My hair and I have a love-hate relationship. I am not gonna lie… I think I generally have pretty good hair. Can I say that without sounding like a terribly snobbish person? Well, it’s my blog so I’m gonna… I […]
My hair and I have a love-hate relationship. I am not gonna lie… I think I generally have pretty good hair. Can I say that without sounding like a terribly snobbish person? Well, it’s my blog so I’m gonna… I […]
I was lying on my back. Sort of stretching. Sort of just breathing. Sort of delaying the pick-up from the childcare center. Pretty much my standard ending to my gym time these days. And three women, who from my guesstimation, […]
Thirty-three years. I feel I’ve been pretty lucky in this life. To have health. And happiness. And to know some pretty lovely, special people. And to celebrate some really outstanding birthdays. And this year, well, it did not disappoint. The […]
I used to love winter. I did. It was my soul season, if there ever were such a thing. I loved turtlenecks, and mittens, and drinking hot cocoa with peppermint schnapps with my roomies. But now… I reallllly think I […]
I was pregnant with our last when one of my girlfriends told me about a conversation she’d been having with some of our mutual besties. They each asked the question of one another, “When it comes to being a mom, […]
I was doing one of my 452 daily perusals of social media the other day and scrolled upon a list that read, “Gift Ideas for The New Mom”. I too, have made suggestions before of gifts for new mamas, new […]
Agh! It’s Valentine’s Day. Tomorrow. I’m not great at Valentine’s Day. The chances of me hauling my three children to Victoria’s Secret with me today are between 0 and 0. I gifted my copy of “1001 Ways to be Romantic” […]
That moment when the baby rests his head upon my shoulder. As I sit with him in the corner of his room. After the day has settled into every inch of us. The room, dark. The chaos, quieted. He nestles […]
Recently, a friend of mine offered her husband up for $47 on Facebook. He apparently has an issue allowing their family of five to enjoy the modern convenience of home heating, even in the often frigid expanse that is Nebraska […]
He’s 6. Gosh. Six years old, our baby is. Six. On the sixth. It’s his golden day. And man, does the boy have a special shine to him. I held him, just yesterday, I think, right? It had to have […]