“Want to watch a dog movie your mom and I loved when we were kids?” my husband asks with a grin. We move the coffee table away from the couch and lay a yellow checkered picnic blanket over our...
I am a semi-introverted person, and even I am going crazy on week three of the great social distancing quarantine of 2020.
Because even an introvert likes her libraries and coffee shops.
And my only child is struggling.
I know siblings can...
Little Laundry Talks
There must be some kind of unspoken rule that when Mom is folding laundry (or using the bathroom, but I won’t go there), the kids are ready to have serious talks. I remember some of my most in-depth...
I fell in love with hiking when my oldest daughter was a toddler. I volunteered to host a hike through our local Hike it Baby group, and that quickly led to my becoming one of the group leaders for...
I'll be honest. I didn't really have chores growing up. I was the youngest (by a long shot). My sweet mom had a total love of cleaning and perfection, so she just took care of everything.
Granted, I've always been...
In just a few months, we'll be a year into the Covid-19 pandemic and all the things that came with it, like grocery stockpiling, increasing our vitamin intake to boost our immunity, and deciding on which mask best matches...
The summer before my kids started kindergarten and third grade, my husband said he wanted to buy an RV. It was a bit of a shock to me, and I had to ask him if he was experiencing some...
Since working from home since March, I’ve been able to spend more time than normal watching, reading, and listening. Most of it is at night after the kids go to bed, but that’s my “me time” from 9:30 -...
The many jobs of a mom
Customer Service associate, Mediator, Planner, Accountant, Project Manager. What do all these job titles have in common? Well, they are all titles I have held as a mom and in the workplace. We all...
May is National Water Safety Awareness Month, so we chatted with the water safety experts at Goldfish Swim School Hoover to share practical tips to keep your family safe this summer. Read on for great advice and a very...
In + Around Birmingham
One Easy Tip for Sustainability :: Thrift Stores in Birmingham
Summer is approaching and lots of us are looking for ways to improve ourselves and our family. For many of us that includes taking...
