What a Crazy Summer! Ready For Our Fall Bucket List!

  Hello again! No, I did not disappear from the face of the planet! This has just been an incredibly crazy summer! Between weeks of swim lessons, VBS (twice), weekly horse riding lessons, visits from our son (and lots of them, yay!), helping my sister move, and planning our new school year…well, I didn’t find much time for writing. BUT, […]

When My Son Joined the Army

It wasn’t even on my radar. The Army had always been a “no way mom, that’s not for me” conversation. Then one day our son decided that he wanted to just go and ask some questions and get some information. The next thing I knew, he was handing me enlistment papers.He had joined the Army. He was 19. He had […]

Why I’m Not a Get Up Early Mom

I have never been a morning person. I’m sure getting up early works for some, if not most, people, but there are some of us that simply are not early rising people and our reasons for not getting up early vary widely.   This post may contain some affiliate links for your convenience, which means if you make a purchase […]

Our Favorite Camping Tips, Tricks & Hacks

Today we’re talking camping tips, tricks and hacks!I’m so excited that you’ve joined me for this week’s Camping Series, where I’m sharing meal and snack ideas, fun & games and lots of great tips, tricks and hacks for making your next camping trip the best it can be!What follows are the tips & tricks that we’ve used, or decided to […]

Camping Games and Fun for Kids

Today we’re talking camping games and fun for kids!I’m so excited that you’ve joined me for this week’s Camping Series, where I’m sharing meal and snack ideas, fun & games and lots of great tips, tricks and hacks for making your next camping trip the best it can be!Keeping the kids busy while camping is second in importance only to […]

What I'm Reading April 2017 at LifeInTheNerddom.com

What I’m Reading in April 2017

I. love. to. read! I read a LOT of books and typically have 4 or 5 books that I’m reading from on any given day. Every month I try to choose three to four books to read in the upcoming month. This post is not necessarily an endorsement of these books, just sharing what I plan to read in the […]