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If you’ve heard about the upcoming total solar eclipse and, after a quick Google check to see if you’re in the path of totality, decided it’s not really relevant to you, I’m here to burst your bubble. Not only is the total solar eclipse an exciting astronomical event for those who get to witness it, […]

A Dinner Menu for the Week of August 16th Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: See all my weekly dinner menus here! READ: A Dinner Menu for the Week of August 16th PakarPBN A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used […]

Coming up with lunch ideas for the week is always the hardest part of meal planning. Whether you work in an office or from home, you need something quick that you can easily throw together over your lunch break and that won’t leave you feeling sluggish or (even worse) hungry again by mid-afternoon. Takeout is […]

This was – no exaggeration – the craziest summer of my life. Usually our summers are pretty low-key and we try to stay home most of it to enjoy the warm weather and lots of time at the lake. This year, we were gone a LOT and there were lots of totally unexpected things going […]

Finding a pair of jeans that fits your own body is one of the most difficult fashion tasks. But a pair of jeans that claims to work on everyone, regardless of body type? That’s a true unicorn. So when I heard that Anthropologie’s best-selling Pilcro Kayden Jeans were being released in a ton of new […]

This week has felt like summer in the best way  Staying up too late with Bart and Ella to watch the second season of High Potential (we’re late to the party because the last year and a half have been consumed with working through all eight seasons of Castle!)  Boating with friends  Pickup games of […]

It is absolutely blowing my mind that Ella is 16. She just got her license (on her birthday!) and is loving driving and preparing for her junior year in high school. She is the best teenager – so fun to be with, witty and hard-working, and such a good sister to her three younger sisters. […]

Confession: I fell for a celebrity workout trend–and now I’m hooked.  I’ve always been skeptical of celebrity workout routines or celeb-loved classes; just because I like a celebrity’s movies or music doesn’t mean their wellness choices would be good for me. I also assumed that I couldn’t copy their workout routine, even if I wanted […]

A Dinner Menu Plan for the Week of August 2nd Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: See all my weekly dinner menus here READ: A Dinner Menu Plan for the Week of August 2nd PakarPBN A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization […]

Getting dressed for work is rarely fun. Getting dressed for work in the dead of summer? It’s practically an Olympic sport. Since office dress codes don’t exactly bend for heat waves, you’re left to navigate the impossible: dodging armpit stains on your morning commute, steering clear of anything that reads crop top-adjacent, and somehow trying […]