Even though I know from years and years of experience that time speeds up crazy fast once a new school year starts and zooms through until Christmas, I’m still taken aback by it anew every fall. September was such a blur, largely because we were doing a ton of fun family stuff like weekly hikes …
The Goal: To Not Totally Burn Out {Sept. 2022 Goals}
Phew. That’s how I think I’m going to feel after every August that we do the flower farm. August was nuts. And of course, because I sometimes have a hard time pacing myself, I also decided that it was a great time to take on massive amounts of decluttering and simplifying in the house, which, …
Taking Time to Heal + Selling All the Flowers {August 2022 Goals}
July ran the gamut of emotions just about as much as it could have. We started the month off with the incredible high of being on our long-awaited family vacation in Hawaii, and we came home to do an ultrasound for my pregnancy that showed that everything sounded perfect. Although I felt sick with the …
Back From Hawaii + My To-Do List is Insane {July 2022 Goals + June Recap}
Yep, we’re a third of the way through July and I’m just getting around to posting my July goals and June recap. We’ve been intensely busy over here! At the end of June, our whole family flew to Hawaii to stay for a week thanks to my in-laws, who rented a house and took turns …
Summer is Here, But the Flower Farm Isn’t Planted Yet! {June 2022 Goals}
Time flies when you’re racing against the sun to get everything planted out! We weren’t able to start planting out the warm-weather crops of the flower farm until the very, very end of the month since we had several late frosts right in a row. Once the 10-day forecast showed we were the in the …
Holidays are Just Suggestions {May 2022 Goals + April Recap}
April was a whirlwind of activity, but we got a LOT done. April is when our flower farming season officially opens to the public, so I was harvesting and selling bouquets by the last third or so of the month. When harvesting starts to collide with all the usual spring craziness of planting and prepping …
The Month Where Mother Nature is My Boss {April 2022 Goals}
March was a blur, wasn’t it? Between all of us coming down with the flu, which lasted for multiple weeks for each one of us, we also were using every spare second that we weren’t sick or otherwise engaged working on flower farm tasks since spring is the season that’s by far the busiest. Our …
Prioritizing the Most Essential {March 2022 Goals}
February ended up being exactly what I needed, at least the last half of the month. After I found out about my missed miscarriage and had the D&C procedure done, I definitely had an active grieving period when I felt down and cried quite a bit. Once I started physically feeling better again–for the first …