Lessons & Learning from Debbie Phelps

Yesterday I did the following things- I made plantable paper with the girls. That means we ground up paper, liquified it, added seeds and then let it dry back into paper.  You can plant it and in a few weeks you'll have flowers.  They will hopefully make great teacher gifts. I made my bed, changed diapers, saw the kids off to school, wrote a few blog posts and then drove into the city. In the city I had a fabulous lunch at Rasika with some fantastic blogging friends like Sarah, Emily, Shannon, Amie, and Elena.  Debbie and Hilary Phelps were also there thanks to the fabulous women at the Century Council.  … [Read more...]

What I Wore Wednesday

I have two outfits to contribute to WIWW this week. While I have still been participating in the Getting Dressed Challenge, I haven't been taking photos of my outfits. It's just been too chaotic around here. Here we go! … [Read more...]

Nailed

Heh. I'm feeling super stressed and busy this week.  After many nights with little sleep and running a 10k where I wrecked my right knee I needed something that would help me zone out.  … [Read more...]

Random Fridays

It's Friday afternoon.  I'm tired but excited to run the Zooma Annapolis 10k tomorrow. This helped motivate me immensely. … [Read more...]

Get a Summer Camp Physical with MinuteClinic

There are only two weeks left of school and before I know it I will be ironing the name tag labels into my daughter's summer camp clothes. The forms for camp had been filled out, the check for payment mailed long ago but the camp physical was still left undone. … [Read more...]

What I Wore Wednesday!

Summer is almost here!  The holiday weekend was busy and full of cute outfits that I didn't take any pictures of, including the blue dress I wore on my birthday, but as part of Wiww and the Getting Dressed Challenge I'm including a few outfits that I've worn in the last week or so. … [Read more...]

Yellow Adds Instant Sunshine

I was having a pretty angry day yesterday and it hit me that the color yellow can easily cheer you up.  Summer yellow flowers, golden pats of butter, buttered popcorn, a cute clutch in a sunny shade. I could go on.  To get my mind off things I decided to dive into the yellow hue and gets some on-trend inspiration.  In pastel or electric, the color yellow is vivid and easily revives you and makes thing fresh and new. … [Read more...]