Author Archives: Stephanie O'Farrell

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, most office workers were forced to become full time telecommuters. We are now months into this way of life and it seems suddenly the negative effects are strongly outwe...

It seems like online shopping has been a coping mechanism for many during this current pandemic. I decided to do a "round up" of purchases my friends and I have made. Large to small and a couple that ...

I have been asked several times by co-workers without school-aged kids what it is like right now being a working parent during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are curious and I would be too on what the ac...

I am terrified of the Instant Pot. I purchased one well over a year ago and have used it a total of zero times. It sits on the floor of our pantry because I am convinced one day I will work up the cou...

When our house turned into a home office for two full time working parents and classroom for our two elementary school-aged kids back in March, I felt like my world was spinning. My type A personality...

With the kids being home 24/7, this means they have all the time in the world to be messing up any efforts we put into having a clean house. Last weekend my husband commented that I was standing at th...

Making s'mores by the fire is fun. It's also super messy, someone always cries when their marshmallow falls in the fire or burns to a crisp or someone gets hurt with the pointy stick. Also, you need a...

We could all use a little joy right now given the past couple of months have been unlike any other. Sometimes we have to find that joy in small ways. When my Summer Fab Fit Fun Box arrived, my six yea...

It was announced this week that face coverings will be mandatory statewide in Washington. There are exceptions for children under two years of age and those with a medical condition making it difficul...

Here we are, almost to Father's Day and still not out of the Coronavirus woods. For those of us in certain counties of states like Washington, we have not even quite made it fully to "phase 2" yet. Th...