vacation hangover
After 6 days on the North Shore of Lake Superior, exactly in the middle of no and where, we have re-entered civilization and subsequently cell tower range. The good news is it was amazing. The bad...
View Articlesometimes it pays to go to Target instead.
Tomorrow O My Family and I are boarding an airplane bright and early, which means, naturally, that I spent today running around like the apocalypse was nigh. Cycled laundry like a mad woman, returned...
View Articletraveling graces
Late. Always running late, especially when we need to get on the road toward the airport at 5 in the morning. We made it to the airport just under the wire to get our luggage on our flight and we...
View Articlea number I haven’t seen in a very long time
January 13, 2012: 180lbs Ladies and gentlemen (hi Dad!), despite having traveled across the country for 7 of the last 9 days, I saw 180 on the scale this morning! That is 7lbs lost, gone, vanished,...
View Articleblissdom with a baby, part 1
I returned home Sunday from 5 days in Nashville at the Blissdom social media and blogging conference. A funny thing happened when I loaded my pictures from the week onto my computer: I realized they...
View Articleare you there internet? it’s me, allison.
We spent a full week without so much as cell service. And we lived to tell about it. My family and I disappeared into the north woods of Minnesota last week. And when I say family, I do so mean family....
View ArticleA glimpse of so far
After riding in a bus on the left side of the road behind a pickup truck with a covered bed littered with children, we arrived at out granite-countered hotel. The space between my ears is filled with...
View Articleon not drinking the water
This is the first time in my life that I have been told, “Don’t drink the water.” As in politely decline when you are offered some poured into your cup. As in no ice in your drinks As in use bottled...
View Articlemaintaining breastfeeding through absence
When I was approached about the trip to Sri Lanka, the very first thing on my mind was my nursing relationship with OBrother. Ten days apart would be quite the obstacle, and I worried that I would be...
View ArticleBlissdom 2013
My second-ever visit to the state of Texas was a whirlwind. The main purpose of my time in Dallas was the Blissdom Social Media Conference which was held at the gorgeous Gaylord Texan resort. And I...
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