Hi, I am a pack rat. I have previously confessed a few of my pack rat tendencies here and here, but really my attachment to stuff goes far greater than just my closet. It has taken over my house. While I love my stuff, I mean LOVE my stuff. I …
There were a lot of moments that led up to starting this blog. One of those moments was when I had a semi-nervous breakdown when I went to register. I was 20-something weeks pregnant with my oldest, and I came face to face with a wall of nipples and pacifiers. …
To a kid, birthdays are huge. An achievement marked by a calendar that proved you were, in fact, a big kid. Not to mention, an entire day all about you. And no one celebrated birthdays better than my mom. Every year she went all out, topping my last birthday with …
When I look at my life, I count my lucky stars that I am lucky enough to look back at a string of happy moments. Sure, there are bumps along the road, but overall when the days and years run together my past is filled happy moments – big and …
When I started to work with YesVideo to transfer some of our home movies and share the uncovered memories, I knew that those transferred 8 mm tapes would make a perfect Christmas gift for my mom. She is the official memory keeper of the family, and I was thrilled to give her …
I have been blessed with more than 30 years of magical Christmas memories. First my own as a child and into adulthood, and then six as a mother watching her children revel in Christmas joy. There is now doubt that Christmas is the most magical time of the year. Part …