This Oz Life

could eat chocolate with every meal. Chocolate chip muffins have already happened. Chips Ahoy yogurt (uh huh) is about to happen within the hour leaves clean clothes in a laundry basket beside the bed for...months (?) but the second the dogs track in mud, I turn into a mop-wielding Hulk lives for the change of the seasons but would give them up to live for one season called THE BEACH if I could take my job and my parents with us but at the same time, loves to make the most of this ci… Read more

Being an Easter baby, I am very cognizant of Spring's arrival. I anticipate it with every fiber in my body but know that our Ohio weather will play out the same way every year. We will get a little warm spell in mid-March, everyone will get all excited and bust out the flip flops and then at the end of the month, they will grumble and wonder "Where is Spring?" when it snows. I cannot tell you how many birthdays I spent searching for Easter eggs or going to Baskin Robbins… Read more

As the 21st of every month nears, I get excited about Larkyn turning another month older. I start to think about what she will wear when I take her "official" picture. However, we are in the land of THIS right now... If you follow me on Instagram (Which you should, because I am relying on it more and more as a sort of micro-blogging!), you'll already know that we have been fighting a "cold" around here lately. It was a little annoying at first, Larkyn was moody… Read more

Have you found it?  Does it exist? Just when I think I am doing fine, it is made clear that I am not. Let's just cut to the chase. Being the employee/teacher/mother/wife/friend/daughter that everyone is happy with all the time just isn't happening. I guess? How do you make yourself OK with it? From my earliest memories, all I can remember is wanting to please. But at the same time, there are the opposing forces calling for me to stick up for myself. Sometimes it feels like I h… Read more

You are probably thinking that there is some sort of neat idea you could use with your loved ones every year on this blessed day of happiness. Nope. We are 2 for 2 on having a sick baby on Valentine's Day. Last year, it was the first ear infection. This year, the poor thing has an old man cough:( So, in lieu of a Valentine photo shoot and showing the adorable things I would have loved to have made with my little one, let's focus on the ways I see love in my everyday life... So… Read more

I'm not sure if there is a quicker, more delicious Valentine recipe out there!  When I started these, I intended for them to be completely chocolate-covered. More power to you if you can succeed at this, but I lost my patience and almost my mind with that task. Oh, and do you like Tagalongs? If so, here is your answer. Enjoy! Chocolate-dipped Nutter Butters recipe told to me by a parent at school:) Ingredients: 2 package of Nutter Butters cookies 2 bags of semisweet chocolate chips… Read more