How Animals Can be the Key to a Happy Life

With the new addition of Shark the Bearded Dragon to our family, I felt inspired to share some facts with you guys about why owning a pet isn’s just a fun venture; being a pet owner can actually ensure that you live a longer, happier, and less stressful life. We…

Shark the Bearded Dragon

On the way up to north the day that Grandpa died, both Little C and Big C caught miserable colds so the trip back home was filled with a lot of fevers and sniffles and coughing. Once we got back into town we immediately took Little C back to the…

So Close Yet So Far

First of all, I owe you guys an apology. Never since I started this blog in October have I missed a day of blogging; and I certainly have never missed an entire week. But this past week I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t pull myself together enough to write,…

Breathe

Sorry for my absence. My grandfather passed away, and I have been taking some time away from from blogging just to regroup and get back to “normal”. I’ll try to have a post up for you guys tomorrow. Lots of love – i miss you all

Anticipation

Today at 10:45am we are flying up north to the San Francisco/Sonoma County area to visit my family. As you might recall if you read yesterday’s post, my grandpa is very sick and has now stopped eating and drinking. Yesterday he was moved to a hospice facility and is sleeping…

Goodbye, Dorothy: Dealing with Loss

As you might recall, we adopted Dorothy the goldfish when our neighbors moved to Vermont…and to be honest I was a bit terrified. My only experience with having pet fish was when I won a few goldfish at a fair when I was about seven years old. Tragically, within a…

Personal Picks for Nordstrom Sale

Nordstrom, in all of their infinite wisdom, is having yet another sale. And I, in all of my ‘infinite’ shopping prowess, have gone ahead created a curated collection just for you guys with my favorite selection of boots, booties, heels, sandals, and sneakers to make your shopping a little easier….

Beach Day at the Santa Monica Pier

Confession: considering that we live only about ten minutes from the beach, it’s rather pitiful when you count how many times we have actually GONE to the beach. We drive by it just about every weekend and gaze at the sand and the sun and the people laying out and…

Disneyland: Fail

Poor Little C had been talking about going to Disneyland for months (she loves it there so much), and we had been planning to go with Big C’s family to the park so that she and cousin Riley could go on the rides and play; meet characters, eat treats and…

Cousins at the Zoo

Recently my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and nephew came out from Utah to visit, and we had such a great time! Our good family friends also came out from Kansas at the same time with their son and it was so awesome having all of these kids for Little C to play…