Chaos & Love

Summer has arrived in Southern California and that means I’m craving salads and fruit. It’s the perfect time to resume my salad in a jar activities. Searching around for inspiration, I saw this Grilled Shrimp Avocado Fennel and Orange Salad on Skinnytaste and knew it would be perfect in a jar. Just a few tweaks to an already awesome recipe and a great new salad in a jar was born. My only hesitation in making this was that I’m never {Read More}

Thank you MommyJuice Wines for sponsoring this post! MommyJuice can be purchased online at MommyJuiceWines.com. Californians: Visit your local CVS store to pick up a bottle of MommyJuice for Mother’s Day! You know those weeks where everything seems to happening all at once and you just can’t manage to catch you breath? Well, I’m having one of those. Work has been crazy busy and things at home aren’t much better. My kids have been bouncing off the walls and Sal and I {Read More}

The thing I stressed most about when we decided to move was the long commute I’d be facing every day. I’ve been spoiled up until now with a short drive to work and I always thought people were crazy for commuting that far. I have some new thoughts on the subject now that I’ve done it for a few weeks. Although I do miss carpooling with my friend Terri, there are some hidden benefits of a long drive to work. {Read More}

Remember that time I stole a stroller? Yeah, me too. It was kind of embarrassing. I won’t have to repeat that particular experience thanks to the folks at Graco who were nice enough to send me a Graco jogger all my own! You might be thinking, her kids are almost too big for a stroller. And you’d be right, but here’s the thing. Luke is at that age where taking him out in public really does require some type of {Read More}