It’s Just a Coating
December 16, 2020 Note – I originally created this meme about a year and a half ago – rehearsals were scheduled for a snowy day, and I was anxiously waiting to hear if they would be called…
All I Want for Christmas
December 2020 – Around this time of year, children around the world are bursting with excitement as they eagerly await the upcoming holidays. Looking back to when my kids were much younger, I remember how excited they…
Last Minute Shopping
It happens every year. I’m being literal here – each and every year, sometime around December 22 or 23, I swear to myself that I will do a better job of getting my holiday shopping done early…
Christmas List
Every November 1, retail stores shed their Halloween decorations and clear their floors to make room for the most wallet-draining holiday known to man: Christmas. Where skeletons, witches, and ghosts once stood, we suddenly find decorated trees,…
Backdrop It Like It’s Hot
Installing a backdrop in an at-home dance space (on the cheap and easy) With coronavirus cases spreading again, we are all on pins and needles as we wonder if/when the axe will fall; here in New Jersey,…
Cyber Monday Motivation
Update (November 2021): Yeah, nothing really changed. I did the same thing this past Black Friday, and plowed through most of this weekend (although I did take some time for myself on Saturday, so there’s that). November…
A Mother’s Guilt
Today is Halloween 2020. My ex-husband has the kids today, so I’m childless on one of the most child-centric days of the year. While that can sometimes be a very good thing, today I’m feeling the loss…
Walk of Shame
Candles! Mums! Bath bombs! Wrapping paper! Pies! With all of the fundraisers I have going on for all of my kids, I have to advertise them on social media (as do most of you, I’ll bet). But…
Show-Stopping Dance Shirts
Dance families are a special breed, and with good reason. We deal with so many unique situations that people outside of our weird little world can’t understand why (or how) we do what we do. We’ve got…
Earth, Wind, and Fire
During my girls’ first competition season, they only had one routine they were performing all year (until the recital). I remember lamenting, back then, about how the white of the Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) costume was getting…
