It’s 9pm. Your husband’s still working. You finally sit down to breathe after putting your kids to bed. 9pm – this is actually early for you. A very newly found routine with your children to get them in bed by 7:45pm. The… Read More

Many of us women long for the customary path of engagement, marriage, a good career, a “forever” home and babies, at least at some point in our lives. Some go on to have one or two of those things, others – all… Read More

I think I speak for the masses (well, those on social media) that have felt like we “know” someone because we see the 1% of their life they want us to see on social media. I’ve gone as far as calling people… Read More

We All Have This One Thing In Common With Mr. Christian Grey

Let me start this off by saying I had never watched the 50 Shades Of Grey Movies when they debuted and I had only read the first book when it was released (but woah, all the feels when I read the book… Read More

Backtracking to this past Tuesday since mom life has delayed my posting (better late than never, right?) My day sucked (or at least I thought it did before so stumbled across something that snapped me back to reality). I tried for 3… Read More

It’s true. 4.5 years isn’t a whole lot of “Mom-ing” in the larger scope of a typical lifespan but it sure feels like I’ve learned a great deal about motherhood, myself, my marriage, my friendships and my career during this time. Lots… Read More

Random Thoughts

You know when they ask you in elementary school, middle school, high school and college what you want to be when you grow up? That whole progression of life, the cycle that takes you into a career path from college? Yeah, that… Read More

Just Call Me Mrs. Flores

I always knew I was meant to write.  For who, that’s still sort of TBD. There’s a certain fire that ignites inside of me when I get the itch to write…the kind that makes me stay awake most hours of the night… Read More

Confessions of a Working Mom

Hi friends! Very exciting stuff happening in the world of Pretty Little Pretzel! If you love my brutal honesty, sarcasm and wittiness, please read my new blog post as part of a “Guest Feature” project on The World of Motherhood.   Please check… Read More

Return of the Good Ole’ Days

If you are anything like me, you might hate reading literature but love reading useless stories on Facebook about how fabulous us 90’s kids had it with smelly dry erase markers, capture the flag, inflatable neon chairs, Limited Too, Tomagatchi’s and Furbys…. Read More