When washing your face is pretty much all you can do

I used to love make up. I used to actually WEAR make up. Then my lifestyle became mostly home-bound and wearing make up became something that I only needed to do to leave the house. Once I became pregnant I pretty much stopped wearing make up altogether. No matter what I put on my face, [...]

We have a Winner! We have a bonus!

Giveaways are all kinds of exhilarating and fun. Thank you to all that stopped by and entered. Your comments were so touching. This morning I plugged in information into the  randomizer and it zinged back a winner: So just who is #3? Why that would be Juli. I have sent Juli an e-mail notifying her, but I [...]

Don’t Spit in the Wind. Spit in a tube!

Recently I have been writing about my experiences with getting my DNA test information from 23andMe.  They sent a test for me, Mother & Grandmother. Three generations of tube spit. Truth be told it has been emotional and educational. I have learned more about my own genetics than I ever dreamed and it has also brought [...]

My Grandmother’s Check List

Convincing an 87 year old woman to spit into a tube might seem like a daunting task, but my Grandmother loved it. Sure it took her the better part of a morning to fill the tube and she somehow managed to do it an the most lady-like of ways, but she embraced the “assignment” with [...]

A New Generation of Pregnancy

Recently I wrote about the fantastic stretch-marks that I achieved during my pregnancy with W. And really, they were truly fantastic. And when I wrote about them I happened to mention that I obviously was going to get stretch marks because my mother had them during her pregnancy. Well now it turns out that I misspoke and my mother [...]