While Mother Nature has been doing her wacky Midwest thing with temperatures jumping between the 70s to the 90s, September is still the official start of fall, and fall means soup season! There is nothing better on a cool,...
Holy Meatball! Did you know March 9th is National Meatball Day? Neither did I, but after months of "meatball Mondays" - kindly suggested (demanded) each week by my five-year-old - I have come up with the easiest, most versatile...
There are two things that I am currently obsessed with: mushrooms and Tiffy Cooks on TikTok. Mushrooms have become quite the staple in our (mostly) vegetarian household because of their rich, umami flavors. One night, I was doing my...
Nothing says, “Curl up on the couch with family and friends to watch some football” like a steaming plate of mac & cheese - - except perhaps a steaming plate of artisan mac & cheese! A recent online poll...
I am not a houseplant expert. I have had the basic ‘this-will-live-through-anything’ plants die while in my care. But I’ve also had plants thrive, and a few successful plants even propagate! Since college, I’ve had some sort of houseplant...
I’m in the mood to clean. No, not just clean… purge. I’m tripping over bins and boxes and piles of toys. Everywhere I turn, something is out of place. I feel claustrophobic in my own house, and I get...
As our local temps have started to drop and the snow continues to fall, I've been super excited to do all things cold-weather with my kids. So I came up with a short list of cold-weather-friendly activities everyone can...
It is no coincidence that National Ice Cream month is celebrated in the middle of summer. Ice cream is the true symbol of all things summer! From ice cream cones on the back patio to milkshakes with hamburgers from...
It's not about the green beer. We are moms, so let’s hear it for March 17th and discover some amazing St. Patrick's Day ideas for kids to do on this magical day. Did you know St. Patrick’s Day is...
My husband fell off our roof in late October, falling straight on our driveway. Lots of stitches, a concussion, a hurt elbow, and a fractured ankle, and here I sit in the waiting room of the surgery room -...
When I was pregnant, my husband and I initially kept all the baby gifts we received and all the baby items we bought, in our dining room. We called the dining room, namely our large dining room table, the...
I will be the first to admit that I have never been able to sit still. As a young kid, I would wake up on Saturday mornings and immediately ask my parents, “So what are we going to do...
With the holidays quickly approaching, my newsfeed has been riddled with article after article about why people are going to let go of the "big Christmas" guilt and give their kids everything they want this year. After reading six op-ed...
We became a vegan family in February 2018, after the craze of the holidays had passed. Excited by our new lifestyle we didn't stop to think about how our new food choices would affect those delicious traditional meals we...
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Wine Tasting Around Indianapolis
I’m not going to lie – I enjoy a nice glass of wine often. Sometimes two. I like to call myself a wine tasting...
