Ali wears: cardigan and tshirt: Old Navy (tshirt was $2.99!) jeans: 7 for all mankind (ginger style. love!) ps. we only have ONE full-length mirror in my parents' house...and it's in the basement where there is no light. running to Target to get one tomorrow...better pictures to come! promise!) … [Read more...]

Oh my god. OMG. I am dying here. Hyperventilating. I THINK MY CLEANING LADY READS MY BLOG. Or at least someone she knows maybe does. Or maybe, hopefully I'm being paranoid. But listen to what happened...9:52am: The phone rings. I am distracted and answer with an impatient "hello". Silence. A … [Read more...]

As promised. (I'm nice eh?). Makeover Story ...Part Two. I guess I was searching a few websites one day, and stumbled across the words BE ON TV. So I clicked and found out that they were casting for a makeover on a show called "The Mom Show". (it was on Slice Network). So I filled … [Read more...]

Ali wears: sweater: J.Crew outlet ($19!) tshirt: LOFT (gift from my sister) skirt: anthropologie ($29!) boots: Aldo … [Read more...]

This week's affirmation comes straight off my iPod's Wise Quotes app, and I find it to be very apropos to some of the personal growth I've experienced over the past year, so I thought I'd share it with you this week:The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with … [Read more...]

Throughout my career I learnt to respect the slogan "Keep It Simple Stupid." Often we can make the simplest things so much more complicated than necessary.  And, over this past year I have seen and learnt that McDonald's strongly lives by the K.I.S.S. slogan! Here are a few … [Read more...]

You know, I have this reputation as somewhat of a hippie, new-age, tree-hugger type, and to a certain extent that's true. But that doesn't mean that I live on a commune with no technology and draw my water from a well every day, either.Obviously, in addition to being a hippie, new-age, tree-hugger, … [Read more...]

...or, how best to clean your piano!Well do I remember the days when my kids were younger and just beginning piano lessons. We were lucky enough to inherit an heirloom piano from my family; the same one my siblings and I all practiced our lessons on. Everything from pencil marks to cue fingerings to … [Read more...]

As a work-from-home entrepreneur and mom my days are pretty crazy and the last thing in the world I want to spend my time doing when I get a few minutes away from my desk is cleaning. So, I have a cleaning lady. I like her. She does my laundry, changes the bedsheets and cleans the house. This is a … [Read more...]