I’m completely comfortable with the fact that my culinary skills have a lot to be desired (read: nonexistent). I put a KitchenAid mixer on my wedding registry as a joke. I don’t even attempt recipes with more than 8 ingredients. You get the idea. My mother-in-law recently rocked my world with these crazy easy peanut butter cookies.…
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My transition into motherhood has been a smooth one. Carson was born without major complications. She’s an impossibly cute little girl. I bounced back from labor and childbirth quickly. Breastfeeding has gone really well. Both Carson and I have been sleeping at night. I feel great. My baby is healthy and growing strong. And I haven’t…
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Talking to my husband can be terrifying because he knows me so intimately, part of that niggly “naked and unashamed” detail of marriage. Hiding is not an option. He also has an annoying uncanny ability to put the vulnerable pieces of my Ramblings together. During our recent date night he quietly listened in typical introverted fashion as…
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“But Victoria,” you say, “you haven’t written a Things I Learned In post since last August. Why now?” That’s a great question. I’m so glad you asked. While on maternity leave I’ve had lots of uninterrupted thinking time (read: my child nurses every two hours). Over the past few weeks I’ve thought a lot…
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Real quick, read this poem. Don’t take too long. Think quick. We do everything these days quick, real quick. Run to the store, real quick. Listen to a song, real quick. Throw dinner in the oven, real quick. O, and can I use your restroom, real quick? Which makes me wonder – can we do…
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“I ramble to figure out what I’m thinking.” It was a casually uttered thought, but I caught its significance as soon as the words left my mouth. My husband and I were enjoying a precious, quiet moment together (with a newborn in the house, these days quiet moments are precious) and talking about our personal goals. As usual,…
Read MoreThere is no respite from the bleak midwinter. Snow pounds and wind howls, as if stuck in a vortex. Polar air creeps it’s fingers down towards far more temperate climates. Almost as if it wanted to watch Southern bumpkins buy out aisles of milk, bread, and eggs for kicks. Everyone feels for the mailman, forced…
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You might be familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which is a theory proposed by psychologist Abraham Maslow to describe the tiers of human motivation. He suggested that humans needed basic physiological needs met first, freeing us to meet our needs for safety and security, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization. These days I’m lucky…
Read MoreOur wedding wasn’t the best day of my life. It just wasn’t. It was a happy day, but it wasn’t the best day. But please, don’t misunderstand me! I’m thrilled to be married to my husband. I love him so dearly! It’s just that the day we said “I do” wasn’t the best day of…
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My daughter is one month old. During the first four weeks of her life, I’ve become well acquainted with a new operating procedure known as ‘Mommy Mode’. In other words, the inability to go more than sixty seconds without worrying over her welfare. Like clockwork Mommy Mode sends me into a barrage of diagnostic questions…
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