Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

Do you have that one thing in your life that you treasure and would prefer to keep to yourself? That's hard when you're a mom and your family thinks everything that's yours belongs to the whole family...

MY HUSBAND: "Um, why did you hug the package guy?" A surprisingly large number of our conversations start with: "Why did you hug ..." (the store clerk, the lady at the gas station, the stranger on the...

In a few days, I will have been married for forty years. Forty Years! As I said to my granddaughter, "I'm not even close to being forty myself yet!" Her response was a very deadpan, "Yes you are, you'...

Recently, I had a mouse in my house. Normally, I think mice are pretty cute. But, not when they're scurrying around my feet! I have a go-to move when faced with small, furry things running around the ...

Summer is upon us! The kids are out of school and are looking for fun things to do. Fresh produce is cropping up in Farmer's Markets and gardens are starting to go crazy. Summer brings both blessings ...

There are all kinds of smoothies. From this:   To this:   I like the ones that fall somewhere in the middle of these two examples. Personally, the thought of drinking a green smoothie grosse...

According to Merriam Webster, though not often used in modern language, the word "rhubarb" can mean "a heated argument or dispute". I find that so perfect because people seem to either love or hate rh...

A few days ago, Country Living posted a meme about the "facts" that parents tell their kids. The post got over 13,000 likes and generated almost 1500 comments. It obviously struck a chord. For some, i...

We are headed for some record breaking heat days. Some of us live in areas that don't get a lot of hot weather and we are completely unprepared. So, I asked moms from hot summer areas what their trick...

I don't like housecleaning. And, I mean I really don't like it. If I had the money, I'd hire someone to do it for me and I would buy her a tiara and bake her cookies and treat her like the blessing sh...