When my husband and I first bought a house I was overly excited to decorate for the holidays. Any holiday! The obvious ones like Christmas and Halloween go without saying, but soon I was scoping stuff for Valentines Day, St. Patrick’s day, Fourth of July- all fair game. Then we moved, I had boxes of [...]
When Tempur-Pedic reached out to me to work together my initial thought was actually to say no. (Glad I didn't.) The first mattress my husband and I bought was an “off brand” memory foam one. During our first pregnancy, I basically had to be rolled out of that bed. My back hurt, and we realized the [...]
The holidays are upon us, officially, kinda. It seems people are really torn on WHEN the holiday decorating and season technically begins. The early decorators are apparently justified to defend their early decking of the halls with a newly published articles claiming in fact, People who begin Christmas celebrations early are happier, according to scientists. " It's proof [...]
Yesterday was such a fun day! I intended to go shopping with my kids and then everything went wrong and it was nap time so I ditched them at home and ventured out alone. It was awesome to spend some getting inspo for the season, rather than just yelling at my kids to stop touching [...]
It was so fun to make these spooky treats with my kids. They were so easy and quick and make an adorable table addition. I got the idea for these treats from Pinterest. Here is the article which has some helpful hints if you plan to use a Skelton for the display. I had baking [...]
Fall is a season of family and gathering. As the summer warmth fades to cooler days (still waiting here in Atlanta...), the final burst of colors and vibrancy for the year disappears with the leaves. Their final display of color and beauty is always one of my favorite sights. Reds, oranges, and yellows mesh into [...]
Time and again I have heard the same complaint from parents: my kids dump everything on the floor and it's always a big mess. Well, sorry parents, I can't actually help with that, but what I can do, is help you hide it! I built two simple doors to cover the clutter that is toy [...]
This is one of my go to healthy meals for my family. You could add rotisserie chicken if the vegetarian version isn't your style. Add spinach at same time as other veggies. Below are the raw and unedited photos documenting our dinner tonight. 😋It was so yummy!!
At a tender 12 years old, I butchered my eyebrows. For some reason, I thought ONE line of hair was an appropriate width for an eyebrow. By high school they were thicker than one hair, but not by much. This photo was from my junior year I think. I lived in a time before selfies, [...]
Being an exclusive girl mom the last four years has left me seeing all things pink and glittery. When I found out we were having a boy, I was so excited for him, but completely clueless on boy things. Maybe that was the reason it took me until the week he was due to finish [...]
