Turquoise Sunglasses

My fave color. Just bought these awesome glasses and two other items in this shade. Would rather shop than eat on my lunch break.

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The YouTube BabySitter

Single parents have the hardest job. (Of course we  say, “it is the hardest job you will ever love”, but still, it’s hard).
Especially when the best hours of sleep seem to  happen just before the alarm goes off, or after the snooze button is hit.
(Or, in my case, just before the jet-loud, relentless, cruel and [...]

Sometimes You Need to Take a Break & Eat Donuts

I know you’ll understand. I’m choosing donuts over a full-out blog post today.
My parents arrived here in Lexington Monday evening in a 16ft truck. Yes, they are amazing. They drove from Oregon to Kentucky just to deliver us the rest of my things– furniture (no more sleeping on an air-mattress, yeah!), yearbooks, Rollerblades + elbow/knee [...]

Single Mom Poetry (and Poll) Tuesday

What kind of woman are you? Sneaker or Stiletto?

Chicago Recap and the Evolution of Dance Man

Evolution of Dance man, Judson Laipply, and other Ford Fiesta Movement Chicago Highlights.

Call Me Crazy

Call me crazy, but I love these goofy men. No pants or cut off jean shorts is the only way to hike Ravens Run today. This is Man in Kentucky, full on.

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Stay in Bed Another 20 Minutes

This morning I stayed in bed after the harp of my alarm sounded.
Lucca had crawled into bed with us somewhere in the early morning and I was sandwiched in between the two loves of my life.
I could hear both their breathing and imagined what the two of them could be dreaming. Both probably had something [...]

Guide to Pirate Parenting

Long before I ever actually got pregnant, I dreamt of the time in my life when I would spend 9 months in some island paradise with my independently wealthy husband at my beck and call, where I would do nothing but take baths, get massages, drink superfood smoothies and read every single book on parenting [...]

13 Reasons Why I Love Pirates

Dedicated to my new friend,  Cap’n Billy “The Butcher” MacDougal.
13 Reasons Why I love Pirates:
1). They say “ye” instead of you.
2). One of my High School nicknames was “Captain Morgan.”
3). I can roll my Rrrrss rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreally well.
4. Buried treasure.
5. Pirates of the Caribbean (the ride, not the movie).
6. Johnny Dep (Who I’ve just [...]

Lunch Hour Shopping Finds

An elephant, a bronze cast twitter bird, a turquoise cuisinart frying pan, and black stilettos.
All the essentials.
Who can guess where I picked up all these gems?

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