It’s an intimate thing when you bring people in to your traditions. Whether its a first holiday with the family you’ve married into or a special gathering with friends, it’s really delicate to share those personal things that have been with you for years. Which is part of why I really wanted to help my […]
How to (Mostly) Enjoy Being Snowed in with Your Family
I feel like I need to start this post with a disclaimer: I really do love and enjoy my family. And I really did enjoy spending extra time with them when a snow and ice storm kept us in the house. But I work from home, and I’m already looking at two weeks of the […]
Sharing a #bareselfie with Lancome
Thanks to Lancome and SheSpeaks for providing this product sample for me to test out. You all know how passionate I am about sleep, and I think the best complement someone could offer me about the way I look is that I look well-rested. Of course I haven’t actually been well-rested for years, and I haven’t really […]
Five Gifts to Give Yourself This Holiday Season
No matter how hard we try to make it less so, the holiday season always seems to end up being stressful, whether because of overloaded schedules, expectations or pressures that everything be Pinterest perfect. With that in mind I wanted to share five gifts that I hope you will try to give yourself this holiday […]
Avoid Black Friday and Find Awesome Gifts Online
I used to be really good at gift giving. I hated to tell people what I wanted for various holidays because I thought if they really knew me they would know the kind of things I would like. Likewise, I didn’t ask anyone what they wanted, I just bought them things I thought they would […]
Working Black Friday (or Thanksgiving)? Seattle’s Best Has a Treat for You
My first jobs out of college were as a page designer and editor for a couple of local newspapers. It’s not a job you often think about when you consider folks who have to work holidays, but they do. And I can tell you from experience, working Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s […]
Dear Bed, I Miss You {A NickMom Moment}
Have you seen NickMom.com? It’s a website from Nickelodeon that’s full of humor, wisdom and we’ve-all-been-there moments that bring the #Motherfunny. It’s a great place to go when you need a laugh and to be reminded that you’re not alone in this motherhood thing, even though you spend a lot of time feeling like you’re […]