Making Salad Without Lettuce
No offense, but do we not all get a little sick of lettuce? I love a salad, especially in the summer months, but there are only so many ways to vary your greens from spinach to arugula to romaine and…
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Wanting To Want It More
With most couples quarantining together in the last year, you would expect we’d see some sort of baby boom out of this pandemic. I mean, after all, that’s what happens with big winter snowstorms when people are locked in with…
10 Movie Monologues to Give You All the Feels
I may not remember what I ate for dinner last night, but there’s an entire section of my brain devoted to movie quotes. It’s actually one of the things Penn and I connected on during our first date. We rattled…
8 Cozy Recipes for Rainy Days
Spring showers not only bring flowers. They can also bring spring doldrums. I’m someone whose moods are very much in tune with the weather. When it’s grey and raining, I can feel a bit down, which means it’s time to…
Things I’d Rather Do Than Taxes – Sponsored By TaxAct
Ahh, annual taxes… even with the dreaded April 15th deadline pushed back, I always seem to put it off. Though you may know me as someone who is pretty organized and definitely the OCD one in the family, I have…
To My Friends Who Keep Showing Up
When describing me one time, Penn said I made friends much like I enter a cold pool. Some of you jump, cannonball style, right into the deep end. Not me.
First I start on the steps letting my body get…
Knowing When To Get Help
Early on in my marriage, if one of my friends would mention they were in marriage counseling I immediately assumed the worst. I thought, that will never be me. Even though I had started counseling in college for anxiety and…
The Easiest, Fool-Proof Homemade Popcorn
I can’t be the only one who thinks eating popcorn shouldn’t just be reserved for movie watching. Why not eat it when reading a book? We drink coffee and read, so why not popcorn and read? (And if you’re looking…
My Spring Cleaning Checklist
Spring has sprung! In our great state of North Carolina the sun is shining and my seasonal depression is very very thankful. When the sun comes out, I can feel my need to deep-clean the entire house…and also the rays…
10 TV Shows Always Worth a Rewatch
If 2020 had an official sport, it would have been binge-watching. We watched every Marvel movie in storyline order (not release order) and, whew, that was a project. But there’s something about the simple predictability of a show we’ve seen…