TMI Mom: Oversharing My Life by Local Blogger Releases April 1

Oversharing My Life is a collection of humorous essays about parenting, marriage and life in general. It’s the first in a series of four books which, Heather Davis overshares and gives her readers way too much information about her life. Information that her mother is probably even shaking her head over.

I "met" Heather last summer when she submitted a guest post for The RHOK. I didn't know then that I was in the presence of such a famous writer. A writer who really knows how to put a pen and paper to all life's experiences and isn't afraid to share. Someone that I can learn from. I have since learned that we know mutual people and places. Small world. But, that is Oklahoma for you. I love our state.

Would you ever share openly about things you have done on the toilet? Admit that you are obsessed with toilet paper? Share that your husband brought you home a copy of Playboy? Tell everyone that you pee in the shower to save time? Oh, these are only a few of the overshared examples in the book. If you want the full story of the things above and even juicier stories than these you will have to get your very own copy of the book released on April 1, 2013. Available at Amazon.

Here is the review that I gave on Amazon and Goodreads: 

"WARNING!!! If you read in your marital bed and plan to stay in that marital bed, do NOT read this book in that bed. I laughed/giggled so hard page after page that it interrupted my sleeping husband. He told me that his pillow was not for wiping tears of laughter and if I wanted to giggle to go to another room. The laughter wasn't just at the author, but with the author. Stories and adventures that all of mothers and wives can relate too. Excellent read!!!"

About the Author:

Heather Davis has a finely-tuned snarky side which she uses on a daily basis to save her sanity. She is married to a very patient husband, and together they have two very entertaining daughters. Oversharing My Life, a collection of humorous essays, is her debut book. She and her family live in Bartlesville, OK, where she chronicles her life at Minivan-Momma.com.

Please be sure to follow Heather's adventures on Facebook and Twitter and of course her blog Minivan-Momma.com! You will learn that Heather has a very colorful resume and has also appeared on the Dr. Oz show.

Isn't it just awesome that a local Oklahoma blogger/teacher/mother/wife is published? Be sure to get Heather's book and drop by to say Hi!

♥Mrs. Hart♥

Road Trips and Best Friends

As we put our name on the waiting list at Pops, I texted my childhood best friend Bobbi and told her we were “in town” for the evening. I had a package for her sweet momma who was battling cancer. Since my daughters and I had taken a last-minute road trip to Pops in Arcadia, I decided we’d sneak a visit in with Bobbi as well.

Instead of waiting for us to finish our meal and then drive on in, Bobbi decided to join us for a soda. We had just been seated when I saw Bobbi walk across the parking lot. I jumped up and greeted her at the door with a great big hug.

When Bobbi and I were in elementary, we lived just a block from each other and the weekends were for staying at each other’s homes. Often times, we’d go straight home on a Friday night and not see the other’s families until Sunday morning at church. We called each other’s parents “Mom” and “Dad”, and we’d spent hours lamenting the fact that we each had the world’s worst sister. Or so we thought. Our lives had crossed the fine line from friendship to family.

We shared onion rings and stories during our impromptu time together. Bobbi has three boys, and I have two girls; we compared and contrasted raising sons and daughters.

We laughed about the time we took a sign language class after school and decided that, based on that one class, we could drop out of school and start our own school for the deaf. We got as far as making five flyers before we dropped that idea.

We chatted about our hometown – where I still live, about what’s changed and what will never change. We giggled remembering the time that we actually drove my dad out of the camper and into the unpadded bed of his truck during a weekend at Osage Hills State Park.

And, of course, we talked about her momma and the battle that lay before her.

Long after we had finished our onion rings and our bottles of exotic root beer, we continued to sit in our window seat and talk. I’d occasionally glance over at my daughters hoping they’d see the value of a good girlfriend. I hoped that the lesson they’d take from this last-minute reunion was that friends are sweet and understanding and carry you through times of trial with love and laughter.

Eventually, though, because it was late and we still had to drive home, we parted ways. Bobbi walked to the minivan and accepted her momma’s care package. We hugged tight and promised to get together more often. I shut my door and turned to make sure my girls were buckled in.

I looked at their sweet faces and wished for them a lifelong friend like I had in Bobbi.

“Momma?” my first born softly spoke.

“Yes, Baby?” I said, anticipating her request for more stories from my childhood or questions about Bobbi’s momma’s battle or a plea to do it again.

“I was just wondering,” she started, “Did you even know that lady?”

I guess some lessons need to be more blatant.



Mrs. Minivan Momma

for a day!

Heather Davis IS Minivan Momma. In 2001 she vowed to never own a minivan. Then in 2004 she found herself nursing a newborn in the restroom of a minivan dealership. She cried on the way home. Not because she bought a minivan either. Why? Guess you will just have to go find more about Mrs. Minivan Momma here.

To find out how to be a RHOK Star for a day click here!