On Monday night, we got “the call.” The call that initiated a happy dance. The call that gives us all permission to scrap the daily routine, forget about getting up early, and call it a vacation. Snow days (or in our case, winter weather mix days) continue to be a fun surprise for me even [...]
Celebrate Big Without Spending Big

FishMama is hosting a birthday cake round-up over at Life as Mom today. I can’t wait to see all the neat-o cakes that everyone’s been making. I’ve been playing around with my cake decorating tips for many years, but I certainly claim no professional talent. Cinderella here (how ’bout that eyelash job… whoops!) came about [...]
An Early Start
I can’t believe I’m about to admit this: I’m a morning person. It’s not so much that I enjoy the waking up early part, but I do feel good about the getting a head start on my day part. I’ve learned something about myself over the last few years: A nice, leisurely start to the [...]
Kitchen of the Week
If you’ve ever been dying to know what a “day in the life of Amy’s kitchen” is like… now’s your chance. This week I’m the guest Kitchen of the Week over at Happy to be at Home. You can read my intro here, Day 1 here, and Day 2 here. .




