MY VIEWS ON PLASTIC STRAWS I love cold beverages, especially iced coffee and iced tea. These drinks are even more delicious and satisfying with a plastic straw. Within the last year or so, plastic straw availability has been steadily decreasing. It started at a local coffee shop, where a paper straw was offered with my iced coffee. Liquids + paper = yucky, ... Read More
Things to do when Instagram and Facebook are Down
Welp, today is one of those days that we fear. Not only is Instagram down, but Facebook is not working either. To some, this is not major news. To the lucky non-social media obsessed folks, I am jealous of you today. Unfortunately for me, this is a major problem. I admit that FB and the gram take up wayyy to much of my time. If you are reading this post, you are probably ... Read More
I Need a Vacation
It's been a long week for many reasons. If you are looking for a positive, uplifting post, you might want to move along. To start, our bank account was hacked- AGAIN. Four times in the last year. Yes, you read that right. Four. Damn. Times. And the transactions....not so small. How does this keep happening? Who is stealing the money? How do they have your information? ... Read More
Target-ing with Kids
Target. I don't even have to explain what this store means to most of us. You know. There is nothing like being kid-free & wandering the aisles (Starbucks in hand of course), taking time to smell each candle and look at all of the new Etsy nail polish names. That time is precious. Just thinking about it makes me feel at peace. Sigh. Too bad that dream scenario is a ... Read More
Social Media, Blogging, and Kids
Pictures from cameras with light-bulb flashes...then later on, throw away cameras. Maybe Polaroids or some low-quality home videos. This is pretty much all we have, as adults today, to remember our childhoods. I sure do have a juicy diary that I would occasionally write in as a tween, as well as some interesting graffiti and doodling on my CCD books to remind me of those ... Read More