Five years ago at kindergarten pick up in the elementary school cafeteria I saw a mom sitting off by herself, clearly not interested in conversation or making new friends. Challenge accepted. I sat down next to you and started chatting away about building our new house and moving to Cambridge, while you thought, “Who the
I ironed one of Kate’s shirts today. (Something I never do.) I was folding her laundry (something I still do; she washes and I fold) and noticed it was a little wrinkly. I knew she wouldn’t mind the wrinkles, but suddenly ironing that shirt seemed like a tiny treasure to the mom in me. Kate
Facebook just informed me this was my Most Liked Photo of 2013. This was my first live television appearance on a Milwaukee morning show…and I totally bombed. This is back when I was a full-time blogger, and I had the honor of representing some pretty awesome national brands, like Lowe’s Home Improvement, HGTV, Delta Faucets,
Kate and I like to start decorating for Christmas the day after Halloween so we can enjoy those twinkle lights and good cheer a bit longer. This year we wanted to have a little fun in light of the dumpster fire that’s been 2020, so we decided to create a Coronavirus Christmas Tree for our living room. We still have our traditional
Sharing some great Mother’s Day gift ideas from Details Boutique in Cambridge, Wisconsin. Enjoy free “no contact” local delivery and a free cotton face mask with every $25 minimum purchase. Not local? No worries – your order can also be shipped directly to you or your mom! Happy Mother’s Day! Quick Links to the Mother’s
Anyone else feel like life is being written by a 4th grader right now? “And then there was this virus 🦠 and everyone was scared. And then the world ran out of toilet paper 🧻 Yeah, and then there was no school for like a month. And then it snowed!” I seriously can’t believe I
“I still remember Miss Bessie singing…” Okay. I don’t. That’s not my story to tell, but this one is… I was raised a country music loving girl thanks to my stepdad Rich and his blue Ford pick-up truck. He’d pick me and two of my sisters up for weekend visits, put Q106 on the radio,
Sometimes it drives me crazy seeing Kate’s socks cast off without a care, lying on the floor. But tonight I turned the corner, saw these little lime green wads of cotton, smiled, and thought, “Kate was here.” I was struck by how beautiful it is – this colorful little bread crumb of my daughter’s day.
Bragging like a bragger for finishing the Madison Mini Half Marathon – 13.1 miles! Woohoo! It was my slowest race, and also my sweetest. Six months ago I experienced a traumatic brain injury. I may share more at some point, but the short version is I lost my speech, my short-term memory, and my ability
I waited 20 years to tell the story of how G and I got together…in hopes that the statute of limitations has run out on some of these details. Twenty years ago today a really nice boy took a chance on a rough around the edges girl. We’d met a few months prior at Coconut Joe’s
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