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What Parenting a Grown-Up College Kid Really Looks Like (Hint: It Involves Cheez-Its)

May 4, 2025 By Katy Leave a Comment

After four years that seem to have flown by faster than Maverick’s fighter jet in Top Gun, I am celebrating my oldest child’s graduation from college this month.  When he started his pursuit of a college degree, he weighed 180 pounds and stood 6’2”. Now, he’s 210 pounds and 6’4”. Not only is he bigger, [Read More]

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The Best Memes About Work aka The Daily Grind

February 2, 2025 By Katy 4 Comments

I’ve got a secret to share. My most discerning followers may have already picked up on what it is.  It’s a secret about work, aka the daily grind, that 9-to-5 life.  My day job is, well, work. And I just gotta laugh about it. So my secret is that most Mondays I share a relatable [Read More]

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Ho Ho Ho! I am published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas

November 9, 2024 By Katy 2 Comments

A Santa dances on a chimney in the snow next to the title of the Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas book.

I’ve got some exciting news. I’m in a book! Yes, dear readers, I’m happy to announce that my story, “How A Combine Havester Saved Our Christmas Tree” was selected as one of the 101 stories included in the book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas. I’m here to tell you that these 101 [Read More]

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6 Reasons Why Fall Is Fun With My Big Kids

October 6, 2024 By Katy Leave a Comment

Fall has arrived in Michigan and it’s spectacular. The leaves are turning, the air is crisp, and there are pumpkins, corn stalks, and cider mills galore. I was thinking how fall was a great time of year when my kids were little. Their schools always had a field trip to an apple orchard where the [Read More]

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10 Effective Workouts You Do When Parenting a Teenager

September 2, 2024 By Katy 2 Comments

Mom figure holding a water bottle and yoga mat with text that says "10 effective workouts you do when parenting a teenager".

When my kids were little, I used to burn calories chasing them around the house or backyard.  They were constantly in motion–and so was I. Indeed, parenting little ones was a workout!  The pace slowed a tad during the elementary school years as they turned to playing with their friends at recess or because they [Read More]

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19 Awesome Things I Love About My 19 Year Old

June 2, 2024 By Katy 2 Comments

When we celebrated my oldest’s 19th birthday, it was a day marked with presents, dinner at his favorite restaurant, and a birthday cake made from the yellow box mix he loves. To be honest, there was not a lot of over-the-top fanfare besides the typical birthday festivities. After all, turning nineteen doesn’t have the same [Read More]

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The Woman in Me, The Women, and a FROG

May 5, 2024 By Katy 2 Comments

Recently I’ve had the pleasure of reading three books that surprised me with a common theme: strong women. I didn’t see that coming when I picked up 1) a Pop Star’s memoir, 2) a fiction book about the Vietnam War, and 3) another memoir about working in an Asian Antiques Shop. And while I haven’t [Read More]

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