Last week we had the house fumigated, so it's been a lot of work to get the household back in order. I have a long list of tasks and over the weekend, I expected to tackle some of it. Except, the dizziness overtook me and I was unable to accomplish much. I have anemia, hypoglycemia, and low iron amongst other things. So it's a fine balance to assure that everything is working with another. That means balancing my meds and staggering them correctly. It means that meals are pre

I find these generators to be quite amusing; but also, I appreciate taking them on as a challenge. After I got my color palettes, based on astrology and whims, I decided to go out and try to find them in nature. Pantone Birth Chart Palette & Your Big 3 Color Palette

Before I go off on a rant about this, I'd like to offer the reader this: Update your resume as you go. Have a "living" resume whereupon you update it with all the notes post project wrap up. Let it be the place that you can champion yourself, feel free to write down every little detail. You should have a professional resume that is separate and more cleaned up -- but in this living document, you can track items so you don't forget it. Normalize writing about your volunteer o

I got into the Master of Science for Early Childhood Education program at Cal State East Bay! I'm pretty proud that I took the steps to apply and got in. The ECE program was my preferred choice of program, but I was more than happy to do Elementary Education when I applied to Masters programs. A really important part of my going back to school was the ability to do it online. I am a stay at home mom, and I volunteer quite a bit at my kiddo's school. I didn't want to have to s

Yesterday was the kiddo's last day of Kindergarten. It's been a long year due to a variety of personal difficulties that arose in 2026. But we made it. Soon, I officially sign off as the PTA's Communication VP. Yesterday, I ended my inadvertent role as "Room Parent" with the end of school. I say "inadvertent" because there wasn't a designated role and given that I was already in charge of Comms, I took the role of communicating (or rather, reiterating everything the teacher/s

During the 2025-2026 school year, I served as the Communications VP on my kiddo's school PTA. One of the parents began doing interviews that I thought was a wonderful way to highlight the various things that the community works on. Since I'm very excited about the interview, I thought I'd share it here. You can view the newsletter here (image). FH Volunteer Spotlight- Shauna By Deepika Gajaria To start us off, can you share a little bit about you and your journey so far at Fo