Tara Limoco
Cincinnati has been my home since graduating from college, and thanks to all the friends I have made here, I am happy to now call it home. I am Mom to three teenagers so life is never boring at our house. While we homeschooled for several years, we are slowly aging out of that adventure and into the new territory of dating, driving, college applications and who knows what next! When my mom hat isn't on, I squeeze in a few of my other loves–exploring our city, crafting, reading, kayaking, hiking, gardening, traveling, and teaching people to take good care of their skin through my Mary Kay business. Oh, and of course writing!
10 Awesome Kid Businesses: Summer Jobs for the Under 16 Crowd
Each of my children, by the time he or she was nine years old, wanted to know how to make money. “Like, a REAL job (insert eye roll here), Mom.” Perhaps it is the natural...
Helping Little Girls Deal With Big Emotions
I have several disjointed, painful memories from early adolescence. It’s entirely possible-even likely-that I have blocked out some of that time. Yet I can still pull forth the horror of leaking blood through my...
Farm (or Back Yard) to Table: Spring Edition
Every year, it’s the same. By the time our Ohio winter is waning, I am deep in the throes of a fresh vegetable craving. March is often so cold that my garden still seems...
What to Expect When You’re Adulting
How many of us read—in fact, poured over every word of the famous pregnancy handbook, What to Expect When You’re Expecting? I know many people whose copies are well-used and worn. Despite some of...
Easy Dips for the Big Game
What makes a party a party? Friends, drinks, and food—especially DIP. Some of my favorite dips are the classics—ranch dip with veggies, spinach dip with Hawaiian Bread, queso with tortilla chips. But sometimes I...
A New Cake in Town
We all know where to enjoy the taste of classic Cincinnati—a Big Boy with tarter sauce and a decadent hot fudge cake. Since the first restaurant opened nearly seventy years ago, many of us...
The Santa Problem
A few days ago, with my handy smart phone all the way upstairs, I reached instead for the kids’ iPad to Google some question that was irking me. When I pulled up the browser,...
Random Acts of Holiday Kindness
I admit it. I am a bit of a Scrooge. There is a whole lot about the holiday season that I just cannot get excited about. My biggest issue is probably our excessive buying...
Thanksgiving Dinner Dilemmas Solved: A Recipe Roundup
Thanksgiving might be my favorite holiday. No endless decorating. No endless shopping. No endless wrapping. And from my very unscientific survey, there is no holiday with fewer Pinterest-y craft ideas to torment me. Plus,...
Why I Love it When My Husband Travels
Just got a text from my husband.
“Vero cancelled. Matthew.”
Dangit. His work trip to Vero Beach was cancelled due to the arrival of Hurricane Matthew. (Side note: who gets to take a work trip to...