Today I’m dipping my toe into an area that’s usually covered by Audrey, my fashionista sister: I’m fashion vlogging! My college pal and fellow blogger Suz Stephenson from Well To Do, You recently opened her own online boutique, and her stuff is fabulous. She has clothes, bags, scarves, jewelry and more – and I want one (or two) of everything. [...]

Last year at this time I was (not so) patiently waiting for Brian to propose. He finally proposed on May 17, and here we are almost a year later, (not so) patiently counting down to our wedding! I can’t believe our big day is just two months from today. It’s really starting to feel close now, especially since it’s a [...]

We had quite the eventful evening with the puppy last night. And I don’t mean oh-that-was-exciting! eventful; I mean oh-that-was-scary-(and-expensive)! eventful. My parents are closing on a house today in my town today (yay! They will be so close!), so yesterday I helped them with the final packing and loading push for their move. I left the pups at home [...]

I can’t believe Brian and I are getting married in less than 3 months! I’ve loved having this time since last May to enjoy being engaged to each other, but now I’m just really looking forward to becoming husband and wife. As July 14 gets closer and closer, I just get more and more excited. I’m anxious for the day [...]

My nephew Benjamin turns 5 today. I just can’t believe how quickly this… becomes this… One thing I love about blogging is that it allows me to relive special moments in my life, like the day this bundle of joy was born… and remember how nervous I was about him arriving safely in this world. I wrote the following post [...]

Oh, Gaiam TV, where have you been all my life? Don’t worry, you don’t have to answer that. We’ve found each other now and that’s all that matters. Okay, before this post starts to sound weird (I hope we’re not at that point already?), let me explain: I’ve had the chance to try out Gaiam TV for a couple of [...]

It’s amazing to me how quickly the mind and body can adapt to being on vacation. The moment we arrived in South Florida, I was immediately in warm-weather, no-schedules-to-follow, total relaxation mode. In no time at all I was used to being surrounded by palm trees… hanging out by the pool… feeling the warm sand between my toes… and just [...]

Greetings from sunny South Florida! Brian and I have been down here on vacation since St. Patrick’s Day and we’re having such a fabulous time. This is our annual trip to the Ft. Lauderdale area – Brian’s family has a timeshare down here so we’re fortunate enough to enjoy two weeks in the warm Florida sun each March. My parents [...]

As kids, my siblings and I were involved in a ton of activities, between swimming, running, softball/baseball, basketball, school band/chorus, etc. I can’t remember our parents ever not coming to one of our events. They were always there to support us (or even coach our teams!), no matter what we were doing. This support from our parents hasn’t stopped just [...]

It’s almost midnight on March 7 as I write this, which means it is almost March 8… which is Brian’s birthday. Growing up in my family, birthdays were celebrated with vigor. Mom and Dad made a very big deal of them, and it was tradition for each of us 4 kids to wake up on our birthday morning with a [...]