Today is one of those days where the weather is so fantastic you forget it’s August because it feels more like late March or early April. It’s too beautiful to worry about anything. It’s the kind of weather that fills you with hope & promise. You forget that there are things to worry about because the […]
Archives for August 2010
This Thing Called Motherhood
Motherhood is… Falling in love with baby from the very beginning… Getting excited over a diaper bag (who knew they could be so exciting?!)… Meeting for the very first time… Telling your dad you named your son after him & crying when you did it… Bringing Baby home & being nervous about how to take […]
Debut of Cutesy Couture Designs by Kate
Cutesty Couture Designs I have started a blog design business for blogger blogs and the design blog is now fully functional! Here was my first post written over there introducing myself: Welcome to Cutesy Couture Designs!My name is Kate. I’m a stay-at-home mom to 15 month old Lboy, wife to my amazing husband, Todd, & […]
My Childhood Neighborhood
My childhood neighborhood was amazing, it was magical. It was a Sandlot kind of neighborhood. There was a community pool, tons of kids, the iconic grumpy, old couple that lived across the street, the grandfatherly next door neighbor who became a family member, & tons of kool-aid stands. The house that I grew up in […]
Blogging Tips & Blog Design
I have now been blogging for 5 months & 3 days. Not that I’m counting or anything. I literally started with 4 google followers, one was my sister, one my former roommate, one my current roommate aka Todd, & I have no idea who the fourth was–it could have honestly been me. haha Then in […]
Bucky Woopsie Review
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Shannon at Backcare Basics to see if I was interested in writing a review about one of their Bucky Woopsies. They are so stinkin’ cute! So Shannon had this little guy, Arble, sent to me: Now what’s so cool about the Woopsie?! You can use them hot OR […]
It’s true love when…
You have a husband who is obsessed with gaming. I mean OBSESSED! And you really don’t mind listening to his geeked out monologues about why xbox 360 is so awesome BECAUSE….. You call his xbox Nintendo. It drives him nuts. And the convo goes something like this: Todd: “Kate, it is NOT a nintendo. It’s an […]
Do Working Moms Take Advantage of Stay-at-home Moms?
Today is going to be my controversial post of the….okay so my first controversial post ever. It starts with: This is how I feel about Obama….ahaha! Okay not really–hope I didn’t lose anyone there–I usually click off a person’s blog the minute I read POLITICS! You won’t ever find politics here! Anywho…. I saw online yesterday that […]
For The Animal Lovers-saying Goodbye to Man’s Best Friend
Yesterday, my parents had to put down our family dog, Molly. I was in the 8th grade when my parents brought her home. My mom bought her because all 5 of her kids had started school & she was lonely in the house. So she came home with the tiniest Boston Terrier you have ever […]
My Fallen Star
Pregnancy sucked. I’m just going to go ahead and lay out it there for ya. I hated being pregnant. Don’t get me wrong, I had some very beautiful moments during the 39 weeks, like hearing the heart beat for the first time, feeling the first kick, seeing him on the ultrasound, finding out he was […]