Confession: although I love the idea of campfires, I really hate smelling like one. In high school, it was The Thing to gather around a campfire about every weekend and roast Starburst or s’mores while someone (sometimes me, many times not) strummed a guitar while the night got blacker and stiller. Those were good times, …
Before we left on our road trip to Kansas City a couple weeks ago, we basically only heard two comments when we told people we were about to make a 16-hour drive with a two-and-a-half-month-old child: 1) You guys are crazy, and 2) The time to take a road trip with a baby is now–she’ll …
First off, I wanted to thank everyone for all the love and support I felt after my post yesterday on my AI disease diagnosis. I felt such a boost from all the comments and messages and texts–it was just what I needed! With my recent health problems in mind, you can probably understand why my …
I’ve always considered myself to be a healthy individual—I’ve only had to take off one “real” sick day from work in the past 3 years (the others were used up for maternity leave and mental health days), I went years without having a doctor to call my own, and the greatest health challenge I’d ever …
In talking to Matt the other day, I made the comment that I feel like we’re in the “golden hour” of parenthood–we’re not stressed out from tantrums or teething or potty training, we only have one (blessedly easy!) baby to love on, and we’re regularly getting plenty of sleep at night. Before having kids, I …
The whole reason we drove to Kansas City, Missouri last week is because my pops got married in May, and he and my new stepmom were having their wedding celebration/reception on July 3rd. Miraculously, my five siblings were also all able to be there (albeit without their spouses and kids), and so this ended up …
As I’ve mentioned before, being an English teacher means people automatically assume I’ve read just about every book ever published. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve admitted to someone that I haven’t read something, only to have them say (with a smug little smirk), “What?! I can’t believe YOU haven’t read that. Even …
The reason I’ve been a bit MIA from the blog is because we just got back from road trippin’ it all the way to Missouri to celebrate my dad’s recent marriage (big post with lots of pics to follow). When we visited my dad two summers ago, Matt and I just gritted our teeth and …
