“Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.” ~ Brian Andreas

Our neighborhood is cookie cutter, quiet. Home.
Perfect for an evening stroll.
The sun is setting, casting the sky in vibrant shades of orange and pink.

There are fingers linked together and my head resting on Mr. M’s shoulder. Two puppies walk in front us, one with childish abandon and the other still unsure on his feet.

We stop at a flowerbed ripe for sniffing. The …

I’m lying in bed on a Sunday night, wedged precariously between two cats (the slightest movement will cause one to wake up and give me the most evil-est catly glower ever known to man), glasses on, typing away.  Typically I’d be preparing invoices from the prior week or some other pre-Monday drudgery.

But this is no ordinary Sunday night. Oh no.

Tonight, I can barely sleep.  Amid tossing and turning, overheated from cat bodies, I eagerly await Monday morning.  It feels like …

I don’t know about you, but I spend most of Springtime fretting about when the weather is going to teeter over 70 degrees. It must be my Swedish heritage, because I fare much better in frigid Winter weather. When the ladies of EAD asked me to share the items that get me through Summer, several comfortable, body cooling-items came to mind…

Image via Athleta

The Organic Cotton Senorita Dress from Athleta. They come in the most delicious, organic colors. The dress comes …

A word of note: having read some of my fellow writers ‘Day in the Life’ posts I hope that my own version does not seem too odd. Here in the UK, in one of the Sunday papers, the back page of the magazine runs a ‘Life in the Day’ column where (famous) people describe their life through the medium of their day. This is the way I have pretty much chosen to write mine. And apologies for the lack of …

This Day in the Life project came at an awkward time for me. We’ve been living in Northern California after our big move for 3 weeks now. I’ve been at my new [dream] job for one. We’ve been adoring every second, but trying to show you all what my life is like is an interesting challenge when I don’t even know what it’s like yet. While I try to figure that out, I’ll share with you what I did today.

Here …

This Tuesday morning in August begins at 6:30am. I’m up and out of bed before my husband and ease into my day with a hot shower. While I dry my hair and apply my make-up, Nick shaves and showers.

We rendezvous in the kitchen to make our morning smoothies — which have recently replaced unnecessarily large mugs of coffee. (Is anyone else trying to cut back on caffeine?) Our current favorite smoothie includes berries, bananas, Greek yogurt, soy milk, wheat germ, …

When we were first told that we would be doing a day in the life posts, I wasn’t so sure how this would work. It’s very rare that one day in my life is exactly like the other. I’m a stay-at-home-mom for my little boy and my daily schedule is dictated by his very good, sometimes rigid, schedule. But we work with it and I make sure that I get everything done while still helping him maintain consistent nap times …

Thursday.  A Hair-Washing Day.  {I’m an Every-Other kind of gal unless I’ve been exercising outside in the Texas heat.} Thus, my wake-up call comes at 6:24.  This particular morning, The Boom decides she’s not feeling the snooze button and whines and frantically wiggles her bum until I haul myself out of bed to let her out.  I start the coffee.  6 cups… all mine!  Evs shuffles to the guest room to catch 30 more minutes of Zzz’s since my bathroom …

Welcome to a day in my life!

On a typical Saturday, it’s not uncommon for me to sleep in until 10 AM (yes, Briscoe is able to hold his bladder for a crazy long time) and not get dressed until the afternoon. But on this particular Saturday, my alarm went off at 8 AM because I had a unusually busy day ahead of me. Like I do during on weekdays, I hit the snooze button a couple of times and got …

Just what does a SAHM to a young baby DO all day? Lot’s of time spent watching trashy daytime TV? Not this SAHM. I thought I’d give you a little glance into my life and what I’m doing with my time. I’d say this day is pretty typical for a weekday with T1.

12:00 AM
Sleeping soundly.

1:43 AM
Change diaper. Screaming baby.

2:15 am
I spent some time trying to feed him sitting on the bed, but he was being fussy so I started using …