I didn’t start drinking coffee until I was 30. It was the year I started blogging. The year I really launched my photography business. The year I started staying up after my baby, preschooler, and kindergartener went to bed to create this space for myself online and grow my small offline business into something that could help support my family. While I was building two
10 Times Pumpkin Spice Made Me The Saddest Person Ever
Pumpkin spice you guys. When did it became such a thing. And how? And, really, whhhhy?! Personally, I am not a fan of pumpkin in any form and that includes a spice people sprinkle all over perfectly non-pumpkiny and delicious foods that do not need to be messed with. The only way I can even stomach the stuff is when it is being used to
Real Talk: So You Want to Get A Mommy Makeover?
When the people from The Center for Plastic Surgery reached out about writing a mommy makeover post, I distinctly remember thinking, “OMG!!! FINALLY!” Finally someone was going to make all of my blogging super star dreams come true and give me a tummy tuck and a boob job to review! When I came to my senses and realized that actually wasn’t going to happen, I
People Who Must Be Stopped: Mom Edition
Before you get out your pitch forks, let me just say I support all moms. Totally, I just also support societal rules and human expectations. And I think people need to be reminded about a little something I like to call “act right”… A few months ago I was sitting in the car rider line at school while the parent in front of me did
People Who Must Be Stopped: Air Travel Edition
I can’t name many days wherein I don’t witness people committing crimes against societal norms. Nothing major, but the kind of actions that help you understand why humans have behavior expectations for each other. Like correct use of the crosswalk. The expectation is that you wait on the curb until the light to cross is green and then you expeditiously move across the street before
Moms of Boys: 15 Things DudeMoms Need to Know
In case you haven’t heard, bff, more widely known around here as the Baby Baker completed her baking and popped out a handsome, healthy human baby a couple of weeks ago. She’s officially a card carrying member of the Dude Mom’s club! I wanted to just take a moment to share a few things with her to get her ready for Dude kid rearing. She
Grammar for Grown Folks: Understanding Their There They’re
I asked my Facebook friends for some posting inspiration recently and it seemed that people were in the mood for a fresh post on making your grammar more accurate and less embarrassing. Dat’s wassup! I love helping people look and feel smarter! I know. You feel like judging me right now because I started a post about bad grammar with bad grammar. That’s what we
What I Want My Kids to Learn From Ferguson, Missouri
Yesterday, the family of Michael Brown, the teenager controversially killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, laid him to rest. After weeks of turmoil in the city of Ferguson, Missouri, protestors took a break at the request of the grief stricken family. Personally, I’ve been struggling with my thoughts on this tragedy, more recently, after my son stumbled across the info on an Internet
Real Talk: Spicy Tips for Married Chicks.
Technically you don’t have to be married to benefit from these specific tips, but I imagine these pertain primarily to those women in long term, committed relationships with the added bonus of children to block romantic type interludes. Otherwise, you really shouldn’t have a problem, should you? With all of your free time to make googly eyes and waggly brows at your significant other, romance