Home: A Year Later
In just a few days, we’ll mark the one-year anniversary of moving into our home. Before I delve into anything else, let me just pause and give thanks to Mother Nature and the weather gods for delaying...
View Article8 Habits To Keep Your Home Organized
It probably comes as no surprise to any of you that I’m fairly organized. I work for the The Container Store (The Original Storage and Organization Store), after all. A clean home with some empty...
View ArticleInsta-May
1. I bought Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened for my beach trip. Elena and her friend got a hold of it and became somewhat...
View ArticleEli’s LEGO-Themed Room
As you might remember, we painted and decorated Elena’s room shortly after we moved in. Eli’s room, on the other hand … well, it stayed as is for over a year. In typical Eli fashion, it did not bother...
View ArticleSupreme Dreams of the Pre-Puppy Routine
Visit havertys.com to enter the TEMPUR-pedic contest for your chance to win a TEMPUR-pedic Mattress! This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Havertys. The thoughts and opinions are...
View Article4 Innocent Traps That Will Foil a Simple Christmas
It’s just two weeks until Christmas, weeks that I’m sure will fly by in the blink of an eye. The tree is up and the house is decorated. In the evenings I make my way through the Christmas card list in...
View ArticleInstantly Framed, Instantly Giftable
Disclosure: Instantly Framed provided me with my own custom print so I could understand the process and see the quality for myself. I was not required to post, but I loved the finished product so much...
View ArticleThe Short List: January
Disclosure: This post contains a few affiliate links. We’ve lived in our house going on three years this March. Up until November, we’d never used the fireplace. It had gas logs installed, and we...
View ArticleMy Favorite Online Resources for Pretty Much Everything
When it comes to living in this digital age, it can feel like a modern-day Dickens novel: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness …...
View ArticleThe Short List: March
Even though we just marked the third anniversary of living in our home, we’re still learning a lot about the house. This especially holds true for the trees and plants that were here long before us....
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