There is a “wind event” currently in the Chicago area. The wind blows everything in your face, as a harsh reminder that it’s winter now, and for you to stay inside. The sky is grey, as is characteristic for this time of year. Gloom is …
PAIGE Transcend Skyline Skinny Jeans – Review
The older I get, the more difficult it is to find a great pair of jeans. When I was in my 20s, I could pick up a pair at pretty much any store with no problem. This is no longer the case. Now I find …
The Holidays. Your Side Dish? Alcohol
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The Chico’s catalog (for “mature” women) came in the mail the day I had my first mammogram (“a birthday gift to yourself!” the 24-year-old nurse chirped at me), which coincidentally was on my 40th birthday. As I paged through it, my boobs still smarting from …
Going Out and Finding Yourself
A side effect of being a mom is how we seem to lose ourselves. We do it willingly. Giving is a natural part of being a mom—after all, we’ve brought these tiny beings into the world through no choice of their own, and we want …
Messing Up The Mom Thing
The second I drop my five year old off at her first jazz dance lesson, I can see that she’s dressed all wrong. She’s in a pink leotard with tights, pink ballet shoes, and her hair in a loose ponytail. The other girls have on …
Easy Dinner – Trader Joe’s Mandarin Chicken
There’s a meme circulating that says, “Who knew the most taxing thing about being an adult is trying to figure out what to have for dinner every damn night until you die” and I could not possibly relate more. I have a full-time job, three …
Westbend Stir Crazy Popcorn Machine
For as long as I can remember, our family has been using a Whirley Pop popcorn popper to make popcorn at home. Well, recently we have noticed that the inside of the popper has become all black and nasty, resulting in burnt nasty popcorn. Not …
Lose It!
I have found that the best way for me to stay on track with my diet is to use a food logging app. I really don’t like doing it. It is a bit time consuming and annoying to have to measure everything out then enter …
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