Russian Soul Sundays

Russian Soul Sunday – Southern Cabbage

Okay, so I'm posting a Russian Soul Sunday recipe on a Monday; forgive me. It was my birthday weekend and it was super fun! More on that later. Here is the recipe I'd used. I should've taken pictures of it but take my word on it, it was great! I added sausage and potato to make it more filling. I usually add a side of hot water cornbread but I
Meet the Blussians, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness

Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness: How to Cope with Sudden Loss

October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. Over the course of this month, I’ll feature a series of posts dedicated to this month. It’s a bittersweet month for me. Sweet because it’s my birthday month, bitter because I’m reminded of my lost babies (not that I ever forget them). Today, we'll talk about how to cope with sudden pregnancy and infant loss. While there are different ways to cope,
Meet the Blussians, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness

Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness #2: What NOT to Say After a Miscarriage

October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. Over the course of this month, I’ll feature a series of posts dedicated to this month. It’s a bittersweet month for me. Sweet because it’s my birthday month, bitter because I’m reminded of my lost babies (not that I ever forget them). In continuing Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness posts, I'm going to talk about what NOT to say when a woman
Ethan, Meet the Blussians, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness #1: Why Dead Babies are Still Taboo

October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. Over the course of this month, I'll feature a series of posts dedicated to this month. It's a bittersweet month for me. Sweet because it's my birthday month, bitter because I'm reminded of my lost babies (not that I ever forget them). Pregnancy and infant loss is a taboo subject because let's face it, no one likes to talk or think about
Meet the Blussians

That One Time We Were Sluts.

I'm starting to get a handle on this vlogging thing, though I'll freely admit, I still don't know what the eff I'm doing. Anyway, here are our adventures from yesterday when we attended the Amber Rose SlutWalk. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUueyN2dkp0&w=560&h=315] On Tuesday, I'm going to make a special post on Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month and share more of my stories of losing Ethan and jellybean (my early miscarriage loss before Ethan)
Russian Soul Sundays

Russian Soul Sundays – Eggplant Dishes

Today, for Russian Soul Sunday, we're going to do either Eggplants Mezhivo or just plain ol' fried eggplant. As it's (finally!) starting to get cooler in L.A., we're incorporating more baked and fried dishes in our diet. During the summer and warmer months, it's usually a lot of salads or very light dishes (and honestly, who wants to spend a lot of time in the kitchen when it's 100 degrees
Yoda

Flashback Friday – Pumpkin Patch edition

It's amazing how small he was last year around this time! We took him to his first pumpkin patch and he was a little overwhelmed. After all, he'd never seen a pumpkin before, let alone a ton of them! Here are some pics from it last year. I really do miss that hair color. Really, it were colors. I love this photo. So touching. <3 Whoa! What is this? A bit overwhelmed puffs. Searching for
Meet the Blussians

Meet the Blussians

And we're live...again...officially! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2gEimLcfUU&w=560&h=315] So, we decided to go ahead and semi-document our lives. I say semi-document because we're going to upload on Tuesdays and Saturdays (making an exception today).  I'm keeping the blog because it's primarily about Bear and I while the YouTube channel is about all of us (even Sushi!) with special guest appearances by families and friends. So go subscribe and do all of that jazz. :)
TTC

Off The Wall

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3MFbhwfEXU&w=420&h=315] So...is anyone ready to play the, 'Is that a line' game? I'm 10 DPO. Originally I wasn't going to test today. Actually, I was going to try to wait until Sunday to test but I figured hell, why not. So I took a test. The photo was taken within 5 minutes. The 'I don't think I see a line but I kinda see something' is on the left of