Copine means ‘girlfriend’ in French, and is pronounced like co-peen. A couple of girlfriends in my town – moms, whose lives are flexible like mine – have instituted a regular get-together over coffee so we can catch up on each others news. We call it café copine. This morning we met at my house over café, and cinnamon coffee cake muffins, sampled on… Read More
Hey you, who lack confidence – you, who are frozen with insecurity. Yes, you! You don’t have to stay this way, you know. This is not the real you. But it’s been so many years, has it? Year after year without changing? Those cringe memories that cause a stab of shame that only grows worse over the years instead of better? Those… Read More
If you found me through a pin, or a google search for “homemade liquid laundry detergent” then you are clearly interested in making your own detergent, and I think I can help with that. However if you are a regular blog reader of mine, you will be wondering what has come over me. Ha! Wait until I show you the… Read More
Elaine’s Old School Blogging is back, this time hosted by both Elaine and Andrea. It’s a nod back to the days when bloggers didn’t worry about SEO terms or pinnable images. And they actually followed and commented on each other’s blogs! (gasp). And they answered silly questions just for fun. Sometimes it’s cool to be old-school. Et le voila … voici… Read More
A very select few of you are looking at the title and saying, “Cool! Someone’s going to start playing the violin in the Goutet household!” (I’m looking at you Korinthia)! The rest of you are saying, huh?!?!? A luthier makes violins and violas and cellos and bases. Which makes his workshop a very cool place to be. With Juliet on piano and Gabriel on… Read More
The diary for a stay-at-home-mom (SAHM) is a combination planner, journal, and dream-catcher, created by my very good friend Amina. I wanted to showcase it here because I am positive some of you will instinctively be drawn to its logic. I also wanted to share it because Amina is my friend. And I love to see friends succeed. Will you… Read More
