Trying to start living a more natural lifestyle? Don’t let yourself get overwhelmed! These 5 tips will give you a real focus as you start this transition and begin to live a healthier life. I’ve been working towards a more natural lifestyle for close to 10 years now. It started with a realiziation of what […]
If you’re looking to “go green,” you’ll probably find a lot of cute DIYs for your paperless kitchen. This isn’t one of those, but it sure is easy and convenient! Over the last several years, we have slowly been making an effort to live a “greener” lifestyle. It started when we moved to a more […]
Why did we decide to homeschool? The decision seemed to come out of the blue this year, so I’m breaking down our reasons for leaving public school and pursuing homeschooling. Well, here it is. The middle of July. You know, when I first decided to homeschool for the 2018 school year, it felt like a […]
For the last 8 years or so, I’ve been on a mission to detoxify my life. It’s been a slow process. I embraced the act of learning as I went, and made priorities in regards to what I’d switch out next. Like with most moms, I put my own personal products last on the list, and […]
What I’m up to as we gear up for summer break. Ya’ll. Somehow, I blinked, and it’s suddenly the end of the school year. My daughter gets out of school before lunch time today. How is that even possible?! I swear, last time I looked at the calendar, we were approaching spring break. This year, the […]
Holy moly has life been hectic lately. So hectic that I feel my carefully designed blog schedule starting to slip! I hate missing a blogging day, but sometimes our priorities have to shift. My focus has been really wrapped up in recovering from a back injury, and something was bound to slip. I’m trying to […]
Do you ever look around and realize you aren’t accomplishing any of your goals? It can’t be just me, right? A year ago, I did just that. I looked around at my life and realized I wasn’t where I thought I’d be right now. How could that be? I had a successful business, a new […]
I’m such a huge fan of the Christmas season. It has always felt so special to me. One of my very favorite memories of Christmas growing up is when we’d all get together, extended family and all, and sing our favorite Christmas songs, tell stories, and play games until night fell. It’s like time stood […]
Happy Memorial Day, friends! This weekend, we took an impromptu road trip to see an old Air Force friend, and we just got back into town last night. We had a great get-away, full of swimming, exploring Austin, and (all Charlotte was concerned with) eating good food. I love that I now run a business […]
This week, I learned an important lesson about self-care. I’m going to be totally honest here. A post this week almost didn’t happen. I had the best of intentions, but as you know, it’s Christmas week. My kids are home from school, I’m wrapping the last of the gifts and making plans for this weekend, […]