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It’s always fun to do things you’ve never done before, especially in your own hometown. I’ve done just about everything there is to do that tourist-y and fun in Pittsburgh, having been born and raised there, but there apparently was one fun thing that I missed in my 28 years there…

June 18, 2018

VIDEO: A Quick Trip Back Home

(*usually). Sometimes you get the crazy idea in your head that it is, in fact, possible to put on a full face of makeup with three young kids in the house. And then, you realize that you are a fool. A complete and utter fool.

June 4, 2018

This is Why Moms Don’t Wear Makeup*

So you may have seen it on my stories if you follow me on Instagram, but we went to the Indianapolis 500 with some family this past weekend, and I think I’m just now getting back on track with sleep and our schedules since getting home early Monday morning.

June 1, 2018

10 Things

Today we found out that some sprinklers need to be fixed, there are shards of roofing littering the yard (no bueno for all the little bare feet that will be running about), the glass on the master shower is missing, and some other little things still need tweaking.

May 10, 2018

Guess Where We’re Not?

If you’re new to this site and don’t know my backstory, I worked for 15 years in television, 13 of them in local news, reporting and anchoring on local and national news.

April 4, 2018

You Can Take the Girl Out of TV News…

…because when you’re a mom, everything changes. And that most definitely includes spring break.

March 30, 2018

Video: Spring Break: The Mom Edition

Has any child in the history of children ever napped when she was supposed to?

February 9, 2018

This Is Why I Don’t Plan Things During “Nap Time”

So, it’s officially Christmas break. Kids! Toys! Dozens of undone tasks on my to-do list!

December 22, 2017

Video: Christmas Break Crazies

Some things you can’t understand until you experience them. Yeah… that’s motherhood.

December 8, 2017

Video: So You Just Had a Baby…

Since having kids–and especially since having our third–people have asked, “How do you do it?” And for the longest time, I had no answer.

November 10, 2017

Video: The Secret to Raising Kids