A Little Knitty

It's funny that you can meet random strangers, hop on a raft together, scream at the top of your lungs and fear for your lives together and become high-fiving best friends....all within 90 seconds. Fear really brings people together. That, and nearly crapping your bathing suits together!

Here's how a vacation should go: Step 1: Have fun Step 2: Don't do laundry Step 3: Arrive home, and do laundry Here's how my vacation is going: Step 1: Get a head cold RIGHT before you leave to see family, before the little vacay starts. Step 2: Baby doesn't sleep all that much so you have little sleep AND a head cold...but you suck it up. Step 3: Son says he has a tummy ache before getting in the car to start vacay. He throws up 15 minutes later.  Step 4: Clean son up, get him gatorade and drive 1.5 hours in a car that smells like vomit.  Step 5: Arrive at destination and as you are pulling off the highway, son pukes a TON, including on his beloved blanket. Step 6: Strip son's clothes off on the side of the road in 40 degree weather while he shakes and daddy cleans up his carseat.  Step 7: Put him back in the car, miserable and without his beloved blanket. Step 8: Check into hotel, room isn't ready yet and might not be for up to 4 hours. Step 9: Take refuge in ...

Do you feel rich today? Take a moment to be thankful for the things that you have that money can't buy. Health, family, humor, smiles, laughter, love, memories and donuts.  Ok....donuts can be bought with money...but they are pretty fantastic!!

This is a nice little reminder that you don't have to be amazing at something all your life to be a smashing success! Find and follow your passion...even if it feels too late! Now I want to watch Julie & Julia....I love that movie!!

I really wish babies came with customized manuals (because every child really is different, even when they come from the same ovaries and same sperm receptacle) and little read out screens. Recently, my daughter was sick. It seemed never ending, but never reached a fever or any of those "take your kid to the doctor if they do this" symptoms. So we waited for something alarming to happen. Finally, she was just "off" enough that we took her in. Come to find out, the child was harboring two infected ears. Poor little Miss P! This is why I think children should have read out screens. I stumbled upon these parenting tips the other day, and they cracked me up....so I just had to share... The scary thing about this one, is that I've seen photos of carseats installed completely wrong...so this one isn't so far off! I could get on my soapbox (because I dipped into the wine again), but I won't. I'll just drop this little website right here , in case you, or so...

I would like to introduce my guest this evening, this is EnviroCloth, although he likes to go by E.C.  Jen: Hi, E.C. thanks for stopping by! I've received a few questions about you after becoming a Norwex Independent Consultant. Would you mind answering a question or two? E.C.: You bet! Where would you like to start? It removes bacteria, with only water. So that means it is loaded or coated with some sort of chemical, right? Nope! The microfiber is a blend of polyester & polyamide and is 1/100th the size of a strand of human hair. There is also silver woven in, but absolutely no chemicals or additives. How does it clean? When combined with the Norwex knitting process, it becomes highly effective at attracting and holding dirt and grime. You can also feel the microfiber grabbing at the surface as you wipe.  Why is it considered Antibacterial? The antibacterial agent is embedded inside tiny microfibers the size of 0.3 denier or smaller. All Norwex Antibac microfiber cloths...

Coffee might be my first love. It's probably because I'm from the Northwest...but coffee makes my world go 'round. It's not just the taste either, it's the smell (which, the other day reminded me of my Grandma B's house. She would brew coffee after dinner and evidentially that little tradition stuck in my nose because I didn't really remember it until I was brewing a cup of coffee the other day. I'm guessing I brewed the same brand or something? I dunno....our brains are strange, that's for sure. Or mayhaps MY brain is strange. I'd put money on that). Back. on. track. Jen. Where was I? Oh yes, my love for coffee. It smells fantastic. And there is nothing like holding a warm mug of coffee in your hands on a cold day. Then there is the taste....mmmmmmmmm....there is nothing like the taste of an amazing cup of coffee. There is a shop here in Bellingham that makes the best darn lattes ever. Seriously. BEST. EVER. And it's not bad to look at... im...