

My dear readers, I received this email today and since I do like to keep my readers happy I will do my best to fulfill this request.Dear Big Mama,Can you please help some of us lesser fashionistas through this season'sscary fashions on your blog? I know you write what comes to you, but I amtotally distressed by my August issue of InStyle. I believe you have alreadycovered the skinny jean. But no Read More

Speaking of belles of the ball

Capital P, Doodle, Friends

Last night was Caroline's big debut at Cat and Dave's wedding. A ham is born. She strolled down that aisle only taking time to turn so that she could make sure everyone was admiring her. I don't know where that comes from.The two ringbearers walked straight to their mamas, but oh no not Caroline. She went right up and stood with the bridesmaids until it was time for her to come sit with me. She Read More

You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life

People

Tonight our good friends Cat and Dave are getting married. P. is performing the ceremony and Caroline is the flower girl. I'm just in charge of keeping the flower girl quiet after her moment in the sun is over. May God have mercy on my soul.Last night, after a rehearsal at the church that involved Caroline showing her aisle "walking" skills that basically looked more like a 50 yard dash and Read More

ABC is my new must see T.V.

T.V. Love

ABC is running a new promo for the fall telling us to Feel Thursdays. Y'all I am feeling it because Thursday is the new night for Grey's Anatomy this fall.I can't even watch the promo without wanting to cry at the sight of Izzie in her gorgeous, pink dress being carried by Alex after Denny died with that song by Snow Patrol playing in the background. Then when they show McDreamy looking at Read More

Ain’t nobody gonna talk to my mama like that

T.V. Love

Tonight's Project Runway was a perfect example of why the average woman has a hard time finding clothes. The majority of the designers had no idea how to design an outfit for a woman larger than a size 6.I loved when they brought out the designers' mothers for the challenge and it was a great twist to not pair them with their child. I started the show really liking Jeffrey when I saw his mama and Read More

Pizza Box Meme

Memes

I was tagged for this meme by Barb at A Chelsea Morning, so here it goes.1.What was your favorite thing about being a kid?I loved the last day of school and knowing that you had a whole long lazy summer in front of you. I remember riding my bike to our neighborhood pool with my gang of girlfriends knowing that all we had to do was remember to be home by dark. We'd go up to the 7-11 and load up Read More

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Melanie ShankleMy name is Melanie and, in some strange twist of fate, I’m also known as Big Mama because I started this blog in July of 2006 when my daughter, Caroline, was not quite three years old and I was in the process of convincing her that BIG girls use the potty and BIG girls don’t have pacifiers, thus she thought BIG was the highest compliment in the land and began referring to me as BIG MAMA.Read More

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