Busy MN mom blog about balancing work, school, and family, one sip at a time.
Normally Levi & I are the only ones that ever see my bedroom, but now that I’m dating again, I realized that there’s actually the possibility someone else might wind up in there. Which prompted about 5 hours of cleaning and overhauling my closet and dressers to organize the heck out of it so you can actually see the floor now. I love that I can see the surface of my nightstands, but my room is awfully boring. It looks {Read More}
A few years ago, I noticed that the inside corner of both of my eyes had turned yellow. My first thought was “HEPATITIS!” but I soon realized that the yellow tint also had some texture. It had been a couple of years since I had last been to the Optometrist, and I was also suffering with dry eyes. Constantly. The Optometrist addressed the yellow masses in the corners of my eyes and said that they were fatty deposits from not {Read More}
I turn 30 in November, and something I’ve always wanted to do is try out a crazy hairstyle. Back in high school, I had blue and red and all kinds of bright colors, but after that I grew it out and just kept it long and wavy for years. About a year & a half ago, I decided I was ready for something new and donated almost 12 inches when I chopped it all to just above should length. Yesterday, {Read More}
Disclosure: This post is part of a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Remington. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and as a thank you for participating. Remember the flashy thingy from Men In Black? Will Smith would totally be concerned about what I’ve been doing with my legs. I didn’t even have Ray Bans to wear so I could look cool while doing it. Instead, I contorted in ways that if seen in public, {Read More}
Y’all know I can’t resist any excuse to dress like a pirate, right? When I found out we were going on a pirate cruise for Brandcation in Destin, FL, not dressing up was never an option. Luckily, the other gals we totally on board with getting dolled up for the occasion. (Pun totally intended.) Flashing Blinky Lights got in on the action and helped deck us out with some cool pirate light-up bling. The swords were definitely my favorite. They {Read More}
A couple weeks ago I traveled to Destin, FL for my 3rd Brandcation event at the Emerald Grande Resort at Harborwalk Village. There were 24 bloggers in our group, and we had THE. BEST. TIME. We stayed four to a room in luxury condos. If you’re looking for upscale accommodations, the Emerald Grande certainly has you covered. Each condo suite comes with a full kitchen, complete with stainless steel appliances, big comfy beds with beautiful balcony views, and a master {Read More}
I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Elmer’s. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating. My cousin Cheryl has been homeschooling my niece Isabel (pre-K) since they moved here in April. She uses an online curriculum and also makes up her own fun learning activities, like this matching game where Isabel had to try to match the pictures to the letters each item started {Read More}
Delta chose me as one of their brand ambassadors for their line of seriously awesome In2ition Shower Heads. Y’all know what this means, right? That’s right – a legitimate excuse to talk about Mike in the shower. He helped me install it last night. My next post will include a video testimonial. We started shooting some footage for it already, and I think you guys are really going to like it. Aside from all the stories I’ll get to make {Read More}
Sometimes I worry that I’m screwing up this whole mom thing. I mean, aside from the regular “crappy mom” stuff that I do, I feel like maybe I really am screwing up. I’m not too worried about letting Levi fall asleep in my bed with his sunglasses on. They’re not going to hurt him, and hey, if it gets him to sleep, I’ve kind of won the larger battle. Plus he just looks so darn cute. But other things give {Read More}
Last night I had a really fun date with Levi watching the Berenstain Bears DVD that Phase 4 Films sent me for review. Seriously, could my date be any cuter? Yeah, I’m single, but there’s no one else I’d rather spend an evening with in my jammies than my baby boy. Especially after I just spent 5 days out of town in Destin, FL for Brandcation. This was exactly what I needed to come home to. After picking out the {Read More}
