I’ve been thinking a bit lately about what it means to live life to the fullest, to “carp the deem,” if you will. On the surface, the adage that tells us to “seize the day” has been interpreted as being a sort of early front-runner of sayings like YOLO (“you only live once,” for those …
10 on 10
Every month on the 10th (or thereabouts), I post ten (ahem, ISH) pictures of my daughter Raven, who we’ve been taking a picture of every day since she was born. I’ll have you know that this month is the closest I’ve ever come to actually keeping the photo limit at 10. Progress! 1 // Bedhead …
How I Cut Our Food Waste in Half
(making muffins to use up our brown bananas) It’s October, which means that we’re officially in the last quarter of the year. You might remember that I’ve been working on my cooking skills this year with my 100 Hours in the Kitchen Project. You also might remember that for the last quarter, my focus has …
This is What Aging 15 Years Looks Like
Looking at pictures of myself now at 30, it’s tempting for me to say that I haven’t aged much (especially since I’ve basically stuck with the same hairstyle(ish) more or less for several years in a row now) and because I’m only *slightly* starting to get little wrinkles around my eyes and forehead and …
Scenes from a (Late) Birthday Weekend
When I think of turning 30 years down the road, I’m sure I won’t remember the kitchen gadgets I got, or the fact that we had creamed eggs over toast on the actual day. I won’t remember that for Matt, I bought a book he’d been wanting for awhile and a new cover for his …