I’ve always been a reactor, and a quick one at that. I rarely wait around for details. When something doesn’t feel right, I immediately go with that feeling and back out, pull away, decline. Whatever the situation calls for. Sometimes I’m graceful about it, others not so much. I don’t think this is necessarily a [...]

I’m working on a really boring, but necessary, project right now. Rearranging all of the files and folders and lockboxes in the house. I know what to keep and for how long, but I’ve been keeping it all, year after year, in it’s own accordion file marked with the year. And that was fine when [...]

There are currently two programs on our TiVo record list for Pea. Both are recorded from the channel Noggin. One is “Dora the Explorer” and the other is “Max & Ruby.” Yes, she’s still in love with Dora. And now, I hear her counting more often in Spanish than I do in English. I’m not [...]

This is Pea’s Art Cart. It sees a lot of action in our house. Pea loves to create things. She’s constantly making collages or paintings to send to her grandparents. Or she’s creating something to hang in her sister’s room. She will sit for hours and hours in front of this thing. It’s all organized [...]

The first time that I’ve ever written about a product that I hadn’t actually used before was when I wrote of my shopping spree for Sigg bottles for my girls. You know, the whole “out with the bad and in with the green” craze that occurred in my kitchen a couple of weeks ago? I [...]

My mother-in-law once told me, during a rather heated discussion on organized religion, that if I “didn’t stand for something, I’d fall for anything.” She was implying that I was a heathen, apt to be led down the “wrong” path, because I did not have religion in my life. Believe me, I know this is [...]

Have you ever tried a “stain” before on your face? Benetint from Benefit comes to mind. And while I adore the company, I do not adore their stain. Sorry. But between the time I put a dab on my cheeks and the time that I put the brush down to blend it, I have a [...]

I love food. We all do, in this house. And sometimes, it’s the simplest meals that knock the socks off the hardest. My mother, GiGi, and her fiance, were in town for Pea’s third birthday party. And so I did a lot of cooking. My mother didn’t cook when I was a kid. But my [...]

So technically, Pea turns three today. But… we celebrated her birthday with a party yesterday. The theme began as a tea party, since she’s all about her various tea sets right now. She has three that are currently in rotation, one is made of melamine from Target, another is porcelain from Chasing Fireflies and the [...]