This past weekend has been all about decorating the Christmas trees. Yes – trees. We have three. One super -duper tall one in the living room, a 7-foot tree in the family room, and a smaller tree staked outside on the front lawn. This takes hundreds of lights! With our large tree, I have a …
Yes, I admit I have become a bit obsessed with hygge (the Danish word for cozy). And honestly hygge is really hard to explain, it is so much more than cozy, that it really needs to be experienced. Our time in Denmark was filled with hygge and according to my daughter I am not really …
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PotPiePlease #CollectiveBias It’s so good to be home! If you follow me on Instagram you have seen some amazing pictures from our trip to Copenhagen, Denmark; Malmö, Sweden; and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It was a wonderful ten days full of travel …
Happy December! Wow – I cannot even believe how fast the season is flying past. If I think of all that I need to do, I just might start hyperventilating. Since hyperventilating is not very productive, I simply make my lists and start chunking away at what needs to be done. Today is the day …
It’s getting close – Thanksgiving is upon us and for many of us that means it is turkey time! I have cooked many turkeys over the years. Fortunately, I have never really had a turkey or Thanksgiving dinner disaster. I simply have lots of wonderful memories… My mom making the best stuffing ever, roasting early morning turkeys to take …
Today’s blog post is a shout out to Nurse Practitioners everywhere (last week was National Nurse Practitioners’ Week) and to reproductive health and birth control! Yep, you heard me right – birth control. Yes, this is a bit different from my norm and probably even stranger coming from a menopausal mom of six! But hey, as …
A day spent at the California Academy of Science is a day well spent! I have been meaning to get to San Francisco and visit the California Academy of Science to see their exhibit, Whales: Giants of the Deep for some time. And since that exhibit is closing the end of this month – I …
I have been so busy that a lot of time has passed since I attended the WOW Summit in San Diego! Even though this conference was last month (October 24 to be exact) I still want to share with you some of the fantastic information that I heard while meeting other moms, bloggers, and brands in …
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FallGlamping #Glamping #CollectiveBias I recently spent four wonderful days in the Santa Cruz Mountains with my 6th graders! This was our annual sixth grade science camp excursion to Camp Campbell where I get the pleasure of hiking, exploring, singing …
Have you ever been to a Maker Faire? Every year there is a huge Makers Faire held at the San Mateo Event Center in the spring. As a middle school teacher I know lots of kids that look forward to the Maker Faire every year. They always return to school that following Monday with story after story …
