My summer consisted of a chaotic circus with too many monkeys and not enough sleep for the ring master. We didn’t commit to many plans – making it to the grocery store and a few friend meet ups were plenty for us. No classes, no soccer camps, no big camping…
Raise your hand if you are a bibliophile. Or maybe you have that urge to write stories, and create characters, and research every last scrap of detail so that you can build a huge world for a reader to lose themselves. Or maybe you’re that reader that dives head first…
What happens when you take a tattooed, momma bear that brings life to thrift finds, dabbles in cloth diapering, and is secretly a mermaid… then toss her behind the lens of a camera? You get my friend Samantha, the photographer behind Adventures of a Tattooed Mermaid, and Augusta Rae Photography.…
It’s not that I have an Open Door Policy when it comes to the bathroom. Believe me, part of any Momcation for me is the thrill of peeing by myself. But in this season of life, I have young children that are in that odd place of still learning personal boundaries and perfecting their…
Can I tell you of the fun I’ve had recently? Okay, okay, so “fun” is actually dripping with sarcasm and said with the violent rolling of my eyes. I’ve had a rough week. Part of me doesn’t want to even write about my saga, but I felt it my duty…
Have you ever met someone and you instantly thought: Dang. They are just COOL. This was my immediate reaction upon meeting Jessiana. The nuts and bolts of our introduction is that she’s my sister’s sister, so I lucked out in getting to know this Cali girl when our families got lumped…
Today I’m taking a break from what feels like the frivolity of yarn and musings of motherhood to delve into what’s going on in our country. I am embarrassed that it has taken me this long to say something, and yet I am also hesitant because it is not…
It’s Friday again. And that means I get to show off another friend of mine! This time around, I’m cheating a little bit, because Emily is not only my friend, but also my cousin. Our family likes to sprinkle themselves all over the US, so growing up it was a…
I recently hosted a baby shower for my best friend, Megan. Part of the decorations included a simple pompom garland that I made in the colors of her nursery. I figured it would be a cute accent for the party, and if she happened to want them for the nursery, she…
For me and this little e-space of mine, this is the summer of friendships, and it’s only fitting that I include a post about my best friend. Megan and I began our connection as band nerds, and believe me when I say this: this is the best way to start…