Lifestyle blogger – cruises, organizing, managing money, and parenting.
Every year, I take great delight in picking out the most ridiculously useful gifts for women and for men. I put a lot of time and effort in picking out the most unusual, fun, and unique items I can find, because no one likes boring gifts. I do have three sons, so I finished the […] Read more…
With three grown sons, a husband and two grandsons, I have a whole houseful of guys to buy gifts for all year ’round. So I am always on the lookout for any ridiculously useful gifts for men. In so many ways, I think guys are a lot harder to buy for than women, so I […] Read more…
Here are a few more tidbits I picked up from Shark Kevin O’Leary during my recent all-day seminar. 3 Ways to be More Persuasive Hey, you might not ever end up on Shark Tank, but we all have to make pitches to persuade other people all the time. We pitch our ideas to our spouses, […] Read more…
I LOVE motivational speakers. I’ll bet I’ve listened to over a thousand hours of amazing speakers and teachers, both in person and in audio or video recordings. So, when I had a chance to attend a seminar this week that featured both Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and the amazing Tony Robbins, it took me about […] Read more…
Sooooo, we’ve been mucking around all summer with a kitchen remodel. We’ve been poking around for like a year looking at painted oak cabinets, but it’s a big change, and an expensive one. But we’ve had these old 70’s style golden oak cabinets in our kitchen for a decade and they weren’t very nice. This […] Read more…
Recently, I decided to give my family a little pre-Easter treat by taking them for a visit to SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium in Layton, Utah. We spent the whole day there and we had SO MUCH FUN! Disclaimer: I was compensated by SeaQuest Utah with free admission for myself and my family. However, you know […] Read more…
Camping is a great American tradition and I guess anywhere else in the world too. But it does have it’s inconveniences, so I’ve found a few clever camping hacks that will make your camping experience amazingly easy! Especially if you’re not a very experienced camper, you might enjoy my Pinterest board called “A Camping We […] Read more…
I had SO much fun putting together this list of gift items for your nerd friends and relatives. I’m quite the nerd myself, so I had a blast going through to pick out my favorite items. I think most of us have a nerd or a geek or two on our gift list and it’s […] Read more…
If you are like me, you have men to buy for – husbands, sons, brothers, etc. These tech gifts can turn any man into an instant MacGuyver. No guy wants a boring tie, a shirt, or another bottle of cologne – he wants cool stuff he can show off to his friends. And a lot […] Read more…
Today’s Guest Poster is Lauren from My Illness Start to Finish. She writes about her life with chronic illness. Chronic illness can take many forms, some are visible and some aren’t. My boss’s wife is struggling with Stage 4 breast cancer. It is of course, highly visible, and you can bet that no one […] Read more…
Welcome friends – thanks for stopping by! Today we are going to talk about campouts. One of the fun things I get to do is write pieces for some of the BSA’s social media outlets. Last year, I wrote about our Scout Troop’s famous “Iron Chef” campout. This is a long-standing tradition in our Scout […] Read more…
Last week, my husband and I had a fun vacation. Bizarrely enough, neither one of us had ever been to Yellowstone before, or even to any National Park. We are such indoor people it seems kind of pointless to live in Utah surrounded by some of the best scenery in the country. It’s like we’re […] Read more…
Today we are going to talk about some of my favorite solutions for sinus problems. Sinus problems are the PITS! And I get more than my share of them. Allergies – check! Deviated septum – check! Frequent sinus infections – check! (In fact, I have one coming on now – ugh!) Sleep apnea – check! […] Read more…
Odysseo by Cavalia is a unique big top show that is traveling around the country. We are lucky enough to have them in Salt Lake for a few more weeks. I did a giveaway for them a couple of weeks ago and so earned pair of free tickets to their Social Media night for my husband […] Read more…
Thanks for stopping by today. Today we are going to talk about a subject that is very familiar to anyone, especially women – toxic friendships. Friendships that have gone sour for some reason or just people who are mean, overly needy, or just plain annoying. I think we have all been in exactly that place […] Read more…