Tandem For Two Blog

July = Show Your Star-Spangled, Hometown Pride!

What is the best part of where you live? Do you enjoy it and make time for it? Maybe it’s a physical feature - local lake, beach, ocean shore, or...

Easy Party Plans: Have a Party Bar!

I love to entertain and have people over and the easier I can make it the better! I’ve learned the hard way that nothing kills my mood (or my party)...

June = Enjoy the Little Things + Celebrate Summer!

Summer is here! Can you feel it? Here in the Midwest we have brighter days and longer nights. Instead of feeling like it’s time for bed because it’s dark at...

6 Gift Ideas for the Graduate

Spring fever is in the air and students are getting ready to be done with school. Do you have a graduate in your life, whether it’s from high school or...

May = Celebrate The Month & Those You Love

May has always been a month full of celebrations at our house. It is a month full of birthdays, an anniversary and Mother’s Day. When I was about to get...

How to Speed Deep Clean Your Home This Spring!

Once a year I manage to rally my family and we take 3 hours to deep clean our house. Yes, even my teens get in on it, without being paid...

April = Go Fly a Kite + Make Time For Fun

It’s getting warmer, the birds are back and chirping, and we see our neighbors outdoors again (at least that’s how it seems here in the Midwest). When my kids were...

10 Ways to Have a Great Road Trip!

I love me a good road trip! There's just something about filling up the gas tank, loading a few supplies in the car and taking off to explore. Here's my...

March = Time to Take a Road Trip & Explore

After this unseasonably warm and snowless winter, I already have spring fever. I hear birds chirping, see spring flowers up a month early and have a bad case of wanderlust....

5 Ways To Say I Love You

Looking for some creative ways to say "I love you?" Try out a few of these:

February = Layer Your Home with Love and Comfort

I’m not sure what it is about winter, maybe because we live in a colder climate, because we’re indoors more, maybe it’s the remaining effects of Christmas goodwill, or it’s...

January = What's On This Year's Bucket List?

A new year, a fresh start. It’s like opening a new notebook and making your first list or drawing on the first clean sheet of paper (for those of us...