Arbonne’s RE9 Advanced Cellular Renewal Masque Equals 8 Hours O’ Sleep.

You guys. I am ridiculously excited to offer up this giveaway today. A lot. My good friend Sara is an Arbonne consultant- have you tried this fabulousness yet? Products that are vegan-certified and botanically based. Gentle. Effective. And awesome. And I’m not just giving you a sweet song n’ dance (although I totally would. I have a degree in samesuch)- I’m totally in love with this company and every product I’ve tried (and owned). Their ginger citrus sugar scrub makes one feel {Read More}

Five Ways A Roadtrip With Kids Is Just Like That One You Took In College.

Love and thoughts and honored memories: United Way Fund For Newtown, CT  CeaseFire  Newtown Facebook Memorial Fund *** Five Ways A Roadtrip With Kids Is Just Like That One You Took In College: Sleeping it off. 5) Someone is hungry. Again. That same person also has to pee with alarming frequency.  4) I’m sorry, what is this music we’re listening to? And I don’t care how good

Zuzu In The Box.

Still sending love, still sending thoughts, still sending donations: United Way Fund For Newtown, CT  CeaseFire  Newtown Facebook Memorial Fund *** This is Zuzu’s new favorite game: She brings us her Jack In The Box (or really, her Sock Monkey In The Box) and immediately sits back to watch. She winces from the first turn of the handle. Each subsequent turn is more suspenseful than the

Keely "Works Out" With PvBody.

I don’t think it’ll ever feel right getting back to the business of, well, business. So please know that, while I post about daily randomness, my positively edible children, and products I find diggable, not an hour goes by where I don’t pray and mourn the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary. Donate, hold someone’s hand, and love one another. United Way Fund For Newtown, CT  CeaseFire  Newtown

Sometimes You’ve Got To Go Radio Silent For A Bit.

Because all you can do is pray. And donate: United Way Fund For Newtown, CT  CeaseFire  Newtown Facebook Memorial Fund  And hug your loved ones.

New Rules For A Less Crabby Me.

I’m just gonna crawl over there and put dirt in that corner. I’ve come to a realization. A realization I had about a year ago. And a year prior to that one. But one which never fully sinks in. Nothing ever really is done, is it? Sure, you could go all meta and philosophical on this one, but I’m asking it in a very ephemeral, here-and-now kinda way: Why do I feel the need to finish things before I can be nice to {Read More}

Important Vs. Crucial.

Keely: Hey, what do you think about this for Zu’s big Christmas present? P.J.: That’s cute… Keely: And Nora is gonna love this… P.J.: Thanks for doing all of this. Keely: How much should we spend on stocking stuffers? P.J. (leaving the room): It’d be great if we kept it under x amount per person… Keely (calls into the other room): I was also going to buy some bubble mailers on Amazon-

Public Drinking And Abject Coveting. (Christmas!)

I hear you’re the guy what haz the toy access. Pay no mind to the baby,she’s just a baby. She’s not In The Know. This past Saturday was the annual event that pretty much tops all other Chicago events for me: The Christkindlmarket in the Daley Plaza. That’s right, the kitsch fest that contains every German ever to carve an ornament (and some of their Mexican and/or Ecuadorian compatriots with