Author Archives: Kristina Slaney

We all know the clich - mom awakes on Mother's Day to a surprise breakfast in bed of barely-palatable eggs and an unbelievable mess in the kitchen. This year, it doesn't have to be so. Here are some d...

Mother's Day can be amazing. But it can also be disappointing. When expectations are high, it's easy to be let down. Add in unpredictable kids, mood swings, and relationship challenges and it's not un...

Today I heard a news piece on the radio that grocery prices are 25% higher than they were four years ago. I knew prices had increased, but 25 percent? That's staggering. Meanwhile, most people's wages...

This spring has been teasing me. One day I'm paddle boarding and the next day I'm shivering at the ballpark in my parka. But on those days when the sun is shining - even if there's a breeze that's a l...

There's this ongoing debate about whether or not you can be friends with your kids. And for years, I was pretty firmly on the "no" side. But as my children get older and I take a step back and look a ...

If you're anything like me, you struggle to fully explain the significance of Easter to your kids. I tend to either over-simplify things, or give far too many details, which does little more than conf...

Absolutely nothing about parenting is one-size-fits all. Baby sleep schedules. Discipline strategies. Schooling choices. Family size. The same is true of nutrition and eating plans. Each of our bodies...

I'm pretty good at planning dinner. I'm not so great at planning the other two meals of the day. Let's face it. I have limited time and energy. My husband and I both work full-time and my kids have bu...

We moved into our home nearly four years ago, and we bought a suite of new appliances. When we were at the store I fell in love with the gorgeous French door refrigerators, so that's what I got. But t...

I was looking for a fun and funky light fixture to put above the corner of our couch, and I kept coming back to this one photo of a gorgeous blue capiz shell chandelier. But, as luck would have it, it...