Here are some of the blogs and sites that I’m currently enjoying; projects that I’m planning on attacking with gusto; items that have made it onto my official Wish List:
Into knitting or crocheting? Get on Ravelry! You have to register, and then it takes about two days to receive your log-in account information, but it [...]

I was disappointed when I heard that Domino magazine was shutting down. Disappointed. But not surprised. It seems like all of the good reads are disappearing these days. It’s just a shame.
But in the footsteps of Small magazine – an online-only read that I enjoy from time to time – walks another parenting ‘mag’ – [...]

As we’re working on Pea’s room, I’ve been scouring shops for artwork that will grow with her. And I think I’ve written about this Etsy shop before, but briefly and in passing. But it deserves more. Mummy Sam is just about my favorite place for kid’s artwork. Sophisticated but still childish subjects. Gorgeous colors that [...]

Inhabit is having a sale on their cashmere sweaters. $100 for men’s sweaters, $80 for women’s sweaters. Cashmere! For as low as $80! These are very high quality pieces, just gorgeous and lovely and toasty warm. I should know. I have been collecting them for quite some time now. In fact, they are so perfect [...]

“Small” magazine. I am adoring it. It reminds me a lot of “Cookie” magazine, one of my favorite reads centered around children.
“Small” has art, recipes, home style, clothing style. For kids. And it’s all packaged in a very easy-to-read on-line format. You even turn the pages. Just like a real magazine. Minus the trip to [...]

As we prepare the house for the long winter ahead, I have cozy on my mind.
A few of my favorite cold weather items, to keep me (and my kids) toasty warm in our home…
Flor tiles at our back doors. It’s the entrance for our dogs from the wet backyard, and I can’t figure out how [...]

So I mentioned yesterday that it’s now winter here. Pretty much. Cold. Snowing on and off. It’s definitely putting me in the holiday mood. I love this time of the year, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and we’re on the cusp of Christmas and Hanukkah. It’s perfect. Add in the snow, and it’s even [...]

Carrot & Stick Press has long been a favorite resource of mine for fantastic gifts. Elegant, classy and with a little bit of sass, you cannot go wrong with a stack of their notebooks for a recent high school graduate or a box of their notecards for your best friend’s birthday. Throwing a dinner party? [...]

Okay, I am in trouble here. Serious trouble. With a capital ‘T.’
When we moved here in mid-February, we were coming from a climate that was already quite warm. Like in the 80s kind of warm. And it only gets hotter from there. Summers in Fort Worth are brutal. The only time to take your kid [...]

There’s a song that’s stuck in my head. Almost constantly. I refer to it as the “boom boom” song. My favorite lyric goes something like this: “she’s so hot, she’s like curry. She’s so hot, I have to tell her how hot she is. But if I tell her how hot she is, she’ll think [...]

So this is going to sound cliche, I’m sure, But cliche? Not so bad if it’s actually doing something good, right? Here goes… I’m trying so simplify life over here. Yes, you read that correctly. The ultimate consumer is on a down-scaling binge. It’s too much. There’s just too much stuff in my home. In [...]

I’ve written several posts now about the enormous consumption of sunblock in our home. We go through the stuff at a rapid pace. Especially the girls, being that they are so fair-skinned. They definitely got that from their daddy. Even before we head out into the yard with the dogs, for just a few minutes, [...]

After I wrote last about my passion for Love & Logic, I received quite a few emails asking me to go into further detail about what this theory of parenting entails. And now that it’s been about one month since my last post on the topic, I can say with delight that it’s really working [...]

For the record, I am not a fan of registries. For weddings or baby showers. It’s just not my thing. When Sephora offers you an option to create a gift registry, you know that something in the universe is amiss. I love make-up. I do. And I’ve given beauty products as a gift before. But [...]

I love Katharine Hepburn. Like really, really love her. As in worship. Idolize. Adore. In fact, I’ll just say it… I wish I could have been her. Just for a day, even. She was so smooth and sophisticated and… masculine. But she was still all woman. That’s a feat.
I’ve often found myself thinking, “What would [...]