Hi guys! Hope you are all soaking up the last days and weeks of summer. Some of my friends have already started school (reality bites!). My kids go back to school after Labor Day, and I have mixed feelings about back to school time as a mom. I wanted to connect with…
This blog post is not exactly easy to write, but I am hoping by putting all this out into the universe, it will help others who might be experiencing similar circumstances and feelings. This “real talk” is what makes us real, authentic and honest. Sometimes, life can be heavy, and…
Dear Blaine, On your birthday, I am feeling so conflicted. I want you to stay little for as long as possible. I often stop and wonder how this is all happening so fast. Sometimes, I wish I could just freeze things now before you get all grown up on me!…
These days, work-life balance can seem like an impossible feat. Technology makes all of us who work, accessible around the clock. Basically, some days can feel like we have a never-ending workday. And if you don’t get this under control, you will be overwhelmed, and it can hurt your relationships,…
Hi guys, welcome back! I have missed you all, but it’s great to return to my blog. What a fun summer it’s been! If you missed my big announcement this summer, I launched a new podcast on iTunes called “Nina’s Got Good News”. It was like having a third baby…
I am so excited to be sharing my big news with all of you—finally! Today I am launching my brand new PODCAST called “Nina’s Got Good News”, and I can’t wait to get started. This has been such a labor of love, and has taken me months and months to…
Are you a creature of habit? Well I am. I love a routine, a habit, the same stuff, the same places, the same people, and my comfort zone! In our family’s case, we always go to Cape Cod in the summer for our family vacation. I mean after all, I have…
Growing up as a preppy kid in Connecticut, I wore Tretorns for sneakers especially on the tennis court. Tretorn is a Swedish company established in 1891. Almost a century later in 1980, my favorite coffee table book, “The Preppy Handbook“, cemented the Tretorn as our must-have fashionable sneaker, and the…
Not sure what’s gotten in to me—it must be the new year. Instead of goals and resolutions, I’m putting out my intentions and making a few small changes. Big goals and big resolutions are overwhelming me, so instead I am just starting with some small tweaks to my daily life. One…
Happy New Year! We just returned from an amazing few days of fun in the sun in Florida. It was a very last minute decision to make this trip. We were supposed to go skiing in northern Vermont, but Mother Nature had other plans with extreme arctic record low temperatures…