This past weekend, while attending Bloggy Boot Camp - Business Edition, I zipped along Scottsdale's streets in a brand new 2013 KIA Soul. Check out the "Alien Green" color - sporty, casual, and light enough to be a good pick for warmer weather climates. The 2013 model features a pushbutton start, remote keyless entry, auto […]
My entertaining goals for 2013-2014 include: building or buying a large table with benches for the backyard. getting better about meal-planning so it's no big deal to invite dinner guests on short notice. creating more fun "kid spaces" and activities. No matter the size of my house or the pen scribbles all over my calendar, […]
Our oldest daughter has an early September birthday. I remember thinking what an absolutely perfect month it was to have a baby. Although I had to endure the final trimester in the scorching summer heat, I appreciated that having an early autumn baby meant that we could spend hours on the back porch swing and […]
Having a top-notch printer is absolutely crucial if you (a) have kids, (b) run a home business, (c) enjoy taking pictures, and/or (d) homeschool. Since our family falls in all four of those categories, our printer gets quite the workout. I'd like to introduce you to our printer - the Epson Expression Photo XP-850 Small-in-One […]
In 2011, we had two little girls and under 20 toys. We now have three little girls and four small fabric bins for toys: stuffed animals dolls pretend play play food Here's a close-up of one of the bins. I took photos of the contents and made simple labels so that the girls (and guests) […]
While at Target this afternoon, Tim and I started reading labels on baby washes. Which one, we wondered, was the best, the healthiest, the safest, and the sweet-smellingest? We tried to decipher the long words and lingo, weighing the costs with the bottle's promises. After the blur of options, we reached for the nearest bottle […]
Our almost-8-month-old generally eats everything we do (in teeny, tiny bites). She's tried roasted bell peppers, lamb, salmon, smoothies, mangoes, cheeses, carrots, sweet potatoes, beans, enchiladas, spaghetti, and bananas. She enjoys these new foods perched in her table seat, looking around the table and swinging her feet. She even tries to join the conversation from […]
Tim likes classic rock. He's also the biggest audio book listener in our house. His most recent "read" was the 25-hour+ biography of Steve Jobs by Water Isaacson. I've always enjoyed the melodies and lyrical stories of country music. In high school, you could hear the Dixie Chicks, Deanna Carter, and Alison Krauss drifting from […]