I’ve written about the Instagram effect before — of feeling like your life doesn’t measure up to someone else’s because they (and most of us, really) just post the highlights on social media. I’m going through some real-life lowlights right now (and no, not the “make me a little less blonde for fall” kind) that I’m not […]

I am so content right now.  Yesterday, I hosted my SEVENTH cookie swap. It’s a tradition I started in 2010, and I’ve also now hosted it in three different apartments…and a gym. And last year, the best friends in the world threw me a surprise cookie swap because they knew how important it was to me, […]