Non-Food Gifts for Valentine’s Day I still have candy laying around from Halloween. Yes…I know it is January. After Halloween then it is Thanksgiving and Little Girl comes home from school with a bag full candy treats from school. Add to the pile. Tack on Christmas…more sweets. You know what is right around the corner? Valentines Day. You know those fun …
Review and Giveaway…hot to cool curling/flat iron pouch
Are you a big traveler? Gal on the go? Guy on the go? Hate waiting for your hair iron to cool down? This is the product for you!! Put your iron in hot and zip up and walk away! Store and tote hot curling irons and flat irons with confidence. The pouch is even roomy enough to add a brush or …
Hiking with friends
Ok…another camp story here. Many years ago…seems like ages my two friends from camp Bob and Cris were talking about hiking a 4000 footer on an overnight trip. Somehow I thought it would be a good idea for me to join. Now…in my college years, I was very active. But I am more of a water person. Swimming, aqua aerobics, …
It’s hard to be a foster kid…
Some days it is just super hard to be a foster kid. Yesterday was one of those days. To read a little backstory go here https://viewfromthebeachchair.com/ptsd-in-foster-kids/. Yesterday was one of those days when the suitcase came open. It all started when she woke up. I could tell she was tired. She was not grouchy or unhappy. She just woke up …
National School Choice Week…
This week is National School Choice Week! “NSCW recognizes all K-12 options, including traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, private schools, online academies, and homeschooling. Started in 2011, NSCW is now the world’s largest annual celebration of opportunity in education. Over the past seven years, there have been more than 58,000 NSCW events planned across the country …
I am a superhero…
I have superpowers. Some days I feel I am the only one in my house that has these powers. I must confess them here. My x-ray eyes are able to see a jacket right in front of said child that needs it. My superhuman strength allows me to carry a backpack, snow gear, AND a lunchbox. My epic vision allows me …
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Search and rescue at night…
Camp story! In a pre-mom life, I was a lifeguard for 14 years at a Christian summer camp. This place was amazing. It was nestled on the end of a quiet lake in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. We had water skiing. We had a blob. We had a long T shaped dock. We had water trampolines. We had kayaks …
Our life is not perfect…
It may seem as a blogger we post what we are proud of. Humorous stories. Great pictures. Life staged. Trust me my life is far from perfect. I have dishes in my sink. I have dirt on my carpet. I have dust on my television. I decided to spend the last 24 hours taking pictures of my life. No filter. …
SMART goals…
Well, here we are. A new year. Fresh and clean laid out before us. Now is the time to make those goals. As a blogger, I have a lot of goals that are blog related. For example, I want to try and push the number of followers I have on my social media platforms (I won’t tell you how many …
