February 14, 2019
Hi, shorties 🙂 As you may know, I love Valentine’s Day. I love the colors, I love the sentiment, I just think a day dedicated to L-O-V-E is a great thing. Haters gonna hate! This year for Valentine’s Day, I invite you to do something very special for your Number 1: you. There’s lots of great ways to pamper yourself,…
January 20, 2019
Summer was half a year ago, and I’m sitting here wearing my hygge robe, drinking hot tea. This last summer was a hot one, and the one coming, well who knows. Not to be a Negative Nancy, but I don’t have my hopes up that this one will size up to last year’s, given our climate in Upstate NY! But…
January 9, 2019
Hygge: the other white meat Hygge: the best thing out of Denmark since those cookies Hygge: The funnest sounding word you’ll say today I first was introduced to hygge when we saw Frozen on Broadway. The show was incredible. As is the norm, there was a bit of a plot adjustment for the live show, as well as a whole…
January 7, 2019
Hi, friends! This post is for my local peeps, but if you are simply entertained by my writing (laughing with me or at me??), keep on reading. Visiting libraries is one of our go-to family activities. They’re cheap; free, come to think of it! Well, as long as you are diligent about returning books on time. Our libraries around here…
January 3, 2019
Hi guys! So pumped to share with you that season 2 of my podcast, Short Stories: A Podcast on Mommyhood Matters by The Shortest Tallman, is coming out next week! Monday, January 7th, 2019 to be precise! What can you expect from Season 2? Well, I plan on it being somewhat similar to season 1- so, an extension of my…
November 21, 2018
Self Care is a word that’s being thrown around a lot, especially within mom-media. I think it’s great! You can’t take care of others if your own cup empty. If you can, it’s only because you’re doing it on the surface and eventually it will catch up to you and you’ll explode, or implode. You probably know exactly what I’m…
November 12, 2018
Chores… can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em. We’ve tried a few different ways, but we just couldn’t get them to stick. Naturally, as a stay at home mom, the bulk of the cleaning gets done by me, but I had gotten myself into a rut where no one was pitching in in a systematic way, and it’s asking…
Wow, guys. All 12 episodes of Season 1 of my podcast is live. Huzzah!!! So exciting. I had A TON of fun doing these. You can find it on iTunes! And on it’s own very website here! It all started with a crazy idea and the insatiable urge to try it out. I knew nothing about producing a podcast, and…
September 6, 2018
Last year, I wrote this post about giving a Meet the Teacher gift. For me, I don’t always do it, but if I think about it, I’ll do it. I consider it a pretty low-pressure thing, so if I don’t do it, it’s not something I stress over. I am a big believer in small gestures, so it’s something that…
September 1, 2018
Well, this is a space I thought I’d never find myself in. The space of September approaching, and instead of having the anxiety/excitement pit in my stomach of another year beginning, an emptiness. Or, maybe it’s an oddly misplaced feeling of neutrality. Basically, it feels weird. This is what it feels like for an ex-teacher. Or at least, this ex-teacher.…