I first encountered the idea of minimalism back in 2013, and it has held me riveted ever since. I first got into the idea while I was in the throes of doing my 50 Weeks to Organized Project and was looking for inspiration to keep on going. Since then, what had simply been a way …
***CONFESSION*** Our kitchen table (and all of our kitchen counters, for that matter) are almost always filled with clutter of some kind. After my 50 Weeks to Organized Project back in 2013, I got really good at keeping certain surfaces clean, like the bathroom counter–a major win–and the tops of “decorative surfaces,” like the …
Today I took a sick day from work due to the fact that our entire household seems to have come down with something. Owing to our slightly varying symptoms, it’s been difficult to tell if we’ve all come down with the same something or with three different somethings, but either way, it’s not been much …
The original plan for our January adventure involved large amounts of salty air (not from the beach, unfortunately, but from Antelope Island) and plenty of outdoors time for all three of us, but the real January adventure ended up involving large amounts of really, really old bones and some pretty delicious gluten-free fare at a …
As I mentioned in my blog post about my new year’s resolutions, I’m trying out a new project this year that’s meant to reignite my passion for cooking (which has severely petered down the last several months due to all the dietary changes I’ve been making). There’s a theory that says that you need to …
Thanks to the habit I started in November of reading about 40 pages on most days (by reading ten pages of four different books a day), I got a decent number of books finished before the year petered out. I thought I’d pass along a few of my thoughts since I know that many of …
Quick Stats Weight: 17-18 lbs. (?) Height: about 27″ (I don’t know on these–we’ll find out for sure at her appointment next week) Clothing Size: 6-9 month size Diaper Size: 3 Milestones Reached Pulls up to standing on pretty much everything, including in her crib Holds on to and uses furniture, toys, and/or people to walk …
There’s a common saying that says that since it takes 9 months to grow a baby, you should expect it to take at least 9 months to lose the baby weight. Or something like that. Well, today I am 9 months postpartum, and ***SPOILER ALERT*** I haven’t lost all the baby weight. BUT! I’m a …
