About Me
Hi. I’m Tara.
I am a 30-year-old wife and mom. These are the two best, most fulfilling, most fun gigs I can imagine, and I try to share that joy with my Dear Readers.
I love reading, writing, learning, and making life fun for my daughter. In the summer, I love to hike with my family, swim, picnic, and explore nature. In the winter, I like to watch the snow from my couch.
That last bit, about watching the snow from the couch? Not a joke.
I suffer from migraine headaches, and I have battled my weight for my entire life.
I live the life I love, and I love the life I live.
I work hard to stay positive here; I believe that happiness is a choice we can all make. I love the life I share with my husband, Joe, and our daughter, Gracie, and I celebrate it as often as I can.
That’s not to say that my life is all sunshine and daisies. I have bad days. I get crabby. My family hits bumps in the road. I write about those, too.
My husband and I try (and often fail) to achieve a frugal, back-to-basics lifestyle. As you look around, you’ll find lots of articles about things your Grandmother probably did, like canning, making jam, and sewing.
I stay busy balancing my passions for blogging and my family with a career teaching science in a public high school.
I have a B.S. in secondary education and an M.Ed. in teaching and curriculum, both from The Pennsylvania State University. I also hold a Writing Specialist Certificate from Penn State. If you’re interested in my full professional profile, please contact me.
Why Feels Like Home?
When I was growing up, my family moved all the time. It felt like we got settled in to a new home and new town, and then we had to move. No place I lived ever really felt like home to me. When I graduated from college, I was determined to build a home for myself and never move again.
At that point, I was a young woman who intended to be a single professional forever and aspired to earn a PhD and become known as the neighborhood cat lady.
God intervened. In 2005, I met my soul mate. Two years (to the day) after our first date, we got married. Eleven months after that, we became the parents of a baby girl. When she was four months old, this blog was born.
These days, our daughter is a precocious preschooler, I am a busy working mother, and my life feels like home. I know that I’m right where I belong.
Want to know more?
Have a look around. A sample of my favorite posts show up in the sidebar on the right every time you open a page.
You might also like to check out a few of these posts:
What a great list! Thanks for including my Peeps!
~Kim
What a coincidence! I have my B.H. in Secondary English Education and my M.Ed. in Teaching & Curriculum (BOTH from PSU, too!)
I LOVE how positive you are. My kind of people
Looking forward to meeting you in Baltimore!
I can't wait!
Thank you very much
Feel free to use it as a template for your own!
Thank you
Tara,
I love your about me page! Even though I've “known” you for a while, I feel like I know you so much better now! I can't wait to see you in Baltimore!
What positivity! You have one of the toughest jobs out there, guiding and teaching our children is a role not made for everyone. Thank you for taking on the task.
Hi Tara!
Love your About Me and beautiful picture of your family!
I am excited for Baltimore and look forward to meeting you!
Your About Me put tears in my eyes. I am really looking forward to reading your blog and learning more about you.
Thank you so much for your amazing talk yesterday at Bloggy Boot Camp! I had absolutely no idea what SEO was all about and you really opened my eyes to it all!
It was my pleasure.
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Hey there! You were one of my favorite people to meet and spend time with at SBS, you know.
Thanks for stopping (or should I say, hopping?) by today! 
Same here, Mary! I was hoping we'd end up in the same blog network so that we could chat.
Seems we have a lot in common:) I moved around a lot when I was little and went to every school in our county! I still struggle with my weight:( I read your Bucket List and it looks wonderful! Maybe I will make one:)
Hopping by from BlogHop 10. What an adorable cutie you have!
Just made our first jelly this year (jalapeno jelly) and starting to do some canning this fall. Can't wait to hear about how things are going in your home.
Stopping in from the Blog Hop! I have been thinking about making peach jam lately! How funny that I should come across a blog about canning and other homey things! I think it's wonderful that you do those things and I bet it really makes your home warm and happy!
I can so relate to the “feels like home”! I love that knowledge that I am where I'm supposed to be – doing what I'm supposed to be doing! Life is good!
Hi! I stopped by on the Blog Hop.
I'm headed over to check out your bucket list now… and will not apologize if I brazenly steal an item or two.
Happy Friday.
Nice to meet you! I love jams,but do not know how to make them! I will definitately check your site out again!
http://jascherff.blogspot.com/ – Here from the blog hop- looks like you have a lovely and busy blog going here! Nice to “meet” you
Hi, Tara. Hopping your way. You and your family are beautiful!
Newest follower from Blog Hop '10. Can't wait to read more on your blog. Please visit my blog & follow me back.
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Thanks bunches =)
I'm Your newest follower from blog hop 10
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Just Hoppin By, Sorry I’m a little late, I’m #255,
I am happy to meet you… but you have to work on shorting your bucket list.
Lots of libraries have audiobooks that you download free.
Download Greek language book and learn while you clean the house.
You can’t achieve your dreams if you never make the first step. lol
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