Mom Life in the PNW

“Rinse. Recycle. Reimagine.” Unilever Program and Sweepstakes

“Rinse. Recycle. Reimagine.” Unilever Program and Sweepstakes

I am big on recycling products that can be reused. In fact, I keep a separate bag next to the garbage can in my kitchen that’s specifically for recyclables so that it can be put out in the bin every Tuesday when the recycling man comes. And because I love recycling so much, I wanted to share with you “Rinse. Recycle. Reimagine,” a new Unilever program in partnership with Keep America Beautiful and the Ad Council, which is designed to educate people…

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Birth Story: My Little One Has Arrived

Birth Story: My Little One Has Arrived

The night before I went into labor, I wrote my previous post about how she wasn’t here yet and scheduled it to post the day she decided to come. Guess she was ready to make her appearance after all. My Birth Story At about 5:30 am I woke up to menstrual cramps that kept happening every 5 minutes. I knew this was probably going to be the day because this is the first time I’ve experienced the stopping and the…

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Baby Girl Doesn’t Want to Come Out & See the World Yet

Baby Girl Doesn’t Want to Come Out & See the World Yet

Still, no baby and I am 40 weeks 3 days now, so I guess she’s going to be fashionably late. A couple days ago, I woke up at 5:30 with abdominal cramps or what I like to call diarrhea cramps so I went twice, yes TMI I know. And both times it was excruciating to get out of bed. Lifting your legs, moving your pelvis in any direction was extremely painful to me. Once I got out of bed, my…

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Nesting is a Real Symptom

Nesting is a Real Symptom

Out of all of the pregnancy symptoms, nesting has been the one that’s most true, for me anyways. Today the computer room disgusted me so I had to clean it up and organize it a bit. It’s still not to my liking but it’s better than it was before. I’ve been browsing Pinterest (very very dangerous by the way) and have been daydreaming of all the DIY home decor. Obviously these peoples homes are way nicer than ours but if…

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Simple Blended Strawberry Raspberry Lemonade

Simple Blended Strawberry Raspberry Lemonade

Since it was a nice day out, I wanted something refreshing and since I couldn’t have a margarita, I decided to blend up some strawberry raspberry lemonade in my Ninja Blender and call it a mocktail for the day. All I used was Simply Lemonade with Raspberries that I got on sale at Safeway and some frozen organic strawberries that I got from Costco. This big 5lb bag of strawberries lasted me a long while. Directions for Blended Strawberry Raspberry…

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