I'm Carrie, the blogger behind the lemonade. Here's a photo of me, which I need to update, but at least now you know who you're talking with:
In a previous life I was a teacher and school librarian, jobs I adored until our world was rocked by our daughter's traumatic birth. Now, I'm the happy-yet-harried mama of two kiddos less than 2 years apart living in the Philly 'burbs. I find therapy in finding ways to live a lovely life, for less. My stealth-like ways of doing that:
- scouting out great deals on fabulous things
- creating DIY projects
- glamming up thrifty home decor
- throwing creative parties on a budget
- finding family activities everyone will enjoy
- making healthy recipes for the pickiest eaters
- and organizing it all the best I can. Which is sometimes not at all.
Anything I don't like? YES. Winter. Oh, and bugs. Maybe also sharks, but only if I'm in the ocean. And getting my photo taken and talking about myself. Obviously.
It hasn't been easy, going from two incomes to one and turning all we knew and expected upside down, but we're finding our way. Looking for the humor in life, organizing ourselves to keep this ship running smoothly, and attempting to live a lovely life while sticking to a budget-- this is our version of making lemonade!
Come sit around my table and share a some lemonade. Or Lemon-tinis. So, what's new with YOU?
FAQ
Obviously those are names to protect the innocent. Or, slightly innocent. Have you SEEN what they just did to my carpet? Hint: highlighter does NOT come out of Berber.
What happened to Noodle? Will she be okay?
Long story short, her umbilical cord burst in utero which is called a vasa previa. Undiagnosed it usually has a 100% mortality rate due to lack of oxygen. Noodle's APGAR score at 20 minutes old was a whopping zero; she was not expected to survive that delivery, and when she did, it was very grave indeed. Within hours she began a treatment called head cooling which basically gave her brain hypothermia and slowed the impact of oxygen deprivation. She spent her first two months of life in the NICU. She battled hard, that little girl, through renal failure, seizures, developmental delays, and reflux so bad she was fed via nasogastric tube for over a year. This blog chronicles our adventures coming back from that terrible, beautiful day she was born. Here's a few {vulnerable} posts on the subject if you want to know more and have some tissues handy:
Hmmm... you seem familiar. Have I seen you somewhere before?
I'm humbled to have been listed on these lovely sites:
- Babble.Com Top 50 Mom Craft Blogger
- The CSI Project
- Centsational Girl's Best of the Blogosphere here and here
- Someday Crafts
- Tip Junkie
- Sew Dang Cute
- All Free Sewing here and here
- and, we were on an episode of HGTV's Rip and Renew when I was 8 months pregnant. I. Was. Huge. (in the literal sense, not the rockstar sense).
Besides email, there's Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. If you sign up for my RSS feed I'll love you forever. Just please don't stop by my house unannounced. I probably have laundry in the front hallway to fold.
Anything else you'd like to disclose?
Since you asked, check out my disclosure statement regarding giveaways, reviews, and affiliate links.
Can I advertise on Making Lemonade?
If your business is a good fit with our mission, absolutely. Find out more details on the PR/Advertising tab up top, or take the shortcut to it here.
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