Creative living

I decided I needed a new blog to go with my new stage of life. For those of you who don’t know, Chris and I have decided that I should stay home for the next year or so to take care of our new baby girl. I’m ecstatic about the opportunity, and intend to fully…

I’ve noticed that since Charlotte was born my fashion sense has undergone an interesting transformation. I was never very concerned with wearing the latest trends, fashions, or designer labels (hello, teacher’s salary) but I did try to pull together a cute ensemble every day, and enjoyed the rush brought on by finding a new top…

Chris, Charlotte and I recently drove to the Texas coast for our first “plus baby” vacation. In my Walt Disney World post I lamented how little reality resembles the beautiful pictures we had in our heads of how vacation is supposed to go. I decided to repeat the format here. Of course my logical side…

If I hadn’t taken this year off to stay home with Charlotte, today would be my first day of teaching for the new school year. This morning my Facebook feed was full of posts from my teacher friends as well as moms sending their kids off to the first day of school, and as I…

I will admit that I’ve always been a bit jealous (no, a lot jealous) of the pictures I see on Facebook full of little kids who are all members of the same extended family. I didn’t have a big family growing up, and only saw two of my cousins regularly. I so want Charlotte to…

I can’t believe October is coming to a close. It’s always been my favorite month, although when I was teaching it seemed like everything was jam-packed into this month – conferences, starting the remediation program, field trips, end-of-quarter incentives, pep rallies, homecoming, potluck lunches…the list went on and on. I was so looking forward to…