Recently my husband and I had the opportunity to chaperone our daughter’s senior trip. The destination? Orlando, Florida. The goal: watch over my daughter and her best friend as they ride death-defying apparatuses designed to create vertigo, hysteria, and an empty stomach. Thankfully, as chaperones, it was our duty (and relief) to hold all their ...

Casinos seem to be popping up everywhere these days. They have an allure that brings in people from all ranges of social status.

Read Chapter One Here. When I was in the ninth grade, I got teased for my excessive amounts of dark arm hair. I shaved my arms the next morning and have continued to do so for seventeen years. I have dark brown hair, so I’m almost positive that’s where the dark arm hair came from ...

With many of our Southern states being overwhelmed with unexpected snowstorms, I wanted to give a little bit of advice on how to help keep yourself safe and warm in the cold. While I grew up in New Jersey, where we see snow a few times a year, I was surprised by the amount we ...

In normal circumstances, planning a wedding is stressful. There are too many moving pieces and things to juggle. In most instances you have to budget, find a venue, find a photographer, buy a dress, rent or buy a suit, find a DJ, choose flowers, pick the menu, coordinate your wedding party, and choose a cake. ...

This has been a hard year.  It has been a strange year. COVID-19 has turned America upside down, held the country by the ankles, and shook out all feelings of control. The school year ended badly. Students were unceremoniously thrust into the realm of remote learning unprepared, unwanted, and unanticipated. As we look forward to ...

We all know cleaning and staying organized can be a painstaking process. Laundry seems never-ending, the mail is easy to throw on a table and forget about, dishes can get backed up after a family party. Here are just a few ways that I like to help make cleaning and organizing just a little easier. ...

Hey Coffee House Readers! I have recently had some success on my blog, and someone asked me how I did it. To be honest, I didn’t think I had made any drastic changes to what I am doing. Or have I? The Purple Lines. I have a love/hate relationship with the editing program on my ...

Have you ever thought about the act of writing? Not how to write, or what style to use, not the blank page you stare at as it taunts you. No, the logistics of sitting down to write. Have you ever spent time on that? This isn’t an attempt to put you in ‘overthinking mode’, but ...