Eight months ago, life was changed as she said hello to the world (at the early hour of 4 am and has been waking me up at the crack of dawn every day since). For months before that, lots of research was done regarding what might be needed to take care of this creature. There is a lot of stuff out there for just that purpose. I will preface the upcoming information with a few…
There is no clock in your nursery. As if we anticipated that time would be of little consequence in that space. The gray rocker in the corner already a bit spotted from those early days of an abundance of spit up. Those early nights were longer than the current ones; full of worry and anxiety about whether you were eating enough. You are much heavier tonight than in those days. Clearly we got that all…
Eight days after our baby was born, we finally got to bring her home. She had a specific, yet vague, feeding plan to include nursing, pumping, and formula supplementation. I should’ve documented better because those early days are a blur of feeding baby and changing diapers around the clock or pumping. Here is what I do remember: The terror of regularly scheduled weigh-ins at the pediatrician’s office and holding our breath in between those appointments;…
Until recently I have been lucky enough to enjoy relatively low maintenance skin. It has been oily (along with my hair), but does not particularly breakout thankfully. However, in the last few years, especially in the colder, drier winter months, I have started getting these dry patches on the backs of my hands. This also worsened while I was pregnant last year, even in the summer. When I tried to put some lotions on, it…
A little something I’m doing for Bloglovin. It is a neat service that I should use more often; essentially another blog reader. Follow my blog with Bloglovin
When I found out I was pregnant, there was no question whether I would breastfeed or not. Immediately I knew it was something that I wanted to do. I spent hours researching it and even took the class supplied by the hospital where I had little Peanut. Matter of fact, it was the aspect that I researched the most…with the exception of perhaps cloth diapering, but that is a post for a different day. Everything…
I do not buy a lot of makeup at Sally Beauty these days. In the past, I was incredibly fond of some Palladio products but to be honest, I just got out of the habit of checking there for any makeup. Then, I watched a few reviews for Col-lab products by both Sam (using it here … I could not find a review just for the mascara) and Tati (her review) which brought me back in…
For today’s post, I am doing my own version of #throwbackthursday. I would like to share one of my recent posts from my original blog. It is a personal essay – of sorts -pertaining to my thoughts on heroes and villains. Enjoy! Find it here!
I must admit that I get stuck in a rut when it comes to making dinner. My routine goes a little something like this: Make the week’s menu, go to the store and buy supplies, make dinner. If I do not follow this script, I tend to end up with food I have no idea what to do with. One of the issues with this technique is I end up making the same thing a…
Confession time: I spend sort of a ridiculous amount of time watching YouTube. It all began with (to the best of my recollection) two old school beauty people by the name of Makeup by Tiffany D and Makeup Geek. It was around 2010 give or take a year. Marlena aka Makeup Geek had just started her makeup company and I found her via the blog as I had also just fallen in love with makeup.…