Kristen – Ok, I officially hate shopping now. I’m at Montgomery Mall and I’m getting tired of my usual places: Nordstrom (boring), the Gap (I already owned all of this before), Banana Republic (too tailored unless I need work clothes), J Crew (too preppy). I can’t even pretend to be young and cool and go [...]
I have something on my mind and I just need to vent. Why don’t people listen to their voicemail? It’s bad enough that we have raised an entire generation of kids who find it reprehensible to actually speak on a phone opting only to text! It seems we now have an entire generation of adults [...]
Oreos are the best cookie ever!! I try really hard not to buy them because I know I will just eat them . I mean every one of them and you saw my last post so I don't need them. What is it about them? They are 100% artificial and full of fatty goodness that's [...]
So lately I have had trouble maintaining my girlish figure. I exercise a lot and that has helped me maintain a pretty healthy weight most of my life but lately it just hasn’t been enough. The pounds seem to be creeping on very slowly, just under the radar like my body is just trying to [...]
Everyone has an errand that they don’t enjoy. Mine by far is the deli counter. My weekly visit to the otherwise fine grocery store is always dampened by the dreaded visit to the counter. (I won’t mention the name of the store but it rhymes with Derek Jeeter) Here’s how my visit yesterday went down. Walk [...]
If you give a Mom a new recipe, chances are she will want to try it. So, she will head to the grocery store, list in hand and promptly forget to buy the ingredients for the new recipe. The next day, mildly irritated, she will GO BACK to the store. She sees limes. They remind [...]
Most of you know that I have a huge addiction to Starbucks. The funny thing is I get decaf coffee. I just love coffee every morning after my workout. I love the taste, the smell, I love the people who work there and it just makes me happy. One day several weeks ago John came [...]
We have a lot of traditions in our family. Not traditional traditions but they are ours and I love them. Always splitting the first strawberry out of our garden each spring, ice cream sundaes on Sunday night, our annual Summer of Fun list, you get the picture. This year, it looks like my children have pulled [...]
This summer, for the first time, we decided to let Sarah bring a friend on vacation with us. I have always been nervous about allowing someone to come for the fear of home sickness or that they end up driving each other crazy all day, every day which would ruin the trip for everyone. Sarah [...]
I recently returned from a week-long vacation at the beach in North Carolina and I can’t tell you how many conversations I had with total strangers. CONVERSATIONS! The first time it happened at the farmers market I figured the guy was a bit odd. Why on earth would he be so friendly? While fascinated, I [...]
