Kimberly Michelle - a career mom trying to make every day extraordinary

crafty

a last minute birthday shirt…

On Friday night, my ability to procrastinate had expired and I sat down to finally make Miss L’s birthday shirt for the very next day. Luckily for me, making an…

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geeky

technology is your holiday card friend: gathering addresses

[source: bookgrl] So we’ve talked about finding pretty holiday cards… but what about the pain of actually sending them out? If you’re like me… you don’t have any actual printed…

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yummy

burgundy pork sliders with cherry sauce

It must have been all the dried cherries that Miss L has been gobbling up lately, because everything with those little red fruits looks like the most delicious thing ever…

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lovely

wild about the mustard flowers

There was something extra magical about this year’s mustard flower blooms in Northern California.
homey

Back to Hogwarts on September 1st

While the kiddo’s away, you’ve got to mess with her stuff, right? This time it’s a Harry Potter redo of her room, which we hadn’t touched since before she was born. A post shared by Chris M (@thewrongmonkey) on Aug…
travel

summer in the UK: Castles and Crypts

This summer, after months of planning, and more than a couple of years of hoping we’d get across the pond sooner than later, we were finally off on a 2-week family trip to England! Day 4: Tower of London &…
travel

Summer in the UK: A Day at Wimbledon

Wimbledon was a "MUST DO" activity for our UK trip and it absolutely lived up to all of the hype! Read about our full day from the Queue to Court 2!
travel

Summer in the UK: London Shakespeare and Mummies

Our trip to England was off to a fast-paced start with a visit to Shakespeare's Globe within hours of arrival! Then the next day it was off to the British Museum!