I’ve been slacking so hard on the baking front the past few months. I think this had to do with three things: Winter finally ending and no longer being cooped up in the house. I had been baking constantly for months, so I think I burnt myself out. My parents came home from Florida… so why […]
“Color is so important. I mean, color can raise the dead.” — Iris Apfel If you don’t know who Iris Apfel is, you are seriously missing out. I’ll admit that until recently, I wasn’t quite sure who she was. I recognized her from her signature round, oversized glasses and white hair. I knew she had […]
Note: You may have wondered why there was no post in my diabetes series last Friday. Due to some shipping delays, I had to hold off – but better late than never, right? Enjoy! After some pretty heavy posts last week, I think it’s time to brighten things up. Literally. As I’ve briefly mentioned in […]
I know I’m late to the game on this one. About eight years late, in fact. But no new, trending novel has compelled me to write a review as strongly as this one has. As I read Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, one word kept repeating itself in my brain: Perspective. We all need […]
Eight years ago on this very day, my life changed forever. I got in the passenger’s seat of my mom’s car in the carpool line after school. As always, she asked how my day was. And as always, I gave the standard response of any angsty almost-sixteen-year-old: “Not very good.” “Well, it’s about to get […]
After giving you guys a glimpse into life with diabetes, and listing all of the graphic complications that can accompany it, it may seem silly to write this post. But this series is about being honest and informative. So here goes. One of the biggest struggles I deal with in regards to diabetes is body […]
People ask me all the time about life with Type 1 diabetes. Here’s my honest Q&A addressing the most common questions and myths. 1: Ohmygod, I could never give myself a shot! I don’t recall signing up to give myself shots…an average of six times a day, every day, for the rest of my life. […]
September 26th marks eight years since I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In honor of my diaversary, I will be sharing a series of blog posts prior to that day. These posts will be personal, emotional, sarcastic…and lengthy. But most of all, I hope they will be informative. Please give these posts a read […]
As I sit down to write a review of Emily Giffin’s The One and Only, I’m realizing how conflicted I feel about it. Let me start with a brief synopsis. The story follows 33-year-old Shea Rigsby from Walker, a small town in Texas. The town takes a Friday Night Lights-esque approach to football – they live, eat, and […]
It’s no secret that I adore Lauren Conrad. In fact, I wrote all about my love for her a month or two ago on this very blog. I even entered (and won!) a contest on her site. So it comes as no surprise that I was psyched to find out that Lauren was premiering her newest […]