Mother’s Day gift guides, reviews, special product placement and sponsored posts have all been pitched to me ad nauseum the last few weeks. I’m over it. What a woman wants for Mother’s Day is pretty personal. I usually want the same thing each year. 1. To sleep in. 2. To read the Sunday paper. 3. [...]
It’s my firm belief that weekends are a time to recharge. I feel that more than ever with the addition of the girls. They are tired on Friday afternoon. They need time to sit in the sun and relax with old friends.
In the past I have struggled hard to find a balance between work and life. I continuously felt that if I wasn’t working my wheels were spinning out of control. My control over my work load and how much work I was doing defined me. At least I thought that it did and I even thought [...]
You know this post was originally titled, “Target Haul” or something incredibly important like that. It was going to be about all the fantastically fun shit I found at Target this past week. Except, damn. I’m tired. And you know why I’m tired? Because I’m o-l-d, old.
Spiderman says, “With great power comes great responsibility.” I say, “With three girls comes lots of screaming.” The last few months seemed to have more decibels added daily than I could tolerate. I felt like the walls of our home might fall down and the neighbors were about to call for intervention. I was glad the cold [...]
SPRING! It’s finally sprung! I feel like after a few false starts that spring might finally be here! Thank God because I’m about ready to torch half the clothes in my closet from boredom. I’m ready to break out something lighter and fresh.
Hi, my name is Vicky. Most days I feel like this version of JC
It is the night of your seventh birthday. The house is quiet. You and your sisters lay exhausted and asleep in your beds. The last 24 hours a whirlwind of birthday streamers, balloons, sugar-frosted cakey dreams punctuated with laughter, fun friends and good wishes from family. The only noise I hear right now is [...]
I haven’t been around here much lately. I’ve been too busy living life. Good or bad and it has felt like there is less good and more of the painful and bad but I am making sure that the t’s and I’s are being crossed with my family and those I hold dear. I’m [...]
Long ago I bought this royal purple dress and thought it would make the perfect throw on and go … Read More
It's my firm belief that weekends are a time to recharge. I feel that more than ever with the … Read More
