One of my Mom’s best friends is a wonderful woman named Ardell, and I count her as a second mother. I don’t bandy this term around lightly; two of my requirements for bestowing Second Motherdom upon someone is whether or not they’ve even driven me to the E.R., and whether or not they’ve created one of my all-time favorite dishes. You know how some people are just ridiculously marvelous cooks? Ardell beats ‘em all. And one of those aforementioned all-time {Read More}

Yay for deals! This is a sponsored post by Savers Thrift Stores. I am le happy about this. *** There are few things in life more swoon-worthy than making A Find. Fellow thrifters know what I mean: that heart-stopping moment when you discover The Perfect Item, realize it’s in your size/color scheme, and that it’s priced crazily cheap. Marathoners can keep their adrenaline rushes and 5k “fun runs”- I’ll take the tingle of winning deals any ol’ day. (Also? We {Read More}

I’m very very very thrilled to write this sponsored post on behalf of Orthaheel and Sole Provisions. Yay, boots! Now that I’m safely ensconced in my 30s, it’s easy to see that I’ve begun a trend of wearing shoes that are extremely good for my feet. This is a welcomed change, as I spent the majority of my 20s clad in footwear designed to destroy arches (and fall apart at the first sign of weather). And as a gal who {Read More}

I could talk about my love for Invisalign until the cows come home and am thrilled to write this sponsored post for them. That said- all thoughts and opinions and AWESOME TEETH are my own. * In honor of National Smile Week (check out Invisalign’s Facebook page for some super cute images celebrating this holiday!), I thought I’d share a few more stories about how my smile actually came to be. I know I’ve blogged before about my childhood rabbit {Read More}

I love snacks. I love snacks. I think Snacks should be their own mealtime: Breakfast, Snacks, Brunch, Snacks, Lunch, Snacks, Dinner, Snacks…(and then a tapas-style Snacks before bed.) People who stop snacking after 8pm: I do not understand you. Folks who don’t experience 2pm/4pm/11pm hunger pangs: I do not understand you. But I am understood (and heard loud n’ clear) by Green Giant, especially with their new superstellar line of Veggie Snack Chips. They know that I want something delicious and different {Read More}

I so dig early childhood education, and am rather honored to be writing a sponsored post on behalf of KinderCare. *** There is absolutely nothing better than seeing a little kid truly understand something for the very first time. It makes you realize that yeah, this smallish (and rather messy) person is well on their way to becoming a thinking, thriving, productive member of society and will one day become an independent one. Kinda heady stuff. As a lot of {Read More}