Dear Dad | healthylivinghowto.com

Dear Dad

Last week you gave us a scareBut with some tender-loving careYour heart is on the mend We all knew it wasn’t the endYou’ve got fish to… [Continue Reading]

Tom & Vanessa Easter | healthylivinghowto.com

Happy Easter 2019

We were blessed to have our little buddy Asher this weekend. Took him to an Easter egg hunt at the park yesterday as well as… [Continue Reading]

Cheers to You | healthylivinghowto.com

Cheers to You

The sun is shining and it’s +70 degrees F in Minnesota. This is one of my all-time fave spring/summer after dinner drinks. Caffeine-free Zevia Cola… [Continue Reading]

Dad | healthylivinghowto.com

The Only Place I Want To Be

I was laying in bed with Asher last night — he was long asleep and I was just drifting off. Tom came in and said,… [Continue Reading]

Crying Over Dominoes | healthylivinghowto.com

Crying Over a Game of Dominoes

The other morning I found myself sitting at our dining room table crying over a game of dominoes. I wasn’t sad per se. Well, maybe… [Continue Reading]

Goodbyes Make Me Cry | healthylivinghowto.com

Goodbyes Always Make Me Cry…

…and saying goodbye to the yellow brick road was no different. Elton John put on a fantastic farewell show in Minneapolis as part of his… [Continue Reading]

Valentine's Day 2019 | healthylivinghowto.com

Sixty-Hundred Dollars

“I love my grandma sixty-hundred dollars to the moon and back.” -Asher, 4 yo We spent our Valentine’s Day together playing Nerf guns, trucks, and… [Continue Reading]

Dice | vanessaraeromero.com

My Top 10 Amazon “Buy It Agains” for 2018 That Are Not Boring

207. That’s the number of Amazon orders we placed in 2018. It doesn’t include the orders we placed for groceries and other “must have them… [Continue Reading]

Purple Sunglasses | vanessaraeromero.com

I May or May Not Have BO

Hello, I’m Vanessa. I once had someone tell me they did not like my purple hair, said it was for the birds. My nickname is… [Continue Reading]

Seven Years | vanessaraeromero.com

If I Only Had Seven Good Years Left

I am about the same age today, that my mom was in this picture. She had seven “good” years left before the symptoms of Lewy… [Continue Reading]

Do For Others | vanessaraeromero.com

What Are You Doing for Others

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?”” — Martin Luther King, Jr. I don’t know about you, but sometimes… [Continue Reading]

Beauty from Ashes | vanessaraeromero.com

Beauty from Ashes

Our (court) order includes a holiday schedule. We get our little buddy on Christmas, they get him on Christmas Eve. When you say it that… [Continue Reading]

Good Mug | vanessaraeromero.com

Mugs Matter

I love a good mug. Handle has to fit at least two fingers. Three is even better. Purple takes it to another level. However, what… [Continue Reading]

Just Say No | vanessaraeromero.com

Just Say No

As of late, I’ve had several conversations with friends who are so overwhelmed because they can’t say no. I get that it feels good to… [Continue Reading]

Family Blessing | vanessaraeromero.com

Thanksgiving Blessing

On Thanksgiving, it’s only appropriate to share my favorite mealtime blessing, courtesy of my dad. “Father, Son, Holy Ghost, bless the one who eats the… [Continue Reading]

Lady Lumberjack | vanessaraeromero.com

Lady Lumberjack

Finished out our fall axe throwing season tonight with a third place win in our region and top 50 in the nation!!! Who knew I… [Continue Reading]

Goin' to the Chapel | vanessaraeromero.com

Goin’ to the Chapel

Or should I say courthouse and we’re gonna get married!!! Yes, we did. Fifteen years ago, Tom Nikkola and I (without telling anyone) got married at the… [Continue Reading]

Sunsets are Proof | vanessaraeromero.com

Sunsets are Proof

It’s been cloudy and raining pretty much every day since we moved into our new apartment. Which made last night’s sunset even more special, being… [Continue Reading]

Twenty One Months Ago | vanessaraeromero.com

Twenty-One Months Ago

On Tom’s 40th birthday, we learned of a little boy named Asher. We knew he was our grandson the moment we laid eyes on him…. [Continue Reading]

Lesson Learned | vanessaraeromero.com

Lesson Learned

I just realized that Facebook has deleted all of my FB Live videos from the past few months. My #keto Costco haul is gone. My Mother’s Day… [Continue Reading]