Last time at this year I was wrist deep in clay and just past the stage of struggling to get my piece of clay (which would eventually become a bowl) centered on the pottery wheel. Taking that pottery class not…
Every Sunday afternoon (almost without fail) my aunt pours herself a glass of wine, cues up a movie and sets up her ironing board in her living room and sets in for a few hours of ironing… HER SHEETS! The…
By: Rebecca Pitts We go to a ton of birthday parties. A ton. But as an eco-friendly, minimalist type, I loathe purchasing reams of wrapping paper at the drugstore, knowing full well that the paper will end up in the trash…
Last summer I completed one of my long-time goals of taking a pottery class. I wrote about the top three lessons I learned during the process of finally checking something off my bucket list that had been on it for…
I have mixed feelings about hair accessories. In high school, I once had the most extravagant up-do “done” to my head for a dance, that I spent the entire post-dance slumber party ripping something like 50 bobby pins from my…
Earlier this spring, I met a fellow mom who was born and raised in sunny California, and recently moved her family to our New York City suburb. Like most conversations go here in the Northeast, we discussed real estate, property…
My mother has a whole slew of germaphobic-based suggestions including: -Never touch the comforter in a hotel room (hotels rarely wash them between guests). -Wash all clothing twice using the hottest water possible. -Lysol is the only acceptable cleaning product…
By: Rebecca Pitts The goody bag is a staple of any child’s birthday party. We’ve all had our kiddos return home, post-party, with a baggy of plastic trinkets that break upon first use. And then there’s the candy. Every parent has…
During the first two years that I lived in my house I don’t think I stepped foot in my backyard more than a handful of times. It was a real shame considering the fact that my house is fairly small…
“Ugh! Sleep is SO overrated!” Said no one, ever. The problem is that sleep is hard to find! We so often prioritize work and other projects and are scurrying to meet deadlines. Often the transition from awake to asleep…
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