New Year’s Eve is the last great celebration of the year, and it’s the perfect time to shake off the stress of the holidays and just have fun. You’ll reminisce over your fondest memories of 2015, and you’ll anticipate what 2016 will bring as you watch the ball drop...
About a year ago, Mackenzie lost her very first tooth! There's been another 3 since then and The Tooth Fairy has come to visit every time. We completed this project right after she lost her first one, but since I'm a very busy mommy and creative director at my "real...
The weather turned AMAZING this weekend so we decided it was time to break free. We had lows in the upper-60s and highs in the low 80's -- and for South Florida, that's downright chilly! Plus we can feel the Season coming on, when all the snowbirds come back, the...
Our Ayla is getting up there in age, and will be 10 this coming February. Although she's still as wily as ever and she'll still steal a plate of a food right out from under your nose. But she doesn't seem to hear or see as well as she did a year ago now. And she's not...
We love to play outdoors. The moment the warm weather breaks, we take the opportunity to get outdoors and take in some fresh air. Whether I take them to the park, watch them play sports, or help them ride their bike, we enjoy spending time together. As a mom, I also...
Now that we have a super fabulous and rather large office to run our marketing agency, Arma Communications, from, we've been thinking about taking Ayla in with us. Our lease has no stipulations about dogs, and we'd usually take her in on days when we wouldn't have...
A friend of mine is due to have her first child in just a few days and today's post written by Alex Summers really made me think back to being pregnant at this time 7 years ago. Finding clothes that wouldn't make me feel or look like a whale was not easy. So when she...
You probably don't know this because I can't recall mentioning it, but we drive a 2013 Honda Pilot. And we absolutely LOVE it. Stefan had a BMW went we met and I a VW Passat. We drove lots of BMWs while in Germany and of course a couple Land Rovers and other random...
Living in Southwest Florida, stinging insects like mosquitoes and no-see-ums are a VERY real problem, especially if you spend a lot of time outdoors like we do. Although the local county sprays for these pests on a regular basis, people who are just a bit sweeter than...
We've been back in Florida about 1 1/2 years now (hard to imagine) and Ayla's skin and and coat have seen a bit of turmoil. It's hard for a dog with that much fur to avoid having issues in a climate like Southern Florida -- but thankfully she does appreciate the air...
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