May 18, 2022 Girl, don’t take his name when you marry Time for an unpopular opinion: young women shouldn’t change their last names to match their husbands. I should add that this is a case…
May 16, 2022 Costa Rica roundup: all of our best posts Pura Vida! That’s what you’ll find yourself saying after a visit to Costa Rica. It’s a philosophy that centers a happy life around being…
May 12, 2022 The best long-distance birthday tradition ever My brother and I have a pretty awesome long-distance birthday tradition. We’ve lived far from each other for many years, but we find ways…
May 10, 2022 52 with a 12 year old It’s been exactly ten years since I began this blog and wrote about being 42 with a two-year-old. A lot has changed in the…
May 6, 2022 I remember the first time I heard “grunge” in 1992 I love music and always have. I have super eclectic taste in music and appreciate almost all of it. I used to say that…
May 4, 2022 How to remodel your kitchen without ending up in goblin mode Remodeling a kitchen is a thrilling adventure for the whole family. Okay, not really. Actually, it’s a bit of a nightmare. You don’t realize…
May 2, 2022 Journey is the lone girl on an all-boys basketball team Basketball has always been Journey’s favorite team sport. We first played recreational basketball when Journey was nine. A friend asked us to sign up…
April 30, 2022 I won’t forget you, Kate Wright, goddess of style and cool mom Facebook is a terrible way to learn that a friend has passed. That’s how I found out that on March 13, 2022, one of…
April 27, 2022 Jeni’s and On Our Sleeves: here’s to Sunshine and better days It’s not my birthday until next week, but today I received a surprise that put a HUGE smile on my face. I’m a longtime…
April 26, 2022 How to win big on social media I win stuff a lot on social media. It happens often enough that when I tell my husband I’ve won something, all he says…
