One Enthusiastic and Colorful Mama
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AS AN AMAZON ASSOCIATE I EARN FROM QUALIFYING PURCHASES. WE MAY RECEIVE COMPENSATION (AT NO CHARGE TO YOU) IF YOU PURCHASE SOMETHING USING ONE OF OUR LINKS. I try not to start out blog posts with “I got so many messages about [insert subject here]…” but I definitely got a ton of messages in the…
I hate Mondays. I don’t know how a day on the calendar can have so much power, probably because I give it power. But today has been a terrible Monday. Bad things started at 5am after a sleepless night (and I was in bed by 7pm, so I SHOULD have been well rested). It’s just…
As an Amazon Associate as well as a member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases made through links on this site. I’ve recently started a morning routine, sensing the need for some normalcy in my life now that I’m almost 40. (cough) As part of that routine (while I’m waiting for my…
I am surrounded by gluten-free people, both geographically and emotionally. My neighbors across the street, the ones across the alley in the back and a few others on the street all eat gluten-free. I have a whole cadre of gluten-free friends who visit my home on a regular basis, and our little town is jammed…
We used to have our “color charts” done when I was younger, so we would know which colors to wear and which makeup would flatter our skin tones. I was ALWAYS an “Autumn”. Truth be told, I loved being in the fall category, but I really hate wearing yellow and orange and brown. SO MUCH….
Teenagers are notoriously hard to pin down. When Wolfgang was in high school, sometimes I only knew where he was because I tracked his phone. (sorry, not sorry) If you make enough snacks though (especially after school snacks), they will come! Once the teenagers discover your house is a source of good snacks (and also…
This is a sponsored post written in partnership with Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region. I’ve been thrift shopping in one form or another as long as I can remember. Garage sales, antique stores, estate sales, thrift shops – I spent a large amount of my childhood in all of them. My grandfather was…
I had the pleasure of visiting the City of Brotherly Love a few weeks ago, and had a brief respite (between a bout with the flu and business meetings) to explore the amazing things that Philadelphia has to offer. I need another trip to hit all the things I missed while I was horribly ill,…