When someone tells me they only wear makeup on special occasions, I kind of cock my head like a dog. Huh? What? You mean NOT EVERYDAY? It’s not that I think they NEED to wear it everyday (uh, necessarily), but it’s just a foreign… Continue Reading “Makeup for Mamas”
Just got back from D’s third swimming lesson, and … am I sleeping yet? After a day of racing all over town — preschool drop-off, grocery shopping (and uh, clothes-shopping) with C, dropping the groceries at home, running to the fabric store with C,… Continue Reading “When your kid’s swimming lesson feels like a spa visit …”
Remember when I got the insane idea to designate each day of the week for a specific cuisine? Well, not only did I do it — and stick to it — but it’s become kind of LAW in this house. Behold! Mexican Monday Homestyle… Continue Reading “The meal-planning system of the insane”
I haven’t went sky-diving, gotten tattooed, driven from one side of the U.S. to the other, or done most of the other things that are on a person’s bucket list. I never actually made a bucket list, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t accomplished… Continue Reading “Turning 30: A bucket list of sorts”
Yes, it’s summer. Yes, the weather is too hot, er, nice. Yes, my three-year-old and one-year-old want to be outside ALL. THE. TIME. But no, I don’t like to play outside. It sounds terrible to admit it, I know! But I have always been… Continue Reading “Mommy confession: I hate playing outside”