Lately, it seems, there has been a strange trend. Rather than going to friends’ houses for dinner parties, going to the restaurant with another couple, or grabbing coffee with a good buddy, people are sitting behind their computers and socializing virtually. While social media has really opened up a lot of venues for keeping in …
Costume Construction and a Haunted Corn Maze
Kids are a lot of fun, especially during this time of year. In the previous post, I talked about how I have a whole collection of Halloween-inspired things I want to do this year. It turns out my son needed a costume for a presentation in his history class. Since he’d already mentioned his admiration …
Funny Wine Sayings
There has been an abundance of funny wine saying memes floating around Facebook and other social media. A lot of these have been posted on Someecards, where users can create their own memes. Here are a few examples: Whenever I find a fun wine saying or meme, I post it on the Wining Wife …
Woman vs. Woman Has Got to Stop!
The Mommy Wars, competitive work environments, backstabbing friends – what do all of these things have in common? They all center around the idea that women, by nature, are quite competitive folks. Anyone can look in one of the forums on CafeMom and see a fight break out over the littlest things – rear-facing …
Office Makeover Part II – Fabric and Patterns
I have a LOT of sewing patterns. I also have a LOT of fabric. I currently have almost all my fabric hanging in our office closet, and my sewing patterns in binders in the closet. Of course, the binders are overflowing. I’m trying to figure out what the best way to organize fabric and patterns …
Relaxation After a Long Week
When you’ve had a long week, nothing feels better than to relax. So often, our lives are hectic and we don’t allow ourselves time to just veg out in front of the television with a baseball game (or tv show, or movie) on. Instead, we begin filling our heads with the “shoulds” of life. …
Life: Staying Healthy
It cannot be stressed enough how important it is to stay healthy. When you’re in the moment, it may seem like exercise, eating right, and being generally active are things no one has time for. After all, with longer work hours, more obligations, and fewer resources, it feels like we have less time than …
Life With Pets
Pets make the world go round. It’s such a great thing to have pets. We have three cats. Lady – the kitty pictured to the right, Stripes – Lady’s brother and a total glutton, and LuLu – a tiny runt of a kitty who is also much older than she looks. We want to get …
Young Girls and Too Much Sex
Our culture is encouraging kids to grow up entirely too fast. We already know about the effects media has on body image. When inundated with images of emaciated women, girls often want to emulate what they see. One might expect this sort of behavior and desire from a pre-teen or teenager. However, a recent …
Achieving Balance – Can it be Done?
There are lots of people out there who are concerned with maintaining a balanced lifestyle. The question that is often asked is whether or not balance is something that individuals are able to achieve all the time. While we’re often told to have balance in our lives, there are times when balance cannot be had – …
