diary of a Mama, Fashionista, & Foodie
Spring is here and no matter what, it always seems to come with a renewed sense of energy. After being couped up for 4 or 5 months of winter people just want to start fresh again. (I guess that where spring cleaning comes from.) This …
It sounds like a cliche date night, but I can’t tell you the last time my husband and I went to a movie…in a theater…and had dinner at a restaurant, too! One of the things I took for granted before we had kids, is such …
I am so excited to share that our little baby girl has arrived! She was right on time (born on her due date) and is perfect in every way! The entire experience has been a positive one and we are all feeling very blessed. However, …
While it’s no surprise that what we see on social media is not always a true reflection of a person’s happiness or reality, it’s easy to forget just what is real life vs staged reality. In order to remind ourselves (me especially) of this, I’ll …
This holiday season has been a time for serious reflection and in times of struggle, we tend to re-evaluate our lives. Thinking about our life and the day-to-day activities, I started thinking that something has got to give. As I’m running around the house doing …
Every night after putting LB to bed, the words “Beep, Beep, Beep, December’s here…Little Blue Truck is full of cheer!” run through my head about a thousand times. It’s from one of my favorite Christmas books we read together called Little Blue Truck’s Christmas. I …
The Thanksgiving week festivities have begun and we are definitely enjoying all the delicious treats that go hand-in-hand with the holidays. So far, I’ve tried it 2 new recipes and they were huge hits… the first was a maple nut scone and the second was …
Harvest is finally done…whew! We made it through, and are taking a {very} little time to relax before we start knocking things off our “to-do list” that has been piling up for the past couple months. I’m still working on checking things off my fall …
I’m going to jump on the bandwagon today and talk about fall, and all those wonderful fall activities that we always look forward to. But, instead of only the usual fall bucket list items, I’m going to add our own little rural twist to it. …
A long time ago, when I was traveling a lot more, I realized that although places can be so different, people are always people, and when you live in a place long enough, it just seems normal. No matter how cool the place is that …