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3 years ago when I first started wearing natural deodorant, it was still a "fringe" kinda thing. People were just starting to learn about what natural deodorant is and why they need to switch. There were fairly limited options, they were gritty, they were hard, often left greasy stains on clothes, and most of them… Continue reading Battle of the Pits- Rematch

With both girls I was back in pre-baby clothes within a week of giving birth. Actually, if I'm really honest, I was wearing pre-baby clothes before that. I'd hear, “You’ve had 2 kids!?”“How lucky you snapped back so quick!”“You look great.” But amongst the comments on how I *looked* nobody knew that I was actually… Continue reading What You Didn’t See

It's going to be one of those posts where I see how many colloquialisms I can fit in. Like, you may notice that I didn't get an April review done. Well, that would be because May apparently went to hell in a handbasket around here. My recent post Foxhole is just a glimpse into what… Continue reading Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton."J.R.R. Tolkein The Fellowship of the Ring This year, my dear sweet husband turned 30. Not only is he married to me, but he's survived… Continue reading Lord of the Rings Birthday

We are deep in the trenches. I mean like, if the last 10 days had an equivalent, we're about 15ft down in a foxhole in the midst of the Battle of the Bulge. Simultaneously: -Athena is getting molars-Eleanor is getting teeth-We more or less did not sleep from Monday through Saturday-We've all been slammed with… Continue reading Foxhole