Happy Mother’s Day to those who celebrate! I say that because while I have a great mom and am blessed to be a mom, there are those who don’t have great associations with this day. I know many women whose relationship with their mothers is tenuous at best. Many women who have lost their...
Summer White Space
I’ve been thinking a lot about clutter and white space lately (physical, mental, and time-based) and what’s really necessary in our lives. Sometimes it feels like a fight against mainstream culture not to buy into consumerism, ultra-connectedness, keeping up with the Joneses. I remember as a teenager, working at Crate & Barrel, brides registering...
Fairy Garden Birthday Party
My house is kind of a wreck right now. But we had fun wrecking it. Yesterday we hosted a fairy garden party for my daughter’s sixth birthday. She told me she wanted a fairy party, but also wanted to invite some boys — who I didn’t think would be thrilled with lots of pink and...
I have to sneak photos of her because she’s camera shy. #dogsofinstagram #dog #shelterdogs #rescuedog
from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BMt5i3OF03n/
I’m stress #baking. #glutenfree #payard #cookinglight
from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BMnLA0ol5x-/
Sunday Morning Biscuits
Sunday morning. I am up hours before the rest of my family wakes. I feed the dog, get the newspaper, make the coffee. I sit for a blissful hour or more, sipping hot black coffee and reading the front page section of The New York Times cover to cover. I get up because I decide...
Salad Days
Sharing this great infographic from personalcreations.com so that I can refer back to it often!
Doing Disney
In less than a week, we’re taking my almost-five-year-old to Disney World, and I’m having very mixed feelings about it. First, let me say this was totally my idea. One hundred percent. About a year ago, I thought how cool it would be to take her to Disney for her fifth birthday — right...
Birthday Dining and Shenanigans
My friends and family know me pretty well. And that’s evidenced by how we spent my birthday. Up first: My mom and my friend Kuvy (owner of RootPR) conspired to plan to take us all out to dinner at Tim Payne’s new restaurant, Farmer Girl in Lyons. Go ahead, be jealous: That’s my girl...
Digital Detox
A lot has changed for me since I started this blog. When I started this blog four years ago, I had a new baby, I had just quit the 9–5 workforce, and I was trying to make it as a freelance writer and blogger. I was obsessed with going green and eating organic both...