It’s easy to romanticize 4 roommates — When New Girl originally came out, I was looking for a place to live. After not being able to find a roommate for my amazing apartment in an even more amazing location, I set myself up to move in with a girl from work, which didn’t work out — at…

a short musing on the loveliness of nature — A fall trip to the lake is my favourite time of the year. Sure, floating in the water while the sun warms you into a crisp, then napping the afternoon away while a fan blows is a wonderful weekend spent, but it's hard to feel connected to nature during those…

Medium is a weird little place. There are pieces that are just there to grab headlines and make money, giving you nothing of value, and there are pieces that bare the soul and grab your attention, and then, of course, there are the pieces are sit somewhere in between. All…

Now, I’m Just Mom — I used to be a person. I used to have my own dreams, my own desires, my own time, my own identity. I used to do things for myself, working hard on those dreams of mine, wondering if they would be attainable. I’m now a mother and no longer an…

The World Feels like it’s Spinning out of Control I never used to be this scared. This anxious. I used to go head first into things, thinking I was invincible, that I could do absolutely anything if I just put my mind to it. …

Making Mom Friends is Harder than I Thought Everyone talks about how hard it is making friends when you’re older. And, they’re correct. For the most part. I made friends easily in elementary school into high school. It was easy, still, to make friends in university and find friends at…

A budget exists and can actually work, I promise. — I’ve a giant pet peeve…well, true to my grumpy old man persona, I have about a million giant pet peeves. Here’s the one I’m fired up about today: why does every single renovation show on HGTV spend more money than they really need to? Like Holmes exclusively buying the most…

If you’ve ever been to Paris before, chances are you were annoyed with a few things in Emily in Paris. It was such a classic rude American abroad story that I couldn’t help rolling my eyes at the stupidity. …

Social Media has Become Exhausting and So Not Worth the Effort Recently, I’ve taken a step back from social media. It’s just not giving me what I want, anymore. It’s causing me more stress than it’s worth, so I’m taking a break. Don’t worry, I’m still creeping on everyone’s photos…