• Pregnancy Brain Farts

    The day before Thanksgiving while Bean was at daycare and Chris was at work, I was in my kitchen baking biscuits to use in my dad’s stuffing recipe.  I put the biscuits in…

  • What a Day!

    Thanksgiving this year was – in a word – wonderful.  Really, really wonderful.  Chris’ mom, Jackie, and her boyfriend, Charles, came down from our hometown of Pensacola and his sister (who lives here…

  • Wedding China

    When Chris and I were engaged, the biggest fight we got into was over our wedding china.  First, I didn’t really want it.  I was 20 years old at the time.  What did…

  • Preparing a Feast with a Beast

    Last Thanksgiving, Bean was tiny. I think he made that Thanksgiving better for me because he was a real, live, breathing something to be so thankful for. But he couldn’t really do much…

  • I am Thankful

    I am thankful for a roof over my head, a job that makes me happy, and food on our table every night. I am thankful for medical insurance and even more thankful that…

  • The Company You Keep

    In college, I met my best friend, Emily. She hired me at the law firm where we ended up working together all four years of school. What I love about Emily (one of…

  • Life Changing

    If you should know anything about me, know this:  Laundry is my nemesis. Laundry and I do not get along.  I neglect it and in turn it multiplies like rabbits and takes over…

  • Faster Than a Speeding Bullet

    A few weeks ago, I blogged about how Bean was entering the terrible 2’s a little early by enacting the Limp Noodle game in our house. Yeah. That’s been fun. But now I…

  • How We Chose Our Daycare

    I’ve been asked this question before and I was asked it again just today over on Bean’s page. I’ve been hesitant to answer because choosing something like a childcare service for your child…