It is hard being in your twenties and hearing people say that you don’t really “come into yourself” until you’re thirty and beyond. That’s especially hard to hear when you got yourself married and three kids before the big 3-0 hit – like maybe I couldn’t possibly know that I want to be married or have kids yet……
Doing It All
Book Review: The Girl on the Train
It is the book that everyone is talking about. It became a bestseller pretty much as soon as it hit shelves earlier this year. It has been heralded as “the next Gone Girl.” I knew I had to pick it up. The Girl on the Train is the newest bestselling psychological thriller. The story pivots around Rachel,…
Book Review: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
You know those books that hook you right from the beginning and pull you through the whole story, page by page as you eagerly await to see how the author will wrap up the book? By the time you get to the end, you’re so invested that anything but the perfect ending will leave you…
Contractions
Photo by Sonja Langford courtesy of unsplash.com Every year when January rolls around, I realize how much I love this month. It is so fresh and full of new resolve. I spent the first day of 2015 cleaning out a terribly disastrous email inbox and knocking a few of those long standing items off my…
2015 Media Kit for Bloggers
Every year January 1st hits and I get all anxious to get things done. Important things, but things that are tedious and often fall by the wayside at other times of the year. This year my January 1st projects involved cleaning out my inbox and updating my media kit. Media Kits are super important for…
Raising Them to Do It Themselves
“Where does this go? On your body. Not in your hair. Right?” … “DON’T PUT IT IN YOUR HAIR.” They put it in their hair. So went one entire bathing experience recently when my kids somehow managed to put body soap in their hair not once but three times after we washed their hair with shampoo….
When You Gotta Go {Free Potty Training Sticker Chart Printable!}
I have not written about potty training much (ever?) on my blog, which is a little crazy, because I feel like I’ve been in the midst of toilet training for years. Just like the feeling that diapers will never end, I’m pretty sure I will always be training someone to use the toilet. Mark my…
Why I’m Not Doing NaBloPoMo
Every year, November rolls around and I briefly consider taking a good hard look at my writing practices. November has been on my radar as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for years, and I am constantly tempted to have a reason to wake up each morning and type out some 1000 words a day in…
Book Review: Get the Behavior You Want Without Being the Parent You Hate
I knew about her before I got to know her. She was a parenting guru and she popped up all over the Internet. But what could she really offer me? I had given up all parenting books after I birthed my first born and realized that I could stress out about what the books said,…
A Small Voice Among the Political Monotony
I sometimes feel like I’m surrounded by those who want to celebrate the status quo. It is ironic that in a society where we are constantly looking for new ways to innovate, we see so much unwillingness to embrace change. But, I suppose that is human nature. Or perhaps “human” isn’t the right term. “Human”…
September is for Sniffles
I love Autumn. I love everything about it. I love the cooler temperatures and I love the gorgeous colours and I love the sweaters and the scarves and if I had any, I’d love the boots too (I am in serious need of new footwear!). I love the spices that are re-introduced during this season….
