📖 BOOK: Public Secrets✍️ AUTHOR: Nora Roberts📚 GENRE: Romantic Suspense☕ ESPRESSO RATING: ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️ 💭 THE FIRST SIPChild abuse. Sexual assault. Kidnapping. Murder. 📖 WHAT IT’S ABOUTEmma has a rough start to life. She discovers that her dad is a rock star, and her mother sells her to him. She is raised in a good family…
📖 BOOK: Athica Lane✍️ AUTHOR: Brynne Asher📚 GENRE: Grumpy-sunshine, single-dad romance☕ ESPRESSO RATING: smooth, rich and the perfect Saturday treat. ☕☕☕☕☕ 💭 THE FIRST SIPHilarious banter right in the first chapter. You get an immediate comical taste of the wit and sass that fills the pages of my favorite book. 📖 WHAT IT’S ABOUTSingle, independent,…
I’ve used both Ryobi and Milwaukee in my line of work, mostly half-inch impacts, along with drills, saws, and other power tools. I’ve had good experiences with both brands, but I still choose Ryobi. Here’s why. Why I Started With Ryobi When I first started buying power tools, Ryobi was the more cost-effective option. At…
Choosing The Right School Isn’t One Size Fits All I have 3 school aged children and they all go to different schools. My 7 year old goes to a public school that offers speech therapy. My 14 year old goes to a public high school that accommodates grades 6th – 12th. But my 11 year…
Manic Mom DiariesToday’s Journal Thought ✍️Pause. Reflect. Write.🌿☕📖💜 ♡•2If you accepted it as is, what could you choose to change instead? Previously in Today’s Journal Thought ♡•1,we explored what in our lives we are learning to accept instead of trying to change, and what might change if we stopped fighting. Today, let’s explore that just…
🤪 Manic Mom Monday: August Reset For moms, August has a funny way of feeling like the beginning of a whole new year. New schedules. New routines. New school supplies. New chaos. 😂 Then comes the holiday roller-coaster: Halloween 🎃 • Thanksgiving 🦃 • Christmas 🎄 So before we reset the house, the calendar, everybody…
The weekend is over and Monday is here! If you read my “Why I Meal Plan Even When I Don’t Feel Like It,” then you know Monday’s are all about simple beef recipes. After a long night of doom scrolling and going down a rabbit hole of “best burger recipes” I decided to skip the…
Pull up a chair. There’s always room on my porch for you. Grab a cup of coffee, and don’t mind the chaos. It’s perfectly normal around here. This isn’t another blog about having it all together. It’s a collection of stories.Some are funny.Some are messy.Some are written over a cup of coffee in the morning before…
Finding beauty in ordinary life, one page at a time.Every week, we’ll pause, reflect, and write together. When you’re finished, share your journal thoughts in the comments below, or send them privately through 💌 Mail From the Porch. This little corner of the internet is always open for your story. 🌿 Manic Mom DiariesToday’s Journal…