We are currently in Florida visiting with friends and family for a week and a half, and I've had some concerned messages from well-meaning blog readers about the wisdom of posting about the fact that our home is empty. I guess you're not supposed to mention when you go on vacation on the internet. You know, in case some would-be criminals are reading and decide to rob your house while you are gone.Well, just in case someone is tempted to burglarize our house sometime in the next week or so, . . .
Friday Finds
1. Camel Francine Bucket Bag | Zulily 2. Divvied Cable Cardi | Anthropologie 3. Orange Color-block Cascade Necklace | Greenola Style | Toms 4. Brackitz | Wood Block Connectors 5. Gratitude Is A Funny Thing by Kathy Walsh | Amazon 6. Bentgo | Kid's Lunch Box 7. Veggie Harvest™ cold-pressed juice | Jamba Juice 8. Large Yellow Hanging Airplant Planter | mudpuppy | Etsy 9. Chicken Stew with Butternut Squash & Quinoa | Cookincanuck.com 1. Joelle . . .
Organizing our technology
This post was sponsored by BlueLounge for Target. There are a lot of challenges that come with living in the technological age… the demands on our time of being constantly reachable, the potential distraction from being present, and the unique challenges of monitoring kids and their time on screens. But one of the aspects of our tech use that continues to allude me is how to store all of our devices. Ironically, I would consider us a pretty low-tech family. But with four kids and two . . .
What I want you to know about sexual abuse
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by an anonymous writer. Three years ago, I became a statistic.Three years ago, my life changed.Three years ago, I was sexually abused.Rewind to 2001. My grandfather passed away . . .
Christmas snapshots
We had a nice, mellow Christmas this year. We often travel on Christmas, so it was so nice to have the day at home to just do what we wanted. None of my kids believe in Santa anymore, but as you can see that hasn’t stifled their enthusiasm. We have mastered the art of dragging out Christmas morning - a skill I learned from my mom. First the big unwrapped gifts. Then stockings. Then breakfast. Finally, at 11am, we're ready to open presents. One of the big gifts this year was . . .
What I want you to know about depression
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Crystal Brothers. The most important thing I want you to know about depression is this: It is an illness. Depression is not a sin. A person with depression . . .
What I want you to know is that I feel guilty for my daughter’s traumatic birth story
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Jersey Girl Gone Granola. What I want you to know is that I feel guilty. Not all the time, not all consuming. Just when I stop to think about it. Just when I see pregnant women . . .
Mama Said: Pole-dancing moms . . . empowering or degrading?
In this episode Sarah and I take a spicey question from one of our readers, who is sick of seeing her friends’ pole-dancing antics on facebook. . . .
Family Portraits 2014
We did our portraits this year with Kristin Rogers again. She’s a local photographer that I’ve long admired for her slice-of-life instagram account (and she is also an adoptive mom.) We went back to the same hilltop spot we go every year and found that it had been razed to accommodate for a new housing community! So we ended up finding another spot on the fly. A few more buildings in the background than in previous years but I’m still so happy with how they came out. Tea Collection . . .
Christmas Eve then and now, and some bad family caroling
We had a mellow Christmas Eve today. It was the first day in a long time that Mark and I really had no work obligations. December has been a busy month and it was nice to have a day totally focused on holiday and family. And now comes the part where I barrage you with photos from Christmas Eve. And not just this year! I have nostalgic and self-indulgent older photos to post, too! Still here? And ready to take a stroll down memory lane? For the last fourteem years, we've . . .
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