In My Bag

When I was still pregnant with Alyssa, and later with Ryan, I briefly entertained the notion of moses baskets. They’re sweet, enchanting, adorable, and definitely not something you find to be often used in this day and age.
They’re certainly sweet, but not very practical. They’re a little too shallow and open for my liking. They [...]

My husband and I often lay in bed at night, talking for several minutes or even several hours before falling asleep. The sleep deprivation often leaves us dragging our feet in the morning and suffering from drowsiness by late afternoon and annoying headaches in the evening, but having the uninterrupted, quiet intimacy with no distractions [...]

My birthday is seven days away, and I have a pretty concise birthday list. I bought myself a flash for my camera, and got a really good deal on an 8GB memory card, so those two things are squared away. Also, Manda sent me some Victoria’s Secret Dream Angels Desire lotion, so that’s taken care [...]

I read a really good book tonight. It was Katherine Center’s The Bright Side of Disaster. It was about a pregnant woman whose fiance forgot all about marriage and family and children and mens wedding bands, and left her the day before she went into labor. She plunged into parenthood as a single mother, but [...]

I have been itching for some silver nail polish for several weeks now. Unfortunately, my preferred brand of nail polish, Maybelline, didn’t have anything to offer. Neither did NYC, or even Wet ‘n Wild. Wet ‘n Wild kind of surprised me with their lack, as their brand is more “cheap”, and usually offers a wide [...]

Every little bit I receive emails from people who are interested in making money from blogging. I used to reply to each email individually, taking the time to write out the pros and cons of blogging, what companies to work with, tips for increasing traffic, etc. But after a while, it got very tedious and [...]

Father’s Day is less than two weeks away (for those not in the know, Father’s Day is on Sunday, June 15th, 2008!), and so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to hold a contest for a $25 Lowes gift card!

The contest will run from June 3rd, 2008 until June 8th, 2008.
The winner will [...]