This fix almost didn’t happen because I was thisclose to canceling it; I’d depleted my shopping budget on clothing for BlogHer and have plenty of clothes to get me through summer. I quickly pushed those crazy thoughts aside though because you all know that I love getting this little piece of happy mail every month and decided to go on… Keep Reading
Military Love Story: Tara & G
Today I’m excited to share with you another unique military love story from Tara who blogs over at An Aiming High Wife. Thank you Tara for sharing your story! My name is Tara, and though my husband and I have been married for the last three years, we’ve been together for the last six (ish). We have called five houses… Keep Reading
Final Day of BlogHer Recap
BlogHer Conference Recaps: Travel Day | Day One | Day TwoI got a really good night’s sleep on Friday night leading into Saturday; I needed it after such a wild Friday. I headed down to the conference about 9 a.m. to grab some breakfast (all meals were provided) and attended the morning keynote, which was excellent. After the morning keynote I… Keep Reading
Home Improvement Updates: New Carpet, An Oven, and White Blinds
I’m taking a break from conference recaps to bring you up to speed with our basement guest room overhaul. Whoop! I also have a couple other small updates that we’ve done around the house lately to show you!If you’re here from the Momfessionals‘s “Show Us Your House” link up and you want to go straight to my home tour, click… Keep Reading
BlogHer Conference 2015 Day Two: Best Day Ever
By the time day two of BlogHer was over, I found myself sprawled across my hotel bed at 9:30 p.m. in my pajamas with take-out food, even though it was a Friday night, the weather outside was gorgeous, I was child-free, and my hotel was right in the middle of prime NYC nightlife. I just couldn’t muster the energy… Keep Reading
BlogHer Conference Day One
Happy Friday everyone!Saying hello again from NYC! Day two of BlogHer is well underway, so I’m popping in during a quick break before our first keynote speaker of the day.Today’s schedule kicked off bright and early with a special breakfast with about 10 wonderful folks from The Today Show and about 10 other contributing writers for The Today Show Parenting… Keep Reading
Travel Day to NYC for BlogHer2015
Popping in from New York City today! Ahh. I’m just pinching myself that I’m here and am so looking forward to soaking up every single experience here at the BlogHer conference the next three days. I have SO much to learn and feel fortunate to have the chance to attend this festive event. My hotel/the conference location is just a… Keep Reading
A Metal Door Makeover, A Very Naughty Dog, and an Ad Space Giveaway!
Let me tell you the story about how painting the interior of our exterior metal doors led to waking up Saturday morning to a torn up trash bag (with nasty diapers) and the biggest mess I have ever seen in my life. T E D D Y ! Let’s back up. Last week I ran out to Home Depot to grab… Keep Reading




