by Dani | Apr 3, 2020 | Community, Lifestyle
When Things Don’t Go As Planned I’ll bet you have big plans for 2020. I do! With one kid graduating from college and another from high school, we plan to celebrate BIG time. Now that we’re amid the COVID-19 pandemic, however, my high school senior might not get to...
by Dani | Oct 31, 2019 | Adventures, Community, Lifestyle
First row: View looking out of a cave in Matera; (skeletons) At the purgatory church in Monopoli; The Lecce Cathedral; Second row: Caffe Leccese, a classic summertime drink in Lecce; 12th-century mosaic tile floor in Otranto Cathedral; Third row: Domenico...
by Dani | Sep 24, 2019 | Community, Healthy Meal Ideas, Lifestyle
Every game starts with rules. I thought I’d be a rockstar mom and play a new board game with my son. He’d received it as a gift, and it had both Mensa and Parent award stickers on it (a guarantee of goodness, surely). We looked at the rules and started to...
by Dani | Sep 4, 2018 | Lifestyle
Bye-bye lazy days of summer The kids are back in school and I’ve finally got time for me. I’m ready to get into a solid routine for fall. How about you? For years, I’d get excited at the start of the school year and commit to too many volunteer...
by Dani | Jan 9, 2017 | Lifestyle, Tips, Uncategorized
Holiday Weight Gain Sucks I stepped on the scale a few days after the new year started…and realized I’d gained 5lbs. I knew I’d been eating and drinking with abandon in a “sure, give me another sugar cookie” kind of way, but my jeans didn’t feel...