Yes, we are back from our totally awesome and amazing Tomtom Map Paradise trip in St. Lucia! All my regular style posts will be coming soon, but here is a quickie list of important information! 1. I only gained […]
I have two daughters, aged 6 and almost 9. Yes, they are beautiful and brilliant and kind and creative, just like yours are. Yes, I love them deeply and yes they have given me layers of joy and mountains of […]
Airplane travel with kids isn’t supposed to be fun . . . just like long car journeys, hair brushing and visits to the dentist; it is one of those necessary evils in life. I mean, even a single person, off on an […]
Okay, okay. . . I know Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy wasn’t literary genius . . but it was a pretty hawt read for us busy, exhausted moms who just want to imagine a simpler time […]
I am sitting here, by the fire, as the three kids play upstairs, and I am lost in thought. Hubby has been away working for two weeks and is back tonight. Thank god. He is back tonight. It was a […]
Oh my. Already 50 posts in our new life. Plus the 40 something from our old life . . . Time for some reflection, I think, especially since I am currently away & lounging in the sunshine! 1. I look […]
As I am clearing the dust from my computer files, I find this little post. It is old . . . it was written before we pulled the plug on our “old life” and while I was still deeply involved […]
I met Brooke Berry fairly early on at Blissdom 2012. She was everything I covet. . . matching shoes, perfectly applied makeup, hair that is brushed (and I think she may actually use product to keep it so pretty) She […]
You know those moments, in the midst of chaos, where you have a little love affair with your family? I am in one of those moments now. The girls are building Lego, the dude is giggling and dancing in the […]
We dropped the kiddies off at school this morning, and Si to daycare. Hubby and I, together, finally. We have been on this island 10 weeks, and today is the first real day, wide open ahead of us, that we […]
I have always had mixed feelings about going on holiday. Don’t get me wrong, I love to travel, and I want to do more of it. I love taking my kids to new places and having them experience in the […]
We are a “responsibility” heavy family. (meaning, we have lots of responsibilities) Not things like jobs and bills (well, yes, bills, but they are conveniently forgotten by me, in my little bubble) More like bunnies, and dogs and hamsters. . . things that […]