When I was younger, I looooooved picking summer fruit. We had a small peach tree in our backyard, and I remember a certain feeling of triumph when I was the one asked to go pluck a few of the fuzzy fruits fresh from the tree for dinner. My grandparents, who lived a block over from …
I started getting more and more into the “minimalism/simple living” movement *just* before it hit mainstream, a year or two before the Internet exploded with posts about how to live slowly and the t.v. started showing couples searching for tiny homes and Marie Kondo showed us all that we should only keep things that spark …
It’s been too long since I’ve done one of these (especially since I’d thought of doing one every month or two), so here we go: A picture of me right now (well, a picture of me from about 20 minutes ago) Time I woke up: 7:15 (though I’d set my alarm for 7:40) First thing …
Last night, I read my 40th book of the year (and stayed up waaaay past my bedtime, which means I’m feeling a bit like a member of the walking dead over here today). In looking back over my reading posts, I realized I hadn’t done any kind of major reading recap since April, so I’ve …
Because of one thing or another, we’ve been doing a lot of living off of our pantry lately. Tonight, when I had about 20 minutes to get dinner on the table, I was fresh out of ideas, and since the fridge looked pretty bare, I wondered what on earth I was going to throw together. …
I think (super scientifically, of course) that there are two main attitudes of parents, and that people tend to favor one end of the spectrum over the other. The first kind of parent favors schedules, and they will feed their children roughly at the same time each day, enforce naptimes and bedtimes at the same …
(Picture from when I was pregnant with Raven) I feel like I need to start off this post with a whole bunch of disclaimers: I’m not sure I’ll even publish this. I know I have nothing to complain about compared to many women who so desperately want a child and don’t even have …
A lot has happened over the last month (and it shows in these pictures, which are a little all over the place). Such can only be expected when one of the events of the past 30 days involved moving to another town. Here we go: 1 // Eatin’ grilled cheese (“cheesy toast”) for lunch in …
