OK – so no shampoo.  Sounds nuts I know, but really, it’s pretty simple.  It’s also dirt cheap and a huge time saver! If you don’t know what I am talking about, click here to read about my no-poo journey. Alright, are you ready to No-Poo?! Ok, so first, make your mixtures… Shampoo: 2 tbsp baking soda to your 8 oz squirt bottle Add baking soda* then fill the rest of the bottle with warm-hot Read More

Yup – I’m that crazy woman.  I didn’t intend to be, I didn’t set out for that, it just kinda happened… And no, my hair is not a grease ball!  I know – hard to believe but it’s true. Have you heard of the no-poo method?  (Short for No-Shampoo)   Well, neither had I until my older sister started talking about it… For almost a year my sister was constantly bugging me to try it. Read More

Nothing happened.   Yup, you hear me.. nothing nada zip zilch zero! Not a good gosh darn thing actually happened.   Prior to completing my marathon (a few years back), I had actually trained for (and been injured) for 6 other marathons and I had rehearsed what I would feel like when I finished said marathon over and over for what felt like a million times.  And each time it was my earth-shattering, life-altering, “Rocky” Read More

So… getting happy… Really… Putting yourself on the map (much less first)…? Self-care…? Actually doing something for yourself…? That’s all well and good, but how is that even possible?  I have kids, and a house, and a job, and a spouse, and cooking, and cleaning, and volunteering, and caring for sick family, and (insert your objection of choice here)… I mean, really, where do I start? I mean, what is self-care?  It sounds like some Read More

My kids love bananas like nobody’s business. They eat them at home, in the car, at the beach,  but they flat-out refuse to take them to school because the don’t want them to get dented.  Because, you know, once a banana has a brown spot it or it gets a mark from let’s say a yogurt container in a lunch box, it becomes the devil’s food and should never be eaten (ha, ha!). Well, I Read More

Did you really live this summer, or did you hide behind your post-baby body (even if your baby is two years old)? With summer sadly coming to an end, when you scroll through your photos on your phone, what do you see? Do you see all of the great family memories? Do you see fun at the beach and at the park? Do you see baseball games and laughter? I see all of the fun things Read More

Have you ever stayed when you should have left?   Finished something so miserable because you thought you had to “see it through”?  Completed a project, class, job that you hated and knew you didn’t care about the result when it would have made more sense to cut your losses halfway through? I’m not talking about finishing the last 2 minutes of soccer practice when the kids are tired, or leaving the dishwasher half unloaded Read More

What makes you happy? It’s just a simple question, really… But…do you know the answer? What do you like to do, really?  What are your hobbies, your interests?  What do you do in your spare time?  What makes you, you? If you quit your job tomorrow or got a full time nanny and you actually had time to yourself, what would you do?  What lights you up?  What makes you happy?   No guilt, no Read More