It’s funny how things appear to happen in waves–last summer was the wave of weddings, where we attended four within the span of about three weeks. This year seems to have been the wave of babies, with a new friend or co-hort or sister-in-law gettin’ preggers every time I turn around. Of course, if I …
How Does This Always Happen?
It’s August 1st, and I have only a few weeks left of summer before I head back to my new batch of 7th graders. I feel like I haven’t done hardly anything I wanted to do this summer. How does this always happen to me? (Side note: you know what else always happens to …
One Truth About Simplifying
(The current disaster I’m working with in my organizational challenge: our bedroom) Forcing myself to go through my entire apartment piece by piece this year and closely examine each of our possessions has brought me to this truth (among others): Our ability to simplify and minimize and rid ourselves of the surplus in our lives …
Things That Bring Me Joy: Fresh Cut Flowers
I have a confession to make: I buy myself flowers. Like, all the time. Sometimes (maybe two or three times a year), I’ll receive a beautiful bouquet, usually of roses, from my thoughtful hubby. Often, these occasions accompany some holiday (Christmas, Valentine’s Day, etc.), and they never fail to bring me joy when they do happen. …
Off to the Woods
Well, I’m about an hour out from departure to girls’ camp–3.5 days filled with campfire banana boats (essentially grilled bananas stuffed with chocolate chips and mini marshmallows), low-mess crafts, spiritually-themed hikes, and group skits. It will basically be awesome. Of course, as of Sunday morning, I was deathly afraid that I might come home from …
A Summer Lunch in Solitude
I learned an important fact about myself this week as Matt’s been away: I eat about a bajillion times healthier when he’s not around. This totally blows my mind because I’m constantly trying to sneak vegetables into all of our meals because heaven knows that man would never think to eat them of his own …
Come Home Already
Dear Partner in Crime: Please come home from this scout camp already. I’m tired of making food just for myself and not having anyone else to be impressed with it. I’m tired of rolling over in the night and not having any covers to steal or any face to (accidentally) smack. I’m tired of going …
Summer Dating Challenge: New Restaurant in a New Town
For our second dating challenge (from the 10 Summer Date Ideas I posted awhile back), we decided to venture outside of Logan, which is something we don’t do often (unless we’re headed to Bountiful, but that doesn’t make us any more familiar with the surrounding towns). Here’s the original dating challenge for this particular date: …