Alternate Title: I Tried Dry January and This is What Happened (with Four Amazing Mocktails You Need to Try) This January I did two things that I swore I would never do, things that are way outside of my comfort zone and that I had…

Before I start this story, I’m going to thank you all for being my safe space. I know a lot of you are just here for the recipes and really love and appreciate the “Jump to Recipe” option at the top of the page. I…

I don’t know about the rest of you, but over here in North Texas we’re about knee deep into summer already. Three weeks in and already feeling the inevitable unraveling of our pre-summer excitement and anticipation (I talked through that here). We’re in the throes…

I had a great post planned today. It was going to be light and funny and witty, all of the things that I know y’all want to read and hopefully have come to expect from me.  But, like it sometimes does, life came in and…

*This post may contain affiliate links. Which means that if you purchase an item from my recommendations, I may receive a small commission.* You may remember, because it was just last week, that I recently celebrated my 39th birthday. I celebrated rather glibly, almost mocking…

*This post contains affiliate links which means that if you purchase an item from a link provided I will receive a small commission.* We are three weeks into 2018, friends. And OH MY, what an eventful three weeks they’ve been for our family. In just…

For the majority of my childhood I truly felt as if I was just one tiny step away from stardom. This is true. I honestly lived in an alternative universe of sorts, believing I was simply one discovery away from fame. Nevermind that I lived…

  You may or may not know this about me, but I am a retail veteran. Yes, friends,  I cut my career teeth (metaphorically speaking, of course) on the floors of multiple high-end bridal salons across the country and then moved on to spend a…