The 40 Day Water Challenge starts today. I invite you to take part in whatever way works best for you: 1. Give up all drinks except water for 40 days, making your own profile page and donating the money you would have spent on other drinks. 2. Make a profile page, but keep your morning coffee and donate double what you spend on it. 3. Give up one drink this…
File this under things I never thought I would need to know. A certain someone stuck a certain yellow bead up a certain left nostril yesterday. While I waited for the triage nurse to call me back, I turned to Google for some help. Thankfully Danielle’s post came up right away, and I ended up educating the triage nurse on how to get a bead out of a tiny nose.…
I have fun with social media. Sometimes too much fun. Some days I realize that all of my “sharing” paints a too-perfect picture of my life that just isn’t true. While I don’t think it’s a bad thing to post photos of my beautiful veggies and sweet kids, I have to realize that it can become annoying if I don’t throw a little reality check in every once in a…
I don’t remember when I started reading the Big Mama blog. Probably before I even knew what the word “blog” meant. It was certainly long before I ever considered starting my own blog, or even had the slightest clue how to do it. Maybe that’s why it feels like I’ve known Melanie Shankle, AKA “Big Mama” forever. Some might even call me a Big Mama hipster. Not anyone I know,…
I’ve been in a sewing mood lately. With me, craftiness is an all-or-nothing endeavor. Sew all day for a week or sew not at all. I’ve been having fun making handmade birthday presents and baby gifts. And as much as I’ve struggled in the past with sewing anything other than a straight line, I even whipped up some skirts and a dress for Leila last week. She helped me measure…
Chances are by now you’ve seen the epic video of Kid President challenging us to “Do something to make the world awesome.” My favorite part (well, second favorite to “Not cool, Robert Frost!”) is when he says, “I’m on your team. Be on my team.” A good teammate doesn’t come in and take over, right? That kid gets kicked in the shins. A good teammate doesn’t sit on the sideline…
This morning, my CSA delivery guy my dad brought us a gorgeous haul of colorful produce from Agritopia. So much goodness here. After tucking it all away in the fridge, my two little rascals chased me out of the kitchen and told me to “Stay in yours room!” (Leila adds an ‘s’ onto you and your, and I feel no urge to correct her). I had heard them whispering and…