Creative Pay-It-Forward

My friends have recently been posting the same Facebook status below: “2013 Creative Pay-It-Forward: The first 5 people to comment on this will receive, from me sometime within this calendar year, a gift – perhaps a book, baked good, music, hand-made goodie, or other surprise! There will likely be no […]

Brew Crew

I was once again given the opportunity to host a Coffee-Mate sampling party. I invited 7 moms and their toddlers from my mommy group. The night before, I baked a batch of Winter Spice Scones and Pumpkin Coffee Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze (I added Coffee-Mate’s Cinnamon Vanilla Creme instead […]

Recap of 2012

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. So I thought I’d share it with you. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would […]

Tub Time

Sarah really loves playing in the bath! It’s the one place where she can do what she wants (within reason). I recently had enough Pampers Gifts to Grow points to “buy” Sarah these fun washable crayons. Here is Sarah practicing her ABC’s:

My Pantry Makeover

I love cooking and I love being in the kitchen. I dream of the day I can design my own kitchen, but for now my small apartment kitchen will have to do. That is why I am always trying to organize (which drives my hubby crazy!) my cabinets, drawers, shelves, […]

Baby Y #2

My best mommy friend, Erin, recently gave birth to her second beautiful and healthy baby boy a few weeks ago. I couldn’t be happier for her. She’s not only my closest friend here, but is an amazing person inside and out. Being that neither of our parents live close, we […]