One winter day in 2003, my friend Chrissy and I sat outside Starbucks on our college campus.
"Kristin," she said, "did you know that some women get Brazilian waxes? They pay someone to wax the hair in their butt-cracks."
"No," I...
Did you know fall is one of the best times in San Antonio to start a flower garden? That was certainly news to me when I moved here from Chicago almost 10 years ago. Most of us think of...
In the past few years we’ve seen many incredible novels transformed into (sometimes) incredible movies. The book lover in me is excited to see some of my favorite novels come to life on the big screen…unless of course the filmmakers ruin...
You may or may not have heard of a little app available on your smartphone or computer called Instagram. Sound familiar? It's consistently rated in the top five FREE apps available to smartphone users, and if you haven't joined...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Well, OK, actually, it’s the third most wonderful time of the year to me (following March Madness and Christmas, in that order), but we’re in Texas, so we’ll go with the whole...
Sometimes the kindest thing I can do for myself and my family is paying for someone to operate the bulk of birthday party stress. The chaos at an organized venue is also usually a bit more contained, and my...
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Over the last couple of years, I’ve had to learn to tolerate embrace Legos. Legos, Legos everywhere! We have Lego nightlights, Lego pajamas,...
Military Spouses face a unique challenge in the already demanding job of being Mom. We all know that this job requires a lot of time, patience, love, sweat, and well, this list could go on. Military spouses are often...
We’ve all heard the research that tells us to begin reading to our kids daily as newborns, as it is important for social interaction, language acquisition, and brain development. Most babies and toddlers will happily sit with Mama or Daddy...
We are thrilled to have partnered with our advertising sponsor and local Realtor, Lorena Pena, who works with a number of families to ensure they have the best experience when buying or selling a home. We recently reached out to our...
Sleep is kind of like toilet paper: You don’t realize how much you need it until it is gone.
If someone had told me in college that one day I wouldn’t be able to function after a (mostly) all-nighter, I...
As an avid hiker my hope is that my kids will develop a similar love for the outdoors, but let’s be honest––hiking is, well… walking. A whole lot of walking. While in its simplest form, hiking is really just...
Life moves quickly. You start with one kid, blink once, and suddenly there’s three of them running around. A simultaneously quick occurrence: those friends from college aren’t so close anymore. Maybe they’re in a different stage of life, they’ve...
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