…because we are. My husband and I moved to this town 8 yrs. ago. We knew no one. It was brutal. It was awful. I cried. Often. Then we started build a community. A house. A HOME. My dear friend, the mother of my son’s BFF doesn’ t know this, but on the day that
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I haven’t ever had big goals or aspirations in relation to this whole blogging business, but then a funny thing began to happen. I started to make a little cash. Stress on the “little” part. And that was kind of cool. Partially because it was easier to feed my online yardsaling obsession, but also? I
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CheckedTwice is a free online gift registry for families and friends to create and collaborate on holiday and special occasion wishlists – making gift-giving simple, organized, and fun. CheckedTwice makes it easy to add gift ideas from anywhere, create and manage lists for younger children, share gift giving across family, friends, and other groups, and
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Listen, friends, the laughs are coming, I promise. After just a teeny bit of blathering on and on from me, Finding the Funny is all linked below! But with this official introduction of November, I am reminded that some big things are coming our way–soon! Trying to keep track of it all has me spinning
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I have fallen completely head over heels for Green Street Grill, and I can’t wait to tell you all about this gem of a new restaurant. See, in our neck of the woods, adorable cafes that serve amazing breakfast can be hard to come by. And I love, like passionately love, going out for breakfast. Don’t get
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I’m pretty public about the fact that there is very little on this earth that gets me giddy-dancing like a good bargain. Sales, promos, Black Friday, online yardsaling…I’m there. So when the chance to get into the presale for the outgrown sale at my son’s preschool cropped up about a month ago, I was beyond
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When my buddy Jill Smokler of Scary Mommy (I can call her that, right? I mean, we did hang out over cheese and chocolate, so the basis of a lifelong friendship has clearly been laid…) filled me in on her Thanksgiving Project, I thought, “Dang. This lady is boss.” Anyone who uses her fame to
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Gah! Something they don’t tell you before you get knocked up? You will never, ever again GET A DAY OFF. You will basically work 24/7 until you die. I’m so sorry, but it’s true. What I wouldn’t give to rock a nanny or have grandparents who lived next door sometimes, but true story–I am on
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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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