One morning, two brothers woke up with sore voices and feet. The brothers’ preschool specifically … [more]
Remember when those WWJD bracelets came out? Those were rad, because I’ll tell you “wh… [more]
First, a disclaimer: I’d never recommend that you lean over the tub with a cell phone like the woman in the above photo. Second, if you look that rested anytime of the day or night AND you’re in the tub, I want to point out that this is Aiming Low. You know that, right?
That said, the bubble bath mixture I’m about to share with you will at least make you feel this rested because it costs about .75 cents to fill a spaghetti jar. You’ll only need five things:
I’m a work-at-home-mom and artist and every day my three-year-old daughter, Ruby, watches me paint. And every day she asks me repeatedly, “Whatchoo doing, Mommy? Whatchoo painting, Mommy?” She is endlessly curious and at the age where she just wants to get her hands on everything. So, I happily oblige. This is a spontaneous painting project that I whipped up so that I could score a few minutes to actually work without her attempting to climb on my head. It’s super fun and not frustrating at all.
If you’re a child of the 1970s, you probably made your mom a terrarium for Mother’s Day. If you’re a child of the 1990s, this will be your year to do it. Why? Because terrariums are cool again. After all, who wouldn’t like a lovely and easy to care for set of plants around the house?
I’m proud to say the terrarium I made at a local nursery is still thriving a full week after I brought it home.
Did you see that flash? It’s my brown thumb turning green.
Here’s how you can make one. But you know what? Don’t wait until Mother’s Day because everyone will be making these by May. Do it now and be a trendsetter.
I have a confession to make: I love doing the laundry.
Lest you get confused and wonder why I am here, I will share something else with you: I hate folding and putting the clothes away. If laundry could magically get from the dryer to its respective places in my home, I would be over the moon with excitement. But alas, we don’t live in Kelly Ripa’s imaginary Electrolux world.
A few years ago I toyed with making my own laundry detergent, but after extensive research I concluded it probably wasn’t worth it for me. I read that clothes might look dingy, that the homemade version didn’t rinse out all the way, and that grating the soap was time-consuming. I admit I was bummed, as I really wanted to try my hand at it, but I finally put it out of my mind.
Then, a few weeks ago, I was on Instagram and my friend Katy shared a bar of castile soap that she bought to make laundry soap. What excited me most about the soap was that it was in powder form and that it wasn’t scented with essential oils. Oil and laundry don’t seem to really go hand in hand in my book.
Valentine’s Day is coming up and for those of you who have a Valentine, there’s only one breakfast that will guarantee you both will be taking a sick day. And by sick day, I mean an *ahem* “sick” day. This basis of recipe comes courtesy of a certain red and white checked cookbook. And, because I’m…
Chances are if you have smart friends, they watch PBS. If they are watching PBS, they are probably also talking your ear off about the latest Masterpiece series, Downton Abbey. It’s a HUGE success and they just started filming a new season. Now is the time to pick up a few facts about the show….
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See that? It’s one of my favorite pieces of artwork my son has made. It’s not one I’ll throw away. But over the last year as we’ve been de-cluttering, I’ve felt the need to get rid of a lot. Organizing, scanning and creating artwork books has been on my To-Do list for a year. In…
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and there are tons of adorable, glitter-y, do-it-yourself Valentine tutorials making the rounds on the internets. I’m all for handmade but I know that a LOT of us just don’t have the kind of time to cut out doilies and get glitter all over the damn place. So,…
There are one of two things upon which every human being on the planet can agree: okra is good or it’s gross. I’ll give you a second to soak up that brilliance. In Pakistan and India, okra is the dish for all the aiming low subcontinent cooks. Of COURSE people “aim low” in Asian countries….
