With the 2020/2021 school year ready to launch in my corner of the world, we (my husband and I) find ourselves, understandably, gathering our thoughts and ideas on how to navigate the ebbs and flows of our new normal: raising and educating children during a global pandemic as full-time working parents. We must acknowledge, in […]
As the world begins to make plans to loosen some of the coronavirus restrictions, I find myself reflecting on my and my family’s time in lock-down. Even though my husband and I are both essential workers in our fields and have both had to leave the house to go work, our life, like the billions […]
My, what a year it has been! There have been ups, there have been downs—through it all, it has been thrilling. Though I am not a professional blogger (read as: I do not blog for a living), I have invested heavily in the professional packaging of my blog because I strongly believe that anything worth […]
It is so easy to get caught up in the headiness of Instagram posts that portray (in nauseating abundance) neatly-curated and closeted collections of luxury items, bright-colored Ladurée macarons displayed eye-catchingly amongst multiple other fanciful confectioneries complete with the Eiffel Tower back drop, foil balloons, and decorated boxes of everlasting roses . As a result […]
Dear All, Welcome to my blog, ChichiChic. I am so grateful that you have taken the time to stop by–it truly means the world to me. I want to use this opportunity to express gratitude to my family and friends for the support they have given me on this journey to making this dream a […]
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the term Frenemy as “one who pretends to be a friend, but is actually an enemy.” In order to devise a plan for handling a Frenemy, one must first be able to recognize who really is a Frenemy—this is not always a clear cut matter. Take two of Jesus’ disciples, Judas […]
Buying a home can seem like such a daunting and overwhelming endeavor. This is because mortgage financing and real estate lingo often sounds so foreign and the price tags of houses, given that a house is usually the most expensive purchase a person will make in his or her lifetime, can lead to legit sticker […]
We have all heard the idiom “the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence.” This refers to the way we tend to play up all the positive things we see about others and ignore any negative aspects of their lives. Concurrently, we downplay the positive things we have going on our […]
Time is precious because we are only given a finite amount of it to spend on Earth. Once time has been spent, you cannot get it back. A Time Waster is a person, place, event, habit, character trait or thing that consumes your time and energy but does not yield positive results for you. Some […]
When thinking about body fat, the adage “prevention is better than cure” for sure applies. This is because losing weight can be quite challenging for some of us whose bodies seem to be quite adept at storing fat. Indeed! I could probably gain weight during a famine. Studies that have looked at the human genome […]