Even as a child, I always had an uncanny ability (if you want to call it that) to always see the irony of any given situation. And while my memory has definitely taken a serious hit after having B, there are some things that will stick with me for a long, long time. Like our first Mommy/Daughter trip to TJMaxx, …
I can’t tell you how many times I would ignore “tres leches” on a restaurant menu, thinking that if it wasn’t chocolate, it couldn’t possibly be good. But one night in Tucson, when I was particularly famished and had no other options, my entire life was forever transformed and I became a convert. As most people probably know from basic …
Every so often, I attempt to pretend that I am a fun mom. It’s a nice feeling, walking among other ACTUALLY fun moms and acting the part. But last week, I witnessed the most incredible thing, which made me realize that maybe I should stick with being boring. B and I decided to go to a sprinkler park. For those …
One of the best things (in my opinion) about the summer is that you can get outside and pick your own fruits and vegetables. Up here in Massachusetts, there are actually a surprising number of places that let you do this for cheap, which means that by the beginning of August, our house is usually swimming in blueberries. The idea …
We live in an apartment. This apartment is small. This apartment is VERY small. So as a result, our food pantry is in our basement – which means that unless there’s something I need for dinner that night, I don’t really have much of a reason to go down there. This ALSO means that if there were to, hypothetically of …
One thing that COVID-19 has forced us to do more of is cook at home (gross, I know). Since my husband is way more creative than I am when it comes to dinner ideas, he decided to search for “Greek pulled pork” the other night because, well, he’s a little strange. Imagine my surprise when it was incredible! ** Disclaimer: …
You know all those horror stories you hear about children falling out their upstairs bedroom window? Yeah, well, we fortunately didn’t have that happen to us, but by some freak accident that seems to only happen in our household, we DID somehow manage to puncture our screen and launch it about 500 feet away from our house instead. It was …
One of the most touching things we’ve ever experienced was when B arrived at a friend’s birthday party of about 30 people, only to be told that the cookies about to be decorated had been intentionally made without eggs just so she could participate. I’ll never forget the look on her face, nor will I ever stop being grateful for …
My husband has always been a clean-shaven guy who would get a haircut every three months like clockwork – but ever since COVID-19 started, it’s almost as if he’s been in a competition to see how uncivilized he can make himself look. It started around mid-March, when the fact that he began working from home allowed him to only shave …
