Diary

I woke up at the crack of dawn on Thursday morning because Caroline had to be at school at 5:50 a.m. to catch a bus for school soccer. For those of you unfamiliar (myself included) this means it was still dark outside. Even Piper and Mabel were looking at us like "Why are we up in the middle of the night?" P dropped her off and then I poured an extra strength cup of coffee before I finally Read More

Well. Here we are in 2019. It's not quite the way I thought it would look based on watching The Jetsons when I was younger, but I can get groceries delivered right to my door so there's that. I hope you've all had a good first three days of 2019. Ours has involved a lot of Netflix, a 1000 piece puzzle and sweatpants. I'll miss you, Christmas vacation, you've been good to us. Here are Read More

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you are essentially just about out of shopping days left until Christmas. So if you still have gifts left to buy, I would suggest that you throw yourself on either the mercy of Amazon Prime or prepare yourself to face the hell that is your local mall. Also, I was in Walgreens earlier this week and they had a nice selection of "As Seen On TV" items that Read More

Well. It feels like it's already December. We bought our tree last night and it's now in our living room waiting to be decorated. But I'm thinking I'll get the dead mums and rotted pumpkins off my porch before I put the lights on the tree. I guess now I have weekend goals. And since we are officially in the Christmas season, I thought I'd share a couple of good gift ideas that are on sale Read More

This is going to be quick because Caroline and I are in Orlando and spent the day at Universal Studios seeing all things Harry Potter related. And we have soccer early Friday morning. Here's what I know for sure right now. A lot of people go to theme parks on Thanksgiving Day. I had no idea. Here's the other thing I know for sure. There are so many great sales going on right now that will Read More

I loved reading your comments about Mabel yesterday and have no doubt that those of you who declared you don't "reckon Mabel's heart will hinder her none" are my people. I laughed out loud. For those of you who listen to the Big Boo Cast, Sophie and I recorded the first of two gift guide editions yesterday that will go up over the weekend. I'll post that here on Monday. As for now, here Read More

I feel like I blinked and October was over. And now that we are past Halloween, you know that it's time to turn our thoughts toward the upcoming holiday season. I am a purist and fully embrace Thanksgiving and all that November brings before I focus on Christmas. I like to take my months one at a time. But I did want to tell you about one thing I'll be doing for sure in the next few days to Read More