As I have mentioned before, I am on a quest to live a more holistic lifestyle. For those of you who have heard me talking about eating a Stouffer’s Lasagna r...

I don’t typically watch awards shows. Not in real time anyway. I’ll just wait for E! News to give me the highlights on Instagram and watch whatever performa...

LITTLE BLACK BOOK Rinn has really taken to reading. I wish I could take credit for this but in the short year that we took on homeschooling there wasn’t a ti...

May was Mental Health Awareness Month. And boy was I aware. Unfortunately I was aware because my mental health was a mess. Without going into the gory detai...

I hate the radio. When I was in the market to buy a car back in 2015 my list of needs went as follows: Hatchback or station wagon (I know you’re judging me, ...

IDIOMS ARE HARD Rinn is rather articulate for a 6-year-old. Sometimes he will confuse “distinct” with “extinct” and he still pronounces “nocturnal” as “noc-t...

JEZEBEL or JAMIE? If first grade is any indication of what I’m up against when it comes to Rinn and girls then I’m, for lack of a better word, screwed. We’r...

My sense of frugality is funny. As long as I can use a coupon or apply some type of discount code I think I am getting the deal of a lifetime. A clothing ra...

My approach to life can be best described as all or nothing. This blog for instance. Half of the year you’re inundated with posts, pictures and videos on a w...

Growing up I had a complicated relationship with sleep. And by complicated I mean that I hated to go to sleep but when I finally did, I hated waking up even ...

The phrase “Flo is coming to town” has never really had great connotations. Unless of course you have a super cool friend named Flo, whose visits you genuin...

We spent last weekend at home. Trust me, this is news. Of the two months that we’ve been South Carolinians, we’ve spent approximately two and a half weekend...

My husband is an Elvis tribute artist. I would have thought this was obvious. I mean, have you seen his sideburns? Anyway, hopefully now all my ramblings ab...