Remember when I shared my big goal for 2018? Turns out that goal has been easy to manifest in a lot of small but powerful ways. One of the home tasks I think gets completely blown out of proportion is laundry. I hear so many woman complain about the ‘mountains’ and ‘piles’ of laundry taking […]
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Happy Easter, everyone! It’s an early morning here as we prepare for a sacred and celebratory morning at church and a full afternoon of family, food and fun at home. I’ve read a lot of blog posts about the reason for celebration today and want to be clear this part of Easter is at the […]
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What’s one thing you most looked forward to when you moved into your first place? For me, I remember very clearly what that one thing was. Well, there were actually many things revolving around my new found freedom, but my most welcomed new ability was the chance to have my own dinner parties (or rather […]
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In true party planning spirit, we threw Lachlan a sweet and very fun puppy themed paw-ty for his second birthday. It was ALMOST as much fun as the dinosaur themed bash we hosted last year. If you’re familiar with our furry friend, Zoe (also known as our beloved six year old rescue pup) you’ll know […]
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Sweet Lachlan Rue, how are you TWO? If you’ve read any of my posts over the last few years you’ll know I’m completely smitten with motherhood (and with my son). And I’m pretty unapologetic about it. My motherhood journey has been a really joyful and constant adventure which is interesting given that so much in […]
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My first title for this post was ‘Meal Planning Tricks for Busy Women Who Can’t Eat 94% of Existing Food’ But that was a little long for a blog post title and much too indicative of my own personal reality. So instead I went with the title you see above because that fits perfectly with […]
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Home sweet home! Six years ago last week we officially moved into our home. About a year after we got married (and after spending 2.5 years living in two different countries!) we spent three months overseeing an exciting home building process which started in the summer and ended just before Christmas of 2011. What a […]
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Life is really good right now. Not perfect but simply good. I’ve been coming out of what was a hard year in a lot of different ways. While circumstances have certainly improved what’s really changed is my heart. I’ve fought for contentment this year in a totally new way. I’ve been forced to say no […]
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When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist Over the weekend Andrew and I celebrated seven years of marriage. In a lot of ways it feels like we were just meeting […]
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I’ve been in the habit of creating seasonal bucket lists for a few years now and while they sometimes take a backseat in the busyness of life, they’re very fun to scheme up in the transition of season. Here in Michigan we truly experience four distinct seasons. With autumn upon us (which happens to be […]
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Oh, this post brings me such joy! A few years ago I read a friend’s post about how she didn’t gravitate towards photos of herself (and her significant other, family, etc) on the walls in her home. Immediately I felt a little self conscious about the things we have here hanging in our own home because […]
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Out of all the events I’ve ever planned, this one might be my favorite. I believe there are certain milestones every parent looks forward to, and for me, one of those was planning a really fun and awesome first birthday party for Lachlan. When he was really little (we’re talking just a few weeks old) […]
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