How do you spend your Saturday afternoon? Reading a book? Catching up on housework? Hanging out with your family? For me, all of those are a possibility, but the one thing I never skip? Meal planning. It's not the most exciting way to spend my day, and there are plenty of other things that I find more fun. But I know that the time I spend planning our food is worth it. I want to feed my family mostly homemade, mostly unprocessed food. And it has to taste good, or they won't eat … [Read more...]
Books I’ve Read: January 2017 (And My New Tracking System)
It was a spiral-bound notebook with light blue pages, with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger on the front. I must have been in about fourth grade or so when I started writing down the books that I read. Though I didn't understand it at the time, I was very much an introvert, and I was perfectly content to spend the majority of my free time reading books, even as the rest of my peers were playing sports or participating in extra activities. Books were my happy place. And I would dedicate a page to … [Read more...]
Conquer Your Clutter
Today is January 25th, which means we are already almost a month into 2017. Whether you've chosen big goals for this year, or made some resolutions, or chosen a word for the year, how are those plans going? Have you made progress? Or has your initial motivation kind of fizzled out? Earlier this week, I had one of those horrible, rock bottom days. I felt like I was failing hard at pretty much every aspect of my life: mothering, being a good wife, homeschooling, running a business, keeping … [Read more...]
2017: The Year of Finishing
If you're on my email list, you got a sneak peek at my word of the year already. For me, this is the Year of Finishing. From the easy things, like a few specific craft projects I've had in mind for YEARS and a small list of books I've been meaning to read for forever, to the more difficult things, like finishing the decluttering of the whole house, and a few others I'm not ready to talk about just yet. This year, they're getting done. photo credit Over the past few weeks, I've been … [Read more...]
How To Never Miss Another Birthday
I always start the new year with good intentions. This will be the year that I remember everyone's birthday ahead of time. This will be the year that I mail gifts out at least a week in advance. This will be the year that I buy my husband an anniversary gift and don't have to thank God that we still have Amazon Prime, because otherwise it wouldn't get here in two days. Maybe you're like me? But this year, I have a plan. This year, I'm going to get birthday cards, anniversary … [Read more...]