This may be a very trendy, super-modern Duck Dynasty-esque thing to proclaim, but it’s true. Here’s the situation: I didn’t have a definitive post required for today’s date (once you get a little far into the blogging world, it’s scary how scheduled things become). There were a bunch of things I could have/should have written
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When my sweet friend, AnnMarie of Tidbits from the Queen of Chaos asked me to check out the new book she was in, The Mother of All Meltdowns, I was all “Yes!!!”. See, I love AnnMarie, I love reading, and I love pure honest story-telling from real mamas. Spending some time with this gem of
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It’s not looking good around here. Laundry is piled up beyond days, and I have a vague notion of a place called “the grocery store”, but I can’t quite remember what it is. When I have called my husband at work, sobbing for the 2nd time in a week that “I just can’t keep up”,
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October. FALL. The time of leaves, apple scents, and heavy crushing on some new (to me at least) trends. I am very good at crushing. Skilled at driving my husband nuts with my latest finds and loves. In fact, if he hears me swoon any more over the new gunmetal Michael Kors watch and fantasize
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Every once in a while, you come across a blogger who absolutely rips your heart out with her own amazing heart. Right now, I’m in awe of Wendy Nielsen. This gal is The Whole Package. See, Wendy survived breast cancer. And then she decided not only to share her story with others, but to purposefully use
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And so it happens…apparently, I have hit a mid-life crisis. Excellent. It’s the kind of thing you are never sure how it will go down until it actually happens. As it turns out, for me, my crisis took the form of leather. Specifically, buying leather en masse. Sure. I already talked about my morning obsessing
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Happy 2 years! 2 years of what? Putting up with all my silly blogging nonsense! Tomorrow is my official 2 yr. blogiversary, and I never know what the appropriate gifts are for each specific year. Is 2 years supposed to be paper? Maybe it’s gold, but that seems pricey? So I think I will just
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It’s official, ladies. Stash those kiddos in bed early, get the hubby or a sitter on duty, and dust off your fav pair off heels–or yoga pants, or muumuu or however you roll–it is time for a NIGHT OUT. The brilliant Jen of People I Want to Punch in the Throat, who was the driving
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Okay, let’s be gentle here. You know the whole thing about how wildly exciting things don’t go down around these parts, so sometimes I have let myself roll with the fantasy? Yeah, so…just step aside and let me keep the dream alive. When I say “Mindy Kaling is coming over!” it may be more in
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Do you all remember Alisa who helped us out last month with the delicate art of how to rock a selfie? Let me recap: I like her so much, I think she’s really funny, and she’s going to be hanging out here once in a while with some very practical how-to tips. On things we
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