Tweet I don’t know what the weather is like where you live, but i’m pretty sure we are on month number nine of winter here in Minnesota. Truly, this is the longest winter ever. And as much as I love cute boots, patterned tights, cute sweaters and fun coats – well I’m at the point…
Tweet I think I’m turning into my mother. I used to be able to pack for a one week vacation in a small carry-on bag. Now I look like I’m leaving home for good. I blame it on motherhood. You know that panicked feeling that you won’t have everything you need for your baby so…
Tweet “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip Pullman Eloise writes in her journal almost daily. Her thoughts are deeper than mine were at her age. I found my third grade diary and mainly found posts that said “Dear Dairy, Today we had peas again…
Tweet The thing the puzzles me the most about parenting is all of the things we do that we would never do if we were not parents. Like going to the zoo. Would I go to the zoo if I didn’t have kids. Never. Or the playground. Adults without kids at playgrounds are weird and…
Tweet So the first thing that I want to tell you is that my pants phase is over. Whew. It was a tough week. I mean I hadn’t shaved my legs for like three weeks and all with the swimsuit season finally coming to an end so I the pants were somewhat a necessity, but…
Tweet I’ve always been comforted by the fact that I have daughters because the promise that has been whispered to me by the generations before me is that my daughters will take care of me when I’m old. I can just hear the conversations that they will have about me when I’m 92. “No…
Tweet I just attended my high school class reunion. My 25th in case you were thinking it was just my 10th. I know right, I look barely old enough to have children. I had a blast. Connecting with old best girlfriends and reconnecting with people I haven’t seen in 25 years will be the…
Tweet I know it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter that I carefully chose a favorite dress in a fine, soft cord today. It has a little quirky bird print on it and the colors are perfect for Fall. I know it doesn’t matter how I tried on five different black sweaters to see…
Tweet A few weeks ago we were running out of the house quickly as we were late for an appointment. We had a string about of 30 days above 90 degrees so we were in our typical uniforms of ‘wearing as little as possible without getting arrested’ so when we stepped outside and felt the…
Tweet Okay so here’s a BlogHer fashion and party recap. If you want the humor recap about vibrators and breasts – you can read this BlogHer recap. There’s nothing about fashion there. Trust me. Here’s what I wore: On the plane flying to NYC (okay this picture is not actually from Thursday – it’s…
Tweet (If you have followed my updates on Facebook over the past week I apologize for the redundancy of my life stories) I went shopping for a new dress last week. I went into a small local boutique to see what they had in stock. Admittedly the average age of the clientele there is…
Tweet You want to know what to wear to a blog conference? The answer is quite shocking… …you should wear what you are comfortable in, and in a way that you want to present yourself. ******** I saw a huge range of fashion at Type A this past weekend – from shorts, jeans, and…
Tweet Our gift to Jed on Father’s Day was that we would do anything he wanted to do ALL.DAY.LONG. (there is lemonade in their cups…not beer) When you’re a dad of all girly girls you sometimes find yourself getting a pink pedicure, shuttling gossipy girls to dance classes, and spending a ridiculous amount of time…
Tweet “Look at all of the wishes, Mama!” Astrid says as we pass by the yard that needs to be mowed. I love that she doesn’t call them dandelions or even flowers. Just wishes because that is what you do with them. “Mama, I can make hundreds of wishes today just standing right…
Tweet It’s kind of a crazy week so I’m admitting halfway through it that I won’t be blogging much. The fact that I’m even saying those words makes me laugh because kind of ‘who cares’ right. But for some reason I feel guilty. I guess that means I like sitting down and writing words nearly…
Tweet We have a little disagreement in our household. Four people in our home are in agreement but the fifth will not assimilate. One of my favorite bloggers has a series called “I’m Right, You’re Wrong” that I would love to use for this post to discuss an important subject. You need to go…
Tweet We decided to cancel our landline a few months ago. Truthfully only my mother called me on it – oh and telemarketers. And since we haven’t had to use that line for dial-up Internet since 2003 we truthfully decided it was a waste of $23 a month to have that phone collecting dust. …
