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It’s that time of year! No, not Christmas, or Thanksgiving; it’s FRIENDSGIVING time! Sure, I love all the holidays, but Friendsgiving is the party I look forward to the most every year. I love to have all my friends...

It’s official: I have a mom car. I used to drive a trendy SUV, more than capable of carrying everything my family of three could possibly need. As my son got older and we began to go on more...

{photo credit: @christineblubaugh} I never imagined I would own my own business. If I did, it was what I considered to be a pipe dream. Business owning was for a small, elite group. "I don't have what it takes to...

Originally published September 2019.  I'm sure that when I was little and my parents brought me to the State Fair of Texas every year, they had no idea just how much I'd grow to love this place as an adult....

When we moved into our neighborhood four years ago, we didn’t know anyone and craved community, but we struggled to meet our neighbors. We felt a little awkward inviting people we barely knew into our home, so we gravitated...

We dreamed of block parties. Two years ago this month, we moved into a brand new house on a block that was unfinished. We had been working with a builder tirelessly for the last eight months, and when we first...

Laundry. It’s boring. We all have it. We all do it. Some of us love it. Some of us hate it. But the fact is: it’s there and it’s not going away. But I’m here to help because, laundry?...

Dear Mom, You taught me how to live. How to love. How to laugh. You taught me to fight through every hard thing that life throws at me, with every attempt to knock you down. Get back up and fight. You...