I love this time of year. I love the decorations and the lights…mostly because I’m not the designated light putter upper in our family. I love the way our street comes alive with twinkly colors at dusk, accompanied by inflatable snowmen and giant nativity scenes. I love the yards with the baby Jesus nestled right…
Two things: I’m pretty sure my husband would consider divorce as an option if he were to read this. My husband hardly ever reads my blog so if you’re worried about the state of my marriage, it’s all good. So. The Star Wars movie comes out this week. Whoop de doo. As you might have…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MeAndMyTea #CollectiveBias I actually made a holiday bucket list this year. It seems like every time the New Year rolls around, my husband and I have a laundry list of “Man, we should have done that’s.” It seems like…
Adoption and the movies – things to consider Before I took my kids to see The Good Dinosaur I consulted the experts of Facebook. Normally, I wouldn’t think twice about taking my two five-year-olds to see anything made by Disney but I’d heard some parental chatter about the movie being disturbing and potentially upsetting for…
Ever heard the saying “fake it ’till you make it?” Sure you have but is that supposed to apply to baking? Would that be “fake it ’till you bake it” or “fake it don’t bake it?” How about salted caramel pretzel turtles? Sounds pretty awesome, right? They are. [Tweet “Make these easy salted caramel pretzel…
I don’t know why they call menopause “the change of life.” I can think of some other, more fitting things it could be called: The seventh circle of hell. Nature’s last cruel joke on womankind. The season in your life where it seems like your eyebrows have moved to your chin. Okay, that last one…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HolidayPairings #CollectiveBias The following content is intended for readers who are 21 or older. The holidays are such a fun time of year…there’s so much going on. See also the holidays are such a STRESSFUL time of year…there’s SO MUCH…
It is not lost on me that National Adoption month occurs in a month we set aside for thankfulness. Sometimes, I look at my life…I watch my kids playing together fighting over stuff and things just seem so…surreal. I usually hate it when people describe situations as surreal because I’m never sure what exactly they’re…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NaturallyCheesy #CollectiveBias It is finally starting to feel like fall around here, people. Fall for us means the temps are out of the 90’s but after five plus months of triple digits, the mid-eighties are a welcome break….
November is National Adoption Month. You may see stuff in your Facebook feed about being “chosen” and “born in my heart, not under it.” Those are wonderful sentiments. This isn’t an article about wonderful sentiments, so hold on, okay? What not to say to adoptive families My sons did not enter this world via my…