Emily

I'm a wickedly fabulous stay-at-home mom, delovely wife, music teacher (on hiatus), current piano teacher, grammar stickler, Starbucks addict, Disney lover, and all-around sarcastic maniac.

My husband, two young daughters, and I live outside of Rochester, NY, which we adore, despite the endless gray winters. We raise puppies for a service dog organization, which makes our house part-kennel, part-playground, all-crazy. I can bake a mean, tiered, fondant-covered cake, take some awesome almost-professional candid photos, whoop your butt in a Disney trivia contest, and am a dishwasher-loading ninja. Oh, and I have wild adult ADHD, so -- oh, look! A kitty!

My husband and I have been together for 19 years and damn if he still doesn't make me laugh (despite his routinely "forgetting" to run the dishwasher). Our daughters are hilarious, gorgeous, exhausting, and generally amazing. Our family loves to cook, travel, watch shows on The Food Network, and dreams of winning a vacation on "Trip Flip." Cheese, Starbucks, chocolate, and wine make mama very happy.

Life sure as hell isn't easy, but focusing on the bad stuff sucks. There's (almost) always a silver lining, something funny, in every situation, and it's my mission to find it. That's what this blog is about. Strap in and enjoy the ride.