Life Hacks

Last Minute Hostess Gift – Homemade Dog Treats

Last Minute Hostess Gift – Homemade Dog Treats

You know the story – you’re invited to someone’s house for a big dinner (say, Thanksgiving!) and when you ask what you can bring, they tell you “oh, don’t worry…just bring yourselves!” If you’re like me, you’re not totally comfortable with this. I mean, they are putting out all the […]

The 10 Stages of Getting a Traffic Ticket

1. Initiate Violation After killing time for the last 30 minutes, you get in the car late for your dinner date. Hop in. Turn on. Drive off. Get to the stop sign at the end of the street and make your normal two-head-swivels-worth of a stop (cough, slow down, cough…) […]

Grown-Up Food – An Exercise

Grown-Up Food – An Exercise

Randy and I are a part of a fun dinner club (of course we are…) that has gotten together every six weeks or so for the past several years. It is a super casual Sunday night thing where the food is fancy, but the clothes and serving dishes are not. […]

An Honest Discussion on Styling Bookshelves & Being Real

An Honest Discussion on Styling Bookshelves & Being Real

A couple of weeks ago, this article about styling bookshelves stumbled into my Bloglovin’ newsfeed. This weekend, I saw this from A Beautiful Mess about Candy Vanilla Milkshakes. Really? Vanilla milkshakes aren’t good enough? A bookshelf stuffed to the gills with family photos and good books just doesn’t cut the mustard? Nope, […]

How to Be An Entrepreneur in Five Lessons

How to Be An Entrepreneur in Five Lessons

Yesterday I met with a girlfriend getting ready to jump into her first (or at least biggest) entrepreneurial endeavor. Tomorrow I’m presenting to high school kids on the same subject. How did I become a knowledgeable resource on the topic?! Oh that’s right, I’m practicing: Lesson one – fake it […]