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 (!) …
Although it felt like I stumbled onto photography as an artistic pursuit by accident, the more I think about it, the more I realize that I’ve ALWAYS been drawn to freezing moments in time forever, in finding the beauty in every day and in everyone, and in sharing what I’ve captured with other people. As …
While I haven’t always been a huge fan of cooking, it has blossomed into one of my favorite hobbies since getting married. However, though I usually enjoy cooking more than the average person, I also have my moments of pre-dinner panic, when I realize that everyone is expecting to be fed sometime within the next …
Considering it’s been over two months since I’ve posted any progress pics of our new house, I figured it was high time I get my ducks in a row over here. Honestly, not many “new” updates have happened lately, but I’ve been holding off posting before/after pics because I haven’t hung up a lot of …
Welcome to Health(ier) Habits, a series I started to help keep me on track with my goals to stay healthy, even when (ESPECIALLY when) I don’t always see the progress or results that I would like to as quickly as I would like to! Every two weeks, I list out my progress on my recent …
I would say we eat a decent variety of different meals for dinner, a fact I’m rather proud of, actually. I’m the kind of person who likes to try a different thing every time I go to the same restaurant until I’ve tried most everything I care to, just to make sure I know what’s …
I am the first to recognize that I am unbelievably fortunate in my choice of spouse–not only is Matt uncommonly in tune with the needs of other people, dashingly good-looking, and truly “one of the greats,” but he also sees eye to eye (or close enough) with me on virtually almost every important issue that …
As any voracious reader will probably tell you, one of the BEST ways to find your next favorite book is to find someone with good taste (or at least, a similar reading taste to yours) and read whatever it is that they’re recommending. Indeed, I just realized that the last nine reads of mine (plus …
