Basic, Never Boring
If you’re following along with Bridgerton Book Club, then you should be just about ready for our June monthly meeting! We’ll be discussing book 5 in the series, To Sir Phillip with Love by Julia Quinn! We’d like to invite you to the Wedding Breakfast celebrating Sir Phillip Crane and Lady Eloise Bridgerton, at Romney Hall,…
It’s here! Prime Day 2021! You know, the day Amazon offers the BEST deals of the year (second only to Black Friday). Well, we’ve searched the deals and picked some of our absolute favorites to share with all of you. Instead of giving you a giant, overwhelming list of the deals, we’ve carefully curated the…
During this pandemic, I have heard a noise, deep and painful, but the same from almost every corner I leaned into. “Where are our childcare options?”, they would wail. The basic answer was always a simple, “gone.” Gone was the luxury of public-school protection, our safety nets closed completely or with limited capacity. The daycares,…
You know that feeling where it seems everyone around you is going crazy over some new product, and you’re just sitting there like, meh? Well, that’s how I feel about my Instant Pot, and I feel like I’m the only person in the world who feels that way. Now, I don’t hate my Instant Pot,…
Okay, ladies, BRIDGERTON BOOK CLUB is underway! We had a great time reading The Duke & I in February, The Viscount Who Loved Me in March, An Offer from a Gentleman in April, and Romancing Mr. Bridgerton in May. This month {June} we’ll be moving on to book 5 in the Bridgerton series by Julia…
*This post is about mental health and covers topics including domestic violence, suicide, self-harm, trauma, depression, and anxiety. It may be triggering for some. If you haven’t yet read part 1 of Carrie’s story, you can do so here. So, of course, what do you do when you’re almost feeling normal? You have another baby. I…
*This post is about mental health and covers topics including domestic violence, suicide, self-harm, trauma, depression, and anxiety. It may be triggering for some. When did you first learn about mental health? I honestly didn’t learn about mental health until college. Maybe there were a few classes that I took here and there that mentioned it,…
Okay, ladies, BRIDGERTON BOOK CLUB is underway! We had a great time reading The Duke & I in February, The Viscount Who Loved Me in March, and An Offer from a Gentleman in April. This month {May} we’ll be moving on to book 4 in the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton! Get…
If you’re following along with Bridgerton Book Club, then you should be just about ready for our April monthly meeting where we’ll discuss book 3 in the series, An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn! We’d like to invite you to a cozy country meal at My Cottage on Wednesday, April 28 at 8:30 PM…
What I’ve Learned to Live Without and Other Life Lessons from the Global Pandemic March 15, 2020 That was my last day of “normal”. We knew something was on the horizon. The increasingly empty store shelves told us that. But at that very moment, we were still in that realm of “ignorance is bliss”. When…