For 6.5 years, I have been writing a monthly restaurant review. It’s for a weekly local newspaper called Lansing City Pulse, and the feature is called “He Ate/She Ate.” Every…
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Several years ago, Peter Spadafore and I got to know each other through our political extracurricular. Four years ago we rekindled our friendship when I was appointed to fill a…
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Self care. It’s a trendy phrase nowadays, but I boil it down to this- what do I do to make sure that I’m a fully-functioning mom, wife, attorney, friend, human…
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Baby Eddie was born smack-dab in the middle of December in 2017, which was the beginning of an absolutely brutal winter. By nature, I’m not an alarmist, and I never…
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Baby Eddie is a mover and a shaker. Never content to sit still, he loves to crawl and roll around, throwing socks and empty water bottles from one end of…
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I love a slow cooker. There is nothing better than getting home at the end of a busy work day and knowing that dinner is ready for you- all you…
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When we moved into our current home, I was about five months pregnant with Baby Eddie. To be honest, I’ve struggled to decorate the rest of our two-story, circa 1970s…
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This week I’m going to tell you about three things that have been rocking my world lately. This shirt from Target. I LOVE a striped shirt and have been wearing…
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Last year, I started listening to a podcast called Forever35. If you’re not familiar with it, the two hosts (Kate Spencer and Doree Shafrir) discuss all kind of issues from…
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A few years ago, I started experimenting with different protein bite recipes. I’ve made them with dates, with espresso powder, with maca, with dried cranberries- you name it. And generally,…