Russian Soul Sundays

Vegetarian side dish: Broccoli Tots

Sometimes, you're just tired of eating potatoes as a side dish. And maybe you're a bit over eating roasted or veggies. And you can only steam for so long before you turn into a personal sauna. I've wanted to make something different for a while but you know, lazy. I finally decided, okay, I'm going to make this and hopefully it won't suck. Enter broccoli tots. Now, as a warning, I do
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What It’s Really Like To Survive The Death of Your Baby

Weird. That's really all I can muster. It's weird. Not a bad weird. Definitely not a good weird. Not weird. There's a hole within you that will never close. Sometimes it gets bigger and overwhelming. Sometimes it returns back to size. But it never closes. It never heals. It's just kinda...there. I lost Ethan seven years ago and I had Bear five years ago. I still feel someone, something is missing from
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Happy Birthday Eve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KibW1FBhQlU Tomorrow is my birthday and every year, the day before it I take a moment to reflect on what I've achieved the year before. While most people celebrate the new year on January 1st, I always celebrate the new year on my birthday. I feel birthdays are a better measurement of progress (and sometimes, recession) than January 1st. Where were you the year before? What have you achieved in the year
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Feminine Product Comparison – Natracare v. Always Pure & Clean

(FYI, for all of the men that follow this blog, you might want to sit this one out. Or, show it to a lady in your life who still gets her cycles.)  So, keeping up with my tradition of reviewing not just vegan restaurants, but also vegan products, I decided to also review sanitary napkins aka menstrual pads. (Disclaimer: I don't wear tampons so I can't give a review on
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Potty Packs Reviews

So, a while back ago...like last month (really, my bad), I was sent some material to personally review. I like to give a personal shout-out to Marc for being patient with me as I reviewed these. I'll leave the video I did with Bear at the end of this post, but I like to talk about the potty packs themselves. [caption id="attachment_9789" align="alignnone" width="2017"] Please excuse one of them being
Russian Soul Sundays

Vegan Chilaquiles

  I decided to try something different for my vegan tastes. (For those new to the blog, I'm not vegan but I do make a lot of plant-based and vegan dishes because my body likes it). I really did like this recipe, though I thought the sodium content was a wee bit high for my taste (and I didn't use that much salt). I did make it a little more spicy
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Why I Decided to Buy Nike Stock Instead of Their Products

I'm sure all of you have heard the latest butthurt news out of the U.S. In case you haven't heard, Nike released an ad with Colin Kaepernick for its 30th Anniversary of Just Do It: Now, if you want to know how I feel about Colin Kaepernick, click here for a refresher. The hours and days after the ad had debuted, it was funny to watch some of the reaction online.
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Top 100 Stunna

I like to give a shout-out to Brand Ballot for featuring this blog in their Top 100 Mommy Blogs of 2018. I have to say that's pretty dope. I'm not going to give an emotional write-up and blah blah blah when I can just bless y'all with a pic of Bear. To check out who else made the cut (and I have to say I have some really good company!),
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Summer Recap

We did a lot this summer and it was a lot of fun. From swimming to the beach to just enjoying life! Though I do wish we did just a bit more, I'm proud we accomplished a lot. So, let's go! Swimming lessons: If you followed my IG stories, we enrolled Bear into swimming. It was rather coaxing to get him to take his lessons and lots of promises were made