Recent Posts By Kristin Brandt

Last week I received the holiday cards I ordered from Shutterfly, and realized something. . . I hated the picture of my daughter I had selected. Other than the one picture, the card was everything I wanted. But knowing I would obsess about that photo each time I stuffed one of the over 100 cards into an envelope, I decided there […]

SPOILER ALERT: If you are a member of my family, please don’t read this post lest you want to get an idea of what you might be getting for Christmas. Last year as I ran around the mall on the hunt for last minute gifts, I decided that in 2011 I was going to try something different. I was going […]

During the summer of 2010, my husband and I decided it was finally time to get started on my long dreamed of mudroom. Our goal was to claim underutilized space in our garage to create a transition space into the house where we could wrangle the pile of shoes, backpacks, jackets and other detritus which had been piling up in […]

This year, after being told that my 6-year old daughter may not be able to be a Daisy because of a lack of parental volunteers, I stepped up to lead a Girl Scout troop. Now keep in mind that, in addition to having two children, a husband, a house, a full-time job, a part-time podcast, and other assorted writing gigs, […]

Halloween approaches and my e-mail box runneth over with Halloween costume ideas – everything from ways to swap costumes (did you know Annual Costume Swap Day was on October 8th?) or make your own (for a great spider costume check out this one from “Formerly Gracie”). Among all the costume ideas are quite a few related to superheros – and […]

One of the benefits of becoming a blogger and podcaster is the exposure I’ve gained to people with big ideas, big dreams and big plans. I’ve also found individuals of incredible talent – musicians, illustrators, writers, photographers, clothing designers – many of whom I would never have had the pleasure to meet or hire if not for the internet. Of […]