the horse show bag

A good many of you have been with me for the long haul.  You know that I lost my mom to breast cancer in 2003 when I was just 22 years old (she was only 46).  And as you might imagine, the years following that loss have molded and sculpted the person, the wife, the … Read more

simple no-mess juice box trick

There are few things that I hate more than handing a juice box drink to Lily Bean because I know that no matter how careful I tell her to be, the juice will end up squeezed all over everything.  Herself, the dog, the rug… We have one of those hard plastic juice box holders that … Read more

i potty trained my kid using cupcake soap and donuts

I wrote this post back in September before launching this blog. I found it in my mess of drafts that hadn’t been published and wanted to share. 🙂 Okay, so there is a little more to it than that, but to sum it all up, yes, I resorted to sheer bribery to convince Lily Bean … Read more