Angie’s Wordful Wednesday theme for this week is Motherhood, in honor of the upcoming opening of the movie Motherhood. This week, one Wordful Wednesday participant will win a set of four aden +anais swaddling blankets. I almost wish I had a baby to use these blankets for–I am hearing great things about them! When I [...]

There was just too much to say about my trip to Vegas this weekend, and I’m certainly not done talking about it. I thought that it would be easiest to share a bunch of my pictures in a whrrl story. I’ll be back with more, for sure. Powered by Whrrl All I can say is….I’m [...]

In honor of the new movie Motherhood, a unique movie about a real mom, Jill from Scary Mommy is looking for some other Scary Mommies out there. The most convincing Scary Mommy post is going to win a Flip video camera. Incredible, right?? Well, here’s my experience as a Scary Mommy: Motherhood has done some [...]

Halloween is coming, and with the holiday inevitably comes candy. I admit–I’ve got a sweet tooth. And that’s precicely the reason why I try not to have candy in the house. I would eat it all. I also don’t love the idea of my kids eating candy all the time. And I know they will. [...]

I survived my New York City day trip. But only barely. My trip to New York was filled with goods and bads. I started off with a bad. I missed my train by about 30 seconds. The traffic delayed me JUST enough that the train drove away at the moment I got to the ticket [...]

Mama Kat‘s writing prompt today couldn’t have been more perfectly timed. It’s my birthday, so what’s more appropriate than the story of my birth as told by my mom? I know–super exciting, huh? I was able to interview my mom last year and recorded all the juicy details. If you don’t want all the juicy [...]

My sister came over on Saturday for one last hoorah before she leaves me all alone on the East Coast with no family around for the holidays. Not that I’m upset or anything that she’s leaving for the rest of the year. Oh! I am going to miss her so much! Because she won’t be [...]

*CONTEST CLOSED* Winners are Rachel, Tiffany, theresano, Brittany, and merrianne (see comments below). Congrats!! Allow me to introduce you to Jonny Diaz, the newest voice on my iPod: I was offered a copy of Jonny’s new CD, “More Beautiful You” from Big Honcho Media. Although his genre is listed as gospel/religious, the songs seemed to [...]

Today, the ladies at Mayhem & Moxie have called for a tribute to our favorite Fall indulgences. That’s an easy one. I’ve already had requests for this recipe, which is only baked from October through December at our house (but we eat it as often as possible during those 3 months!). I love this recipe. [...]

Today, I am stocking the fridge with this: So that I can leave the family behind and hop on one of these: For a day trip here: To watch the premiere of this movie: and mingle with famous people. Then I rush home for a day of this: Except that MY birthday cake will not [...]