Have college kids and your family holiday traditions out of whack? I can relate! This year all four of our kids are in college. Indeed, it’s a wonderful time watching our “mini” adults become independent. However, with neophyte adults, I’m also watching our family time and traditions slowly whittle away. Holiday time together and traditions …
For the past 15 days I’ve posted on my Instagram story (@tamiinbetween) one item every day of my favorite things I have, use and love. Great gift ideas and all items cost less than $15. Here, I have put together the entire list with details about each one. The list may provide some insight on …
Whether it’s a Beverly Hills party, a black tie wedding or a formal charitable fundraiser, we all want that expensive red carpet look when we go to a fancy event. If you’re like me, you want to look a million bucks without spending a lot. It is always a struggle to justify spending much on …
I’m no fashionista. However, I’m an avid reader, researcher and observer. I’m always looking out for what style, color and trends are coming down the pike. Here are a few of my predicted style trends for 2020. Polka Dots We probably all have some items in our closets that already fall in line with this …
I love to decorate, redecorate, organize and re-organize our home. Since I’m constantly tinkering and looking for ways to improve a space I don’t want to spend a lot of time or money on updating. I have four kids, a job, a website/blog and currently in the throws of holiday decorating and Christmas shopping. That …
Today is a big rivalry college football game between University of Louisville and University of Kentucky. The Governor’s Cup used to be the first college football game of the season. However, around 6 years ago the rivalry game was moved to the end of the season. Instead of going to the game in August in …
As a wife and mom to four college kids who are very close in age, Christmas shopping has always brought me stress. I never know what to buy for the family for Christmas. I always blow the budget and half the time I end up buying gifts “just to wrap” that the kids don’t even …
I never watched the movie The Purge but in my mind Black Friday is similar to what that movie is about. Half of society running around the city in a crazed manner shopping and rioting. The other half of society holed up in the safety of their homes waiting for the day to end. I’ll …
Middle age. Too young to not care about style and too old to put that much effort into it. Remember when we used to think “if it makes me look skinny or tall it’s worth any cost or pain to wear it”. At middle age, that way of thinking changes to “if it doesn’t scratch, …
Birth of a blog I floated the idea of starting my own website and blog to one of the kids a couple months ago. The response I received after a brief look of confusion was “well mom, if a dog can have a blog, so can you!” Thank you Disney’s Dog with a Blog circa …