It’s yellow week at I Heart Faces, and this picture (which is the opening screen on my itouch) was the one that came to my mind. On a warm Spring day, Reese was playing in the backyard with water, and although I thought it was totally gross, I had to catch a picture of her…
Manage Your Spring-time Allergies
I am an allergy sufferer. Spring might have been my favorite time of the year had it not been the season of sneezing, watery, itchy eyes (which turn to dry itchy eyes at night), coughs, and itchy throats. To manage my allergies, I have tried: • prescription and non-prescription allergy medicines • closing the windows…
Parenting Positive Kids on Blog Talk Radio
Most of you know that I am one of the faculty moms with the Fishful Thinking program. Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a Blog Talk Radio segment with Dr. Karen Reivich, talking about the results from the Parenting Positive Kids survey. I love the Fishful Thinking program and all it stands for….
Linens ‘N Things Discount Code!
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Linens ‘N Things. All opinions are 100% mine. I love to window shop. Truthfully, I love to shop period, and there is something particularly enjoyable about shopping for things to fill and beautify my house. My husband didn’t understand my obsession with pretty and…
Cheese, Chocolate, and Girlfriends – GMYBS
If you were following my twitter stream on Tuesday night, you might have seen me posting some messages like this: Eating an amazing meal at the Melting Pot with bloggy friends. Doesn’t get much better than this. #fonduedc The tummy is very happy. And we haven’t hit the chocolate yet. #fonduedc Getting ready for the…
Fix-It Fun
I needed a break from the routine, so I decided to play with this week’s fix-it picture on I Heart Faces. Here’s the original: For this first edit, I used the B&W Red Filter (high contrast) preset, added color noise reduction, luminance smoothing, boosted the clarity, added some highlight recovery, and then cropped. For the…
The Power of Photography {Guest Post}
Joining Better in Bulk today is Miel Abeille (Melissa), artist, book-lover, and author of the blog Miel et Lait (Milk and Honey). Please welcome her as our next guest poster, speaking today on one of my favorite subjects – Photography! Pulitzer Prize winner Eudora Welty commented, “A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.”…
What Kind of Pizza Family Are You?
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Freschetta. All opinions are 100% mine. Isn’t it funny how memories work? I have distinct memories of one of our first trips to Florida where we spent a week at a beach house with my husband’s family. Despite my vivid memories of this night…
Helicopter Parenting {Guest Post}
Helicopter your kids all you want, but please don’t hover over mine Helicopter parenting image from https://cyanidexroses.wordpress.com/ Krystyn from Really, Are You Serious is our guest poster today, talking about Helicopter parenting, for those people who can’t get enough of parenting their own children and decide to parent strangers’ kids, too. Parents take on many…
Bounce House
I’ve noticed that when I plan birthday parties ahead and send out cute little invitations, no one can come. But when I decide at the last minute (say Sunday afternoon) to throw a quick and simple party (on Tuesday morning) everyone is available. When KitKat mentioned to her friends that AJ was having a birthday…
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