I would venture a guess that most of you have at least one student in your life you are shopping for this holiday season. Whether that’s a smart-talking highschooler who thinks they know more than you or your beloved spouse heading back to school for a career change. Show them how much they mean to […]
My husband always winds up being one of the most challenging people for me to shop for each year. Which seems very strange to me, considering he is the one I know the best. But I think it’s a combination of his insistence that he really doesn’t need anything (which, of course, is true) […]
Our kids are spoiled rotten. They have a life here in America, that children around the world wouldn’t even know to dream of – it is beyond their wildest imagination. While I am keenly aware of that every day, the Christmas season seems to hold a constant reminder everywhere I look. We seem to […]
What do you do when you catch your self moping or complaining about seemingly everything? I always stop this negative behavior in my kids and tell them to quickly list 3 things that they are grateful for. They also help remind me of the same thing when I’m having a grumpy day. I feel […]
I am coming to you after a long blogging hiatus to give you an update…and as a drastic change of pace, I refuse to apologize for my absence! I have a huge tendency to work towards pleasing everyone around me at the cost of my own sanity. But this is not the time in […]
This is part six of the 7 day #feelgoodblogging challenge hosted by Alex Beadon! If you would like to take part in this blogging challenge you can follow THIS LINK to sign up! ***** Friends. It’s July. How did this happen? Weren’t we just stumbling through the last two weeks of school dreaming of some freedom? And […]
As we are now HALF WAY through the month of May and I have yet to do a post, I thought maybe it was time to catch you all up (over coffee…what else?) on what is going on around here. Are you in? Great! Grab a cup ‘o joe (or tea if you prefer) […]
We have had an unusually gorgeous Spring here in Seattle. Of course, we still have our blistery days where I long for the warmth of the sunshine peeking through my windows again. But overall, I really can’t complain. A couple weeks ago, we enjoyed our first Spring Break. You may have noticed […]
Thirty. It’s kind of hard to swallow, friends! I’m not sitting here crying or freaking out…but for some reason it is still hard to say it. Thirty. 30. Huh? Who would have thought? Part of me feels way too young to actually be at this point in my life. The other party of me […]
I’m sure everyone hits a point in their life where they realize that things didn’t work out quite like they thought they would. We will all, of course, have our share of ups and downs. I think the key is not to dwell on the low points and to celebrate the high points. I […]