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09/22/2025

Not better yet. Maybe I can yell at you another day. Be nice to Matthew. He did this for us.

09/21/2025

I’m sick. Chicken Soup is good for the soul. Silently aggressive because I have no voice. Deal with it.

Soaking it in. At our last house we had a 1970s pool heater that we limped along, had repaired, and gave it a few love t...
09/20/2025

Soaking it in.

At our last house we had a 1970s pool heater that we limped along, had repaired, and gave it a few love taps each summer to get it pumping warm water. We figured as long as it worked we would limp it along.

Then we moved.

When we moved into this house we knew from the jump that the pool “heater” needed replaced. And considering we have 2 little fish for kids we knew that we wanted to budget to have it put back in.

Lucky for us, the way this pool is heated is a lot cheaper than the standard pool heater, but we still had to wait for it to be installed as the parts were special order, and naturally install was NOT a breeze.

Bold of me to assume it would be an easy quick fix!

We started the process of having the heater fixed in June when we moved in and this week it got installed…and then it leaked, and then it was repaired… and then THAT leaked, and the cycle went on a few more times until it finally was doing its thing.

Today we surprised the kids after dinner and told them to go take a dip. They immediately were skeptical because all of the pool heater talks happened while they were in school, and they had no idea we were doing this.

Bug ran down to the pool and shouted out that the pool thermometer read 81F and Bean dove right in! Truly we wont use the heater much, only in the beginning and end of the season since Michigan only has a few months where it is hot enough to not need a heater at all.

But now we have a pool heater. Just in time to close the pool this week 😂😂😂

I’m not mad. I’m just happy we can open the pool early this spring and put that heater to use!

So tonight, we had one last hurrah before we close this sucker up for the season.

If we can extend our summer swimming with the kids by a few extra weeks in the beginning and end of the season that will make this a worthwhile expense, especially considering we get limited summers with the kids before they grow up.

Lots of people spend their summers traveling, and camping with their kids, but that not our vibe. We plan to spend our summers right here in this pool, so a heater feels like a good investment for us.

09/20/2025

I know you see me.

09/20/2025

When life hands you leftover rice you make this. And now I have about 10 different versions of this swirling around my head!

09/19/2025

its amature hour dont do what im doing. Im not a professional but you are nosey so heres the stuff I used

Food tastes better when you force your husband to make it. Even better if he lets you film it. Thats what I call enterta...
09/19/2025

Food tastes better when you force your husband to make it.

Even better if he lets you film it.

Thats what I call entertainment for you, and proof for me that this man was going to try to make nachos with unseasoned beef. I am totally saving the footage incase I ever need to blackmail him for his crimes against flavor.

Let’s just say there’s a reason I cook. Not because he CAN’T season taco meat — yes, I insisted he use seasoning, but he PREFERS unseasoned beef in tacos. NOPE not on my watch.

But for real—Matt always takes great care of me when I am sick. Usually our rule is when mom is too sick to cook dad figures out dinner.

And before you start shouting that he should cook more… remember it is literally my job to make these videos, and I do actually love to cook. Also, given the fact that he likes unseasoned meat in his tacos, I think we have divided the household labor appropriately.

When I am sick, I never have to worry about having medicine, tissues, or my ice water within reach. Matt always has me taken care of.

And the nachos he whipped up — 10/10. Simple and delicious. The kids loved it, I got to relax a little, and we had a bunch of laughs… even if the laughter sent me into a full blown coughing fit.

09/19/2025

You’re job is to now tell me what you want me to tutorialize next. What is your favorite life hack you’d like to see me turn into a tutorial. I am here to tutorialize all of it.

09/19/2025

I hear you— you want more slow cooker friendly recipes. But I’m not a huge slow cooker fan for the most part— but for you I will try 😂

My kids are the best medicine. And not in the “spend an afternoon with my kids and you will get a healthy dose of birth ...
09/19/2025

My kids are the best medicine.

And not in the “spend an afternoon with my kids and you will get a healthy dose of birth control kind of way” Although, depending on the day, that might be true.

I am pretty my sure post-travel-snuggling with a sniffly Beanie is what did me in. I have a cold and she never really got “sick”, but I swear kid germs could take down Godzilla, all the while my kids will be bouncing off the walls blowing snot bubbles like nothing is wrong.

Totally. Not. Fair.

And because I am sick I made Chicken Noodle Soup. Bean has declared this to be her favorite meal EVER! Bug was a fan of the crusty grocery store bread I served with it and Matt— he loves everything I make. He definitely knows what’s good for him.

After dinner, I told the kids I had to get a little work done and Bean ran to her room to grab me a “prize” to make feel better.

She returned with a stuffed animal, tucked it under my arm and said, “here momma you can snuggle him.” But it was not just any stuffed animal. It was MY childhood stuffie, aptly named “Mr.Bearly” I was super creative at 3– don’t judge me.

Mr. Bearly was my best friend for years… he even came to college with me. I saved him for years because I knew I wanted to pass him down to my kids one day. But Bug never latched onto Mr.Bearly— he clung to all of Matt’s childhood toys instead, many of which he still has displayed in his room.

But Mr. Bearly became Beanies buddy. This happened right around the same age that I got him as a little girl. Watching her drag him by the hand everywhere she went was like watching my own childhood unfold before my eyes.

Beanie now has a new favorite stuffie, a weighted cat named Carrot, (shes definitely more creative than me)but she still sleeps with Mr. Bearly every night. And he still goes on his fair share of adventures with her. But tonight, Bean insists that I keep Mr. Bearly in my bed. She even popped into my office to make sure I was properly snuggling him.

I’m pretty sure she thinks he has magical healing powers, but the truth is, her thoughtfulness is the real magic. I am not sure how I got so lucky to have two amazing kids, but even while sick, I feel like I hit the jackpot.

09/18/2025

Alright this is a fun party trick and my kids gave dinner rave reviews, even Matt liked his… although the kids conned him into putting whipped cream on his and he realized that sausage stuffed waffles and whipped cream don’t exactly mix…. Who knew.

I ruined dinner.Kind of…or at least I thought I did.I was making rice, and my instant pot threw a burn notice. The rice ...
09/17/2025

I ruined dinner.

Kind of…or at least I thought I did.

I was making rice, and my instant pot threw a burn notice. The rice in question? Very much not burnt. Infact the second I released the pressure in the pot the burn notice went away, and everything was fineeee.

My instant pot is easily 5+ years old and is probably just in need of a new sealing ring, or it’s time for a new one. But when you’re already having a not super great day and you, even so much as THINK that you burned dinner… not good.

At this point I was thinking, “How quickly can pizza get here?” “Matt could run up to grab take out if I RUINED everything” “What else do I have in the house that I could serve with this meal?!” and within about 4 min when the steam stopped spewing from my instant pot and I realized I did not in fact ruin dinner… I laughed at myself.

GIRL. It’s just rice.

It’s just dinner.

It’s not that big of deal.

In fact, most things in life aren’t that serious.

I try really hard to instill in my kids that most of the problems they face are fixable. Even if the FINAL outcome isn’t the INTENDED outcome.

But that definitely doesn’t mean I’m immune to a brief moment of panic when I thought I ruined dinner on a day where I would have much rather gotten pizza anyways. Thankfully we didn’t have to resort to emergency takeout because the slow cooker already had dinner mostly done anyway.

And that pizza night? I will save that for another day.

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