The Lived In Home

The Lived In Home

The lived in home is about more than pinperfection. It’s about more than the magazine spread and the coordinated cushions. And yet, the lived in home is disappearing. If I told you that people used to enjoy living in their homes, decorating their homes and just...
And so it Begins …

And so it Begins …

Every good story has a beginning, and this is ours.  Sometimes in life you have to be willing to take big steps in the hopes that these steps will lead to something amazing, something beyond belief. Something WORTH sharing with the rest of the world because keeping it...
Painted Toes

Painted Toes

Ok, I need to shout this mom victory from the roof-tops. Like with a speaker of some sorts, make it a public announcement, possibly even air it in place of the Bachelor. My boys, oh my boys … they can be the dearest little creatures set this side of Heaven *they...
“Fine, you’re going to school!”

“Fine, you’re going to school!”

{… written last Friday …} We are about to start our homeschooling journey. Homeschool-lite I am calling it. I would be lying if I said that I was confident or even really excited about starting. LAST YEAR, I was pumped about getting started soon … to...
Instant Pot – Whole-lotta-Chicken

Instant Pot – Whole-lotta-Chicken

Alright ladies, let’s be real here and say – there are very few days that I plan our meals ahead of time. I mean, I would love to be the domestic and super-organized home-making goddess we all seem to aspire to in the world of Pin-perfect homes and...
It’s Almost Moving Day – The LAST MINUTE Tips

It’s Almost Moving Day – The LAST MINUTE Tips

If you haven’t heard, we are in the midst of preparing for a two part move. Part one, we move out of our home and back into the nest. YUP … back in with my parents for two months, two months that HAPPEN to have the highest number of weeks KNOWN to man in them,...