At this point every year, I typically have a well-thought out, hopefully entertaining blog post about my (mis)adventures at BlogHer. I really don’t know how, but I somehow manage to get it typed out despite woefully minimal levels of sleep and the smothering deluge of BlogHer information spinning around in my head. But this year…I […]
Time for Formal Introductions.
So Hi! Let me introduce myself. I’m Rachel, and this is my home. I’ve had a few posts making the rounds on Pinterest and a few other places lately, and as a result, there are a bunch of new readers that have been hanging around. And I always like to get to know new people, […]
How It Feels to be Hated By a Celebrity.
Wednesday night on Twitter, I broke my silence about this deeply painful issue when I told my friend Trina all about my shame and sorrow. So I decided that since it was already out there, I might as well admit it here. I’ve been blocked on Twitter by Travel Channel star Adam Richman. Meaning that […]
One Day I’ll Have to Explain Myself.
The Date: June 22, 2023. Ali, sixteen years old and going through quite the sensitive stage, sits down with a huff. She reaches into mid-air, and with a flick of her index finger, turns off her Projected-In-Mid-Air Computer (PIMAC), and then glares at me. I look up from my automated knitting needles with a questioning […]
Look and Find, Google-Style.
Once a year, I wade through the Google search terms that have led people here. This year, there were 58,635 people using 17,525 separate search terms that landed them on my blog. (Clearly, I talk about a vast smattering of topics…most of which are ridiculous and unimportant, which happens to be people’s favorite type of […]
Typically 2,310 Miles Apart.
I’ve had opportunities to get to know several of you a lot better lately, and I’m loving it. …Meridith has been, by request, making me aware of differences in dialect and habits between me and Australia. …EleanorJane, my resident differentialist between New Zealand and I, just moved to England and, therefore, has a whole new […]
The Art of Discernment.
My Dearest Blog Readers, I just wanted to let you know that I am looking out for you. It’s not in my nature to hound you with advertisements, beat you over the head with product placement, or barrage you overly-unrequested opinions. And even when I do come across products and companies that I do find […]
Ford Flex, the Mommybloggermobile.
It took Obsession. Overanalysis. Focus. Dedication. And… – 635 days from the time I first blogged about it. – 50 days from the time we decided to buy to actually find one that met all of our criteria and price point. – 177 miles driven to purchase it. But I finally have one of my […]
Text Marriaging.
If I were the Al Gore type, I would definitely proclaim that Chris and I discovered text messaging. Because I kinda feel like we did. It all started in 1999. We were dating, I had just started college, and Chris was in college and working full-time. We didn’t have a lot of extra time for […]
To Skirt or Not To Skirt.
That is the question. But first, a bit of back story… Last week, Chris and I took a few days to ourselves in Jacksonville, Florida to celebrate our anniversary. Aside from spending hours on our balcony drinking this, While watching this, we rode bikes, sat in coffee shops and laughed endlessly while playing one-rule Scrabble, […]