This may never be the blog that wins awards, or the one that is featured in some trendy magazine, or even the one that makes me a millionaire. To put it simply, it’s the culmination of a lot of years of dreaming. A dream to write about the things that make me smile, laugh, and cry. Add in a touch of sarcasm and wit and alas, a dream is born. While the original blog was dreamt up before I had…
One of the best things about the Tahoe-Reno-Sparks area is the number of unique, local food and drink establishments that pepper Washoe County. From decadent mini donut shops to unique breweries, the biggest little city has it all. But where do you go when you just want a good old fashioned flavored soda pop? Two words. Soda Love. Hailing from southern Utah, two couples embarked on bringing this unique soda shop to downtown Sparks. Owners, Scott and Krista along with…
Moving! Do you love it or does it terrify you? And I don’t mean the process of packing your crap and schlepping it to a new destination. NO ONE loves that. No one wakes up and says, “My, I would really love to spend eternity surrounded by paper and bubble wrap, only to finish a room and then open that ONE drawer that makes you curse and stamp your feet at the universe for ever creating a junk drawer! The…
Everyone has their own way of grieving. Nothing is normal. Nothing is out of the ordinary. Sometimes you follow the stages of grief. Sometimes you stuff it all down and walk around aimlessly. This past August, my father passed away. It’s something we had been expecting for a while, but that “expectant mindset” didn’t lessen the shock. The night we got the call, I sat and listened to my husband on the phone in the other room. And I just…
Today I am 36. Happy freaking birthday to me. And while most 30 something adults cringe at the passing of another year, I am happy to kiss that number goodbye. I would like 35 to be filed away in long term memory, only to be recalled at a later date and time of my own choosing. Because 35, you were a bitch. But I woke up this morning feeling different. More awake. More like myself. I went to bed last…
We are all given gifts and talents. It is our job to use them to do good in the world. At one time, even the man behind the Florida shooting was someone’s baby. Someone’s child. Someone’s hope for the future. It’s hard to imagine him that way isn’t it? Innocent. Full of life and love. For a time, he did not know hatred, nor violence, nor revenge. But then a deadly cocktail of factors created a hate-fueled, dark and complex…
I think I could live off of eating sandwiches every single day for the rest of my life. Granted, my body does not respond well to the amount of sourdough bread that I like to eat, but I can still live in my sandwich dream heaven can’t I? The problem is, deli meat is 1. expensive and 2. usually full of a ton of additives that make it less like deli meat and more like a science experiment. A few…
Skin. It’s kind of amazing. The fact that we have this enormous, visible organ that we can manipulate and change is fascinating to me. We can tan it, tattoo it, color it with makeup, pinch it, squeeze it, freeze it, watch it stretch as a human grows behind it. Hell we can even stick needles into it and paralyze it! Ok but seriously, our skin is pretty incredible. So why aren’t we more diligent about protecting it? If your heart…
“Strong willed children become adults who can change the world as long as we can hang on for the ride and resist the temptation to tame the spirit out of them.” -Sarah Stogryn Recently, my husband and I took our kids to the dentist for the first time. The place was incredible. Individual iPads all propped up on a table, walls of books, a TV playing a popular Disney movie and a beautiful photograph of the new treehouse that was…
Not a whole lot to say about this one. We needed a date night but didn’t have a sitter so…why not play the whisper challenge with some cocktails?! Enjoy!
It is often thought that if you want the best in beauty, you have to be willing to spend top dollar. And while that can be true…(I don’t really want to be getting Botox in a back alley by Doug who injects as his side gig)…there are tons of products not sold in high end department stores that give you the same bang for your buck. Sometimes, the bang is even bigger. Today I am sharing my top 5 favorite…