Life with Dudes Never Looked So Pretty
**THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS** Charitable giving is always higher during the holiday season -people are in the Christmas spirit, the end of the year is approaching, and people are generally just feeling a little more benevolent. Any little bit helps and even if you feel like you’re strapped this season, there is one simple, economical way to spread the love and that is
**Today’s post is sponsored by Crest. All opinions about leftover Halloween candy and everything else are my own.** I used to love Halloween when The Dudes were little. We hosted this fun neighborhood Halloween party every year at our house and I put all kinds of effort into costumes and décor and treats. We had this awesome trivia game with real prizes. And, I even
*Today’s post is brought to you by Crest toothpaste and true love. All opinions are my own.* I love hearing meet cute stories about how couples stumbled into each other’s lives and fell, unexpectedly, in love. Or, at least in curiosity enough to exchange numbers and see where things could go. DudeDad and I don’t have a story like that. In fact, I can’t even
Yesterday we celebrated our one year homeowner anniversary with our new home! We pretty much ignored it and ate taquitos in the car on the way to football practice. I guess it’s not the kind of thing you really celebrate though is it? It just doesn’t quite seem like a year has even passed really. I guess it’s because we a) didn’t actually move in
**This is a sponsored post in partnership with Art of Sport. All opinions are my own.** Any mom with a son doing the whole puberty thing can attest to the fact that at this time in their lives they have a unique ability to smell really, really bad. It’s this special kind of funk that makes your eyes water and your ears burn. If they’re
**This is a sponsored post on behalf of Goodwill® Monocacy Valley. All opinions are my own.** Back to school season is officially upon us. In fact, if you’re like me and you’re still in denial that summer is coming to an unfortunate end, you probably also haven’t hit up the local big box store to stock up on all of the paper and pencils and
*This back to school shopping post is sponsored by JCPenney Optical. All opinions are my own.* Back to school shopping season at our house is one of the most expensive times of the year. Honestly, outside of the month of May for my husband (it’s my birthday, Mother’s Day, and our anniversary), and Christmas, we probably don’t spend more any time of the year as
Self care is one of those words normal people didn’t hear much about back in 1982 when my mom was in the trenches of mothering. That’s not to say moms haven’t always needed it or that it wasn’t always a thing. It just means it took moms time to realize they deserved it and to publicly claim it without feeling guilty about it. Some of
**This is a sponsored post on behalf of Wikibuy. All opinions are my own.** I have never been great at decorating. I’m indecisive, easily swayed by trends, not particularly good at color coordinating, and consistently operating on a limited budget. While some would find decorating a new home a fun adventure, I find it more of an exhausting and stressful task. And, instead of finding
