To be honest, I never used to care much for New Year’s. For me it ranked low on the list of holidays. The sparkles and cheers and midnight kisses were fun, I supposed, but the night often felt a little anticlimactic, forced. A sad follow-up to the BEST holiday only one week before; the cruel reminder that returning to school or work was just around the corner after a glorious break; a calendar date that made me feel ... View Post
Archives for December 2014
Trader Joe’s Trick #6: The Perfectly Festive Cheese Board
Last year, on Christmas Eve Eve, Doug and I encountered one massive miscommunication. See, for weeks, I had in my mind and my calendar that we would be celebrating Christmas with his family at noon on the 23rd, at his fabulous aunt’s house, 20 minutes away. His mom would be bringing lunch and we needed only to show up at twelve. I had a nine-month-old on a precise napping and nursing regime at the time, so schedules ... View Post
Chronicles of a Nauseous Preggo
I’m so beyond thrilled to be PREGNANT again! I feel indebted, overjoyed and just generally psyched. But… Something happens to me when I’m pregnant. Something I completely forgot about, which I can only attest to God’s miraculous erasing of certain memories so that women continue to procreate. ... View Post