Every fall, I try and share five random lessons (mostly practical) that I’ve learned recently in honor of back to school time. And this year, I’m gonna try to make at least some of them not growing- or flower-related, just so I don’t sound too much like a broken record over here 🙂 So without …
You Can Wash Your Couch Cushion Covers?! + 4 Other Things Learned Lately
Every fall for the past few years, I’ve done a random round-up of life hacks or other little things that I’ve learned lately. These usually aren’t anything too deep or profound, but they ARE things that have improved my life, productivity, homemaking, ability to keep my house clean, etc. In the comments below, I’d love …
What Your Photographer REALLY Wishes You Knew Before Taking Family Pictures
Historically, fall has always been (by far) the busiest season for family photographers, at least around here. With the trees bursting into fall colors and the temperatures down to a more comfortable range, autumn has always been the darling of the family photography world. This year marks my fourth year in the world of doing …
Open Heart Surgery
No, this is not a post wherein I reveal some devastating medical scare (thank goodness)— This is a post where I talk about a book that, at just over 100 pages, has managed to change my life…probably forever (and I mean that literally). In fact, it was this book that caused me to stay up …
17 Things I Learned in 2017
I try to have all end-of-year wrap-up posts done by, well, the end of the year, but you guys—this first trimester nausea/fatigue combo mixed with me getting sick over and over again with the various viruses going around have just knocked me flat for weeks, I’ve felt. So, although I’m still feeling sick, both …
Learning to Embrace Plan B
Every fall for the past three years, we’ve made a yearly tradition of going to a local apple orchard as a family. It was part of The Plan that this tradition would be long-standing and annual, with nothing or no one standing in the way of us getting our yearly cider fix and hundreds (!) …
16 Things I Learned in 2016
As I mentioned in my last post, I’d meant for this to be my last post of 2016, but as I had some unexpected (but very wanted and appreciated) plans come up, this post will just have to ring in the new year. I first tried doing this last year and ended up loving …
What I Learned in October
Today I’m taking a page from the Emily P Freeman and Modern Mrs. Darcy blogs and doing a post all about what I’ve been learning lately in October. 1- The best $14 I’ve ever spent was on getting our knives professionally sharpened. Five and a half years ago, when we got married, we used some …