The number three has started to take on a certain magic around here. My son will be three years old a week from Saturday. And lately, everything is more exciting to him – and, subsequently, to me too. Halloween was a kick-ass holiday. He totally “got it” this year and literally ran from house to [...]

Every few months I resolve to be greener in my approach to household cleaning products. I go out and buy some new non-toxic cleaner that won’t leach chemicals into my house. Most recently I purchased a concentrated cleaner from Shaklee. Just mix it with water and it will clean anything in your home, my Shaklee [...]

The events of last week made me question my decision to become a parent. My son was VERY DIFFICULT last week. Perhaps it was because he was just getting over an ear infection; perhaps it was because he is freaked out that we’ve put our house up for sale; or perhaps he just occasionally needs [...]

It’s been rainy and warm here lately, not my favorite combination of weather conditions. I like a rainy day and I like a warm day but not together. I prefer rainy and cool or sunny and warm. But I can’t control the weather any more than I can control my lust for chocolate so I [...]

A barista at my local Starbucks is interested in my caffeine intake. A recent conversation with said barista went something like this. Me: I’d like a tall Chai Tea Latte, please. Barista: Sure. Uh, do you know that the Chai has caffeine in it? Me: Yes. Barista: Well…you’re pregnant, right? Me: Uh, yeeeees. Barista: (Hesitantly) I [...]

I’m reading an incredibly well-researched book called “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman. It’s also an alarming book in that it uncovers ways in which humans have changed our environment, usually for the worse. One part that particularly stuck with me was about a seemingly innocuous product, a small plastic resin micropellet known as [...]

I walk. I walk in the cool morning air, I walk in the late afternoon sun, I walk in the evening’s chill. I walk fast, I walk slow, I stop to take pictures. I walk up hill, I walk downhill, I walk around the track at a nearby state park. I walk. I walk in [...]

I’m not a health nut. Let me start by saying that. I’ve always been somewhat concerned about what I put into my body and now that I’m a mom, that concern has only multiplied. But after a casual lunch conversation about four years ago, I have waged my own personal war against high fructose corn [...]

I got the coolest tampon case for my birthday. (See pic below.) I really love this thing: the cover design is fresh and dreamy and it opens up to hold two jumbo tampons or three slender ones. This is so much better than that plastic Ziploc bag I had been carrying around. The only bad [...]

It’s November 1st, the day after Halloween. It’s 10:21 a.m. and I’ve just dipped into my son’s candy haul and gobbled down 3 Snickers and 2 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. The wrappers litter the table around me as the sugar hits my veins and pumps through my body. I close my eyes and think about [...]