The Bloggy Moms Blog Dare is meant to help with my writing–so that I’m sharing more of myself with my readers, and doing so in a more meaningful way. I’m not participating every day, only when a topic speaks to me in some way. Here goes! The topic of this post is: I wish __________ [...]
[Continue reading...]Sunday Funday

On Friday, the meeting I was at all day got out a little early, so I headed over to pick Ethan up from daycare before I usually do. When we got home, it was gorgeous outside–so we spent about 20 minutes playing in the sun. It was really the first time he’s played outside–what a [...]
[Continue reading...]Meal-Planning Monday: Week of January 30, 2011
This week is going to consist of a lot of pantry/freezer meals so that we can go into February with a clean(er) slate. The only things on our grocery list for the week include fruit, tomatoes, and lettuce. Wow! Breakfast all week will be crockpot oats–made with almond milk, brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins. Lunches [...]
[Continue reading...]Blog Dare: An Impactful Book
The 2012 Bloggy Moms Blog Dare (see the button in my sidebar) is a year’s worth of writing prompts–366 in total. I’m not committed to doing each of them, but I’m trying to participate when the prompt is a topic that interests me or that I’d like to explore. Today’s prompt is “an impactful book [...]
[Continue reading...]Thinking About the Future
Now that I’m a mom, one thing that (unfortunately) has been on my mind a lot more often is my own mortality. I’m so much more aware of it because I can’t imagine Ethan growing up without one of us in his life–but if something does happen, we want him to be well cared for. [...]









