Basic, Never Boring
I love randomly surprising people with fun little gifts. And having a theme to go along makes it even more fun. With Christmas time coming up, I love to drop little, “You’ve Been Elfed” gifts off at friends’ or neighbors’ doors. What’s ‘You’ve Been Elfed’? Well it is just a little or a big something…
The holidays are in full swing and if you didn’t take advantage of all of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, I decided to put together a Gift Guide for Her for Under $50! I mean, you want to spoil the gals in your life, but your shopping list is a mile long and…
Dear Santa, I’ve been a very good stay-at-home mom this year. I’ve packed all the lunches, washed and folded all of the laundry, prepared homemade dinners, bandaged cuts, kissed skinned knees, organized play dates, scrubbed toilets, made beds, found toys, food shopped on a budget, handled school pick-up and drop-off, scheduled all doctors appointments… and…
A Special Needs Mom’s Perspective A friend recently told me she didn’t know how I did it. I looked at her kind of astonished, not knowing what to say. How do you answer that? How do you simply say, “I just try to survive every single day?” I wish that I could be her, you…
Tomorrow, we celebrate Thanksgiving. We will likely gather around a table filled with food, surrounded by our large extended family, immediate family, or friends who’ve become family. So, what better time to reflect on all of the things for which we are grateful. We asked out contributors to share a little bit about what they…
Are you brave enough to face the crowds on Black Friday? If you’re like me, you train all year long for this day, as if this were the Super Bowl. Black Friday has been a tradition for my mom and aunts for over 15 years. I have many memories of being a kid and stealthily…
Growing up I wasn’t super outdoorsy. My family would car camp or go canoeing a couple times a year, maybe. I always considered myself a “city girl” and thought for sure I was destined to call NYC my home. Then through the twist of events called life, I ended up living full-time in a camper,…
Ahhh… the holiday season is upon us. If you’re not travelling from one family members house to another (sometimes across state borders), you’re hosting. Now, don’t get me wrong, there’s pros to hosting. You don’t have to travel and you get to stay home. But, with hosting comes the cleaning, the prepping, the shopping, the…
The Thanksgiving holiday starts off a season of nostalgia and excitement for me. I look forward to the family gatherings, good food and great conversations. Who is the best storyteller in your family? Does your family have “those” stories? The ones that never die out and get requested by various family members over and over…
Oftentimes, my students teach me life lessons that they don’t even realize. To give a little background, I am a high school English and Theater teacher. I teach mostly senior level English, but I am also lucky to teach a Speech and Drama elective. I love this elective because it offers a chance for the…