If you had asked me 5 years ago where I thought I’d be today I probably would have said: Happily married to G. A mom. The COO of a nonprofit, saving the world one child at a time. Still searching for that perfect shade of lipstick. Four years ago I held Kate in my arms
Does your child love to eat their vegetables? Congratulations. You’ve hit the parent lottery. Feel free to brag on Facebook, buy brussels sprouts in bulk, and check out my next post – this one isn’t for you. For all those moms who are smothering broccoli in cheese sauce and sprinkles, grandparents who promise a bag
Making my own cleaning products is something that’s always been on my to-do list…right next to “meditate daily,” “learn Italian” and “not hang up on telemarketers.” In my vision of my most awesome self, these are the kinds of things I do. In my rush to ring in spring I was thinking maybe I could
It’s currently 15°F in Madison, WI. Some of you may be enjoying the warm sunshine on your face or green grass between your toes on your little patch of the planet, but on mine I’m still trying not to get frostbite. I love the look of thick, cable-knit boot socks…but not their price tag. To
Kate and I had so much fun planning her 4th birthday party! This was the first year that she had some definite opinions on how she wanted to celebrate her birthday and I loved party planning with her! G and I wanted Kate to choose her own birthday party location this year. We gave her
Here in Wisconsin it’s still too cold to go outside and play, so Kate and I decided to bring the snow indoors! (Not literally, of course. I try to avoid shoveling at all costs.) We made our own! First, add cornstarch. Even though I have two pictured above, we ended up only using one 16
When Mike’s Hard Lemonade contacted me about hosting a Winter Olympics viewing party I was all, “You want to hire me to throw a party (yes!), sit on the couch all night (I’m in!) and drink your delicious beer?!” I couldn’t swap out my corkscrew for a bottle opener fast enough. We invited G’s volleyball
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Thank you so much for joining me!
