I distinctly remember moving into my first apartment after college. After hauling a ton of boxes up the stairs along with an ugly fake ficus plant, I needed to pee. Dashing into my shiny new bathroom, I was met with a startling surprise–there was no toilet paper. What fresh insanity was this?? Who was in charge […]
Ten Spring Beauty Finds for the Busy Mom
SPRING IS HERE!! You’ll excuse me while I shout, but it’s been a very, very long winter. As in, if I am forced to go another day sans proper exposure to sunshine, my grouchiness quotient may grow disproportionately unmanageable. So, proper rejoicing over the turn of seasons is well due. As my scaly skin and […]
Hostess with the Mostest: Easter Sunday Edition
As a veteran hostess, you are by this point a total pro at throwing great parties. But after you’ve hosted so many parties, it can be hard sometimes to come up with new ideas to make your party fresh and new. Of course, sometimes it’s just doing a few small things that end up making […]
The Time Has Come to Clean Up
I have done it, readers. I have sobbed, and then sobbed some more when faced with the horrific looming atrocity of my junk drawer. The thing is, it doesn’t get better; it only gets worse. Somehow needed scissors and coupons manage to find deeper and deeper corners into which to lodge themselves and mock me. […]
Pioneer Days
Recently, things got rather basic around here. And by basic, I mean that remembering to brush teeth was a solid victory. Chaos left us scrambling to make sense of necessities while sleep was relegated to a fanciful indulgence. One sweet result of the fun was some precious family time. Another gift was a brilliant revelation that came to me while […]
The Coffeehouse
One month ago, my husband and I had a coffeehouse date. To be more accurate, 16 years and one month ago, we had a coffeehouse date. On February 18, 1999, my husband called me on my college dorm room landline (because those things existed) and asked if I’d like to go hang out at the […]
The Other Side of Monday
A couple weeks ago, I shared about a rather low spot I found myself in, one which included vehemently slamming my minivan into the garage door. I won’t lie, it was a neat time. And delightfully, for my husband and kids the fun hasn’t quit. It’s been two straight weeks of “Mommy’s in a mood” around these parts. Somehow that […]
Helping Your Shy Kid Make Friends
I acutely remember being painful shy as a child; it wasn’t fun. Any other shy gals out there? If so, you know what mean. If I could to help my own kids have a smoother time making friends and navigating the social scene, that would be such a blessing. So when Patricia Evans of the Huffington […]
FOMO Gone with Sinus Relief!
I won’t lie. I had no idea what FOMO meant. I am that un-hip. After checking in with Urban Dictionary (yes, yes I really do refer to this on a frequent basis. Mostly because my younger friends got sick of me asking what stuff meant), I totally fell for this acronym: Fear of Missing Out. This […]
The Awe-Filled Heart of Station Eleven
Reading the booming post-apocalyptic sci-fi genre that has taken pop culture by storm in recent years has become one of my favorite non-guilty pleasures. There could never be any guilt in the genius of The Hunger Games and Divergent, even when you stay up all night reading them and are so tired that you confuse your […]
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