Through our ongoing Teacher Feature series, we've begun raising awareness for educators who need our support. If you read my eye-opening interview in August, then you know that many teachers across the nation are struggling to keep up with a lack of direct classroom support for essential supplies. Some teachers…
I turned 40 last week! I had a party at a local park with family and friends to celebrate, and it was an amazing time. I wore an all-pink outfit topped off with a 40th birthday tiara and sash that I found on Amazon for $4.49. To top off the…
Thanks to Car Seat Cuties for providing product samples for this review and giveaway! Are you expecting? Do you have a baby shower to go to? Then you're going to love Car Seat Cuties! And one lucky Contest Corner reader will win a Car Seat Cuties car seat cover in…
I get press releases about movies every day, but it's not every day that movie is by a family friend - and even more unusual for that film to be about the family itself. Sam Now is a documentary directed by Reed Harkness that was filmed over a span of…
Photo credit: Connie PetersThank you to A Girls Guide to Cars for sponsoring this post! Photo credit: Connie Peters If you follow along with me on social media, you'll know that I have a fondness for traveling to various auto shows across the country. But I don't have to go far to visit…
Media passes provided. This weekend, Jai and I took in a concert at one of our favorite venues in Portland, Dante's. We were there for the Make America Hate Again tour headlined by Orgy and Filter, and it was a great show! Opening the show were Demure, a Portland-based rock…
If you're in the Portland area, I hope you'll come to Pioneer Courthouse Square tonight for Chevy Shop Social, where a group of local bloggers will be raffling off amazing gift baskets to benefit Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Raffle tickets are just $2 each, or you can buy them in sets…
Hot water heater, showerheads, and accessories provided for review by Ecotone Products. If you follow me on Instagram, you've gotten a few hints about our new hot water heater from Ecotone Products. We installed it in January, and now that we've had time to test it out, I wanted to…
This has been a crazy morning! A big storm hit the Oregon coast last night with winds reaching close to 100 mph. The wind is still howling as I write this, and we just got power back after it was out for most of the morning. The video above was…
When you grow up, the type of gifts you look forward to change. Kids often get bored by "Practical" gifts, but when you grow up, you sure get excited to get things you can really use! But that's not to say that the magic and fun of the holidays can't…
