This past weekend, we took the kids for a ride on the M-Line trolley and to Klyde Warren park. That wasn’t what we had planned on doing, though. Really, it went down like this: I got the kids all dressed and ready for a fun trip to the zoo. The car was loaded. The sunscreen …

If you’re looking for a homemade spaghetti sauce recipe that everyone will love, I’ve got you covered Actually, my Mother-in-Law’s got you covered – this is one recipe that my “Cooking with Grammie” series would be incomplete without – everyone loves this stuff (even picky people, like me). It’s full of flavor and super hearty …

A few months ago, I posted 25 writing prompts – there were a few topics I’d wanted to write about that were floating around in my head and I thought I’d share them on my blog. You can find the first “25 Writing Prompts” here. Since then, I’ve come up with some more – I hope …

My house isn’t the only thing in need of some serious Spring cleaning. My horse (technically, pony) could stand for a little elbow grease and whitening shampoo, himself.  And now I can add “expensive horse detangler” to the list of things he needs. After having kids, I’ve pretty much let Seamus revert to a half-wild …

It’s time for another recipe from Grammie (my mother-in-law, the awesome cook). This time, I’m bringing you my favorite “comfort food” (although, it’s not too bad for you as far as comfort foods go) – and even better, you can make it in your crock pot. Anyway, even though my pictures don’t do this meal …

Motherhood is crazy. When we brought Jack home from the hospital, I realized that I was completely in over my head.  As it turned out, all the pregnancy magazines and baby books in the world couldn’t begin to prepare me for the adventure we were embarking on as new parents. There are some really tough …

Update to the original post, which was publish in December of 2012: I originally created this for a holiday craft competition held by Driscoll’s Berries. I think this project would make an awesome addition to any summer celebrations, though – and berries are much cheaper when they’re actually in season!  I’m not particularly crafty (and …

Do you remember my long-winded post about the week leading up to our “vacation” – the week where everyone got sick and we had to fly to California for a five-day cruise with our family (and two sick kids)? Well, now that a couple of weeks have passed and I’ve had some time to reflect, …

A couple of years ago I wrote a post about sleep.  Jack was 11 months old and I was trying to put a positive spin on the whole terrible-sleeper-who-does-not-even-kind-of-come-close-to-sleeping-through-the-night thing.  Of course, when I wrote it there was a little part of me deep inside that thought, “this isn’t going to last forever, I’m sure he’ll be …