My son Noah is five years old and is in kindergarten. He’s adorable — completely and totally. He’s sweet and loving, happy and generous. He’s got charm and charisma and is smart as a whip. Pretty much all who know him are smitten. He also lies. A lot. He’s so cute and the lies are […]
Clickery for April 5, 2013
April 5, 2013 by
Welcome to Clickery, a weekly feature where we share things we like because maybe you’ll like them too. Jen’s Links I love Pinterest as much as the next girl, but sometimes, you just have to say “Oh, honey. No.” Which is the very apt name for this super-funny Pinterest board. My abs are sore from […]
Thrift store personal shopping. Genius.
March 28, 2013 by
Honestly, this might be the coolest idea I’ve ever heard of: a personal shopper at a thrift store. Let me repeat, in case you disbelieve: a personal shopping appointment at a thrift store. For real. This phenomenal idea is the invention Michelle Dustin, who worked at Arc’s Value Village when she was younger. After college […]
Five new ideas for my urban vegetable garden
March 19, 2013 by
It’s March in Minnesota, and that means . . . blizzards, and ice, and windchill. Not always, but at least this year. It’s no wonder, then, that as the garden catalogs start showing up in my mailbox while the snow keeps coming and coming, I start scouring gardening boards on Pinterest and mapping out my […]
Taming the linen closet beast
March 16, 2013 by
The problem with linen closets — at least with mine — is that linens themselves seem to comprise about 20 percent of the crap in there. The rest is first aid, medicine, soap, shampoo, sunscreen, eight million toothbrushes, some toilet bowl cleaner, a few candles, and a couple fake flowers. Small things. Lots of them. […]
A Saturday adventure, a few blocks from home
March 12, 2013 by
A few weeks ago Scott had to be gone all day on a Saturday and the boys and I did our usual lounging around in pjs all morning. Before noon they were restless and bickering and tattling and I’d had enough. That’s it, I said, we’re outta here. Now. I’d seen the announcement that the […]
How to make the easiest Easter egg garland ever
March 11, 2013 by
Yesterday I made this super-easy paper Easter egg garland while gabbing with my friend Kristen for hours. We both prefer paper crafts to any others (me and jewelry making, hmm not so much), and we think cutting is therapeutic. We actually devised this project so that we could make something with paper that we could […]
How to get (or renew) a passport in Minnesota
February 28, 2013 by
Breanne mentioned not too many days ago that she and I kind of suck at adventures right now, and I laughed out loud when I read that. She was being generous; I suck at it much more than she does. My husband and I have not been on a no-kids trip in nine years. This […]