Balancing Life with Love, Laughter, and a Little Bit of Moxie!
The holiday season is just around the corner, and if you’re anything like me, you’re already getting excited to deck out your designs with some festive cheer! Whether you’re creating holiday cards, social media posts, or just some fun digital art, Canva Christmas Frames are an awesome way to add a quick holiday touch to […]
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A bento box is a single-portion takeout meal, or a meal prepared and packaged at home. They are most common in Asian cultures, especially Japan, but they are also starting to become popular worldwide. Traditional bento boxes are lunches which include rice or noodles with fish or meat and vegetables. Bentos are known for their […]
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In the past, I have written about homemade gifts and DIY’s that are much better than ones you can get in the store. There are still quite a few people out there that make and personalize their own gifts. By making your own gifts, you make each gift unique and heartfelt. Below, I have another […]
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With the holidays quickly approaching, I thought I would start a series of posts about homemade gifts that are better than ones you can get in the store. While many people have gotten away from making their own gifts in lieu of giving gadgets like the iPad and iPhone, there are still a handful of […]
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The other day, ran into a dilemma. I was running behind, as usual because time is always very limited with a 3 month old baby, and I the garment I was going to wear was extremely wrinkled. I did not have time to iron so, I reached for my Downy Wrinkle Releaser only to […]
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My little girl is trying to cut her first two teeth. Some babies, like my oldest child, did great with teething, but my middle guy and baby girl, not so much. Baby girl is constantly chewing on her hands, or anything she could get a hold of. She is persistently irritable, refuses to sleep, gets […]
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“Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay”. (“Nothing Gold Can Stay” Robert Frost) Autumn is here again. The guarantee that summer […]
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When my baby son was just 6 week old, a visitor came to our house. This visitor was intrusive, uninvited, and irritated my son beyond belief. Nothing we did would make this visitor leave. I’m talking about the dreaded colic. Colic was a condition I didn’t deal with when my daughter was a baby. […]
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This past month I have been feeling a little out of sorts. Maybe it is the time change, or the season changes, or just everyday life. My mind felt foggy and unsettled, my muscle sore and weak. I had been to the health food store more than once in the past month looking for something […]
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Last week, after attempting to get long walks in with my kids pushing a Graco DuoGlider, I finally gave in and set my sights on a double running stroller. The thought of pushing that heavy DuoGlider one more mile was enough to motivate me to seriously look this time (not just glance through websites and […]
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