On The Weekends, They Raise Themselves

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Well, at least on the weekends we are neck deep in home improvements and other projects. While Scott built our new table and I re-painted our front door today, Kendall and Leyna were left to roam the house and fend for themselves. The good news is they survived. The bad news is I have a [...]

Weekend Kitchen Table Project

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I gave our kitchen table to my little brother and his wife last weekend. Never mind that we didn’t have one to replace it. I knew it was the kick in the pants Scott needed to get busy building us a new one. (You may recall seeing our terribly worn old oak table in lots [...]

Speaking at Blogher!

I’ll be attending Blogher for the 3rd time this year, and this time I’m SPEAKING! Actually, I’m on a panel with some other really amazing, accomplished bloggers: Charlie from How To Be A Dad, Mandy from Harpers Happenings and Gina from The Feminist Breeder. Our panel’s official title is “Pro Tips: Branding and Blogging Professionally” [...]

The Way I View: Friendship

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I know they have a long road of sibling rivalry and arguments ahead of them, but they’ll wind up good friends eventually, right? I mean, my sister and I used to throw knives at each other, and now we’re as close as two sisters can get. So, I’m hopeful they’ll have many memorable meals together [...]