20 Days

20 days is not a long time. It’s just long enough for a small accomplishment to happen, but short enough where it might not. It’s short enough where you can look forward to some result within a reasonable span. None of that, “I’ll retire in 12 years, 2 weeks, and 7 hours” crap. (Near) immediacy. […]

Reasons Why Mommy Blogs Are the Worst, and How We Can Stop It

One of the first things I thought about when considering writing about becoming a mom is, “I don’t want to be like one of them.” Them = my perception of the ultimate “mommy blogger.” In my head, this title comes with the characteristics of being judgmental, showboat-y, super righteous, and maybe a side of self-important. I […]

You Knew This Was Coming

When I don’t write at The Daily Sampler for long periods of time, there’s typically a few reasons why. A) Time. Like most people in these United States of not-enough-time, I too get bogged down with the daily grind, trying to decide what’s most important, and trying not to feel bad when I opt for […]

New Year’s Resolutions : Farewell to Flawless

Just like this entire month, I meant to post more New Year’s thoughts but didn’t. December 2014- I won’t really miss you. Sayonara. The good news is, it was because I was doing something useful (yoga.) My little pep talk reminiscing about the valuable lessons I learned in Warrior II benefitted me as well and […]

Let’s Have a Frank Discussion About the Geographical Divide

With the Congress for New Urbanism (#CNU) making a stop in Buffalo this week, it got me really thinking about the often vicious mental and geographical divide between city and suburb. It’s not just in Buffalo, it’s everywhere, and truthfully, it will probably always be there. I’m cut from the, “why can’t we all just […]

The Disney Sampler: What Nearly Ruined Our Disney World Vacation

Ohhhh boy. Here we go. The anti-most magical place on Earth post. These are the things that we either did not understand about our vacation in Walt Disney World, or things that just kept coming up that we struggled with. Disney-holics: as you read, just remember all the things I LOVED about our trip. There […]

Don’t Get Me Started Saturday Plus Street Fashion, Wine Trivia, and a Bates Motel Review

Saturdays seem to bring me to all the serious topics in the world, like this one about Disney World and the Disney brand. To Disney, or no to Disney? (CNN) – Oh. my. God. This is one of those articles where I start to read it, but can’t finish because I think, “Shut up, silly people!” […]