This is Week 3 of the Declutter Challenge! Don’t worry if you are just joining us now or didn’t complete Week 1 or 2 as you hoped – jump right in with us here. You can do hard things. Keep reminding yourself of what you want your home to be like at the end of […]
Week 2 – Master Bedroom {91 Day Declutter Challenge}
Don’t worry if you are just joining us now or have missed some of the previous challenge tasks – jump right in with us here. Your master bedroom should feel like a sanctuary. Does it? Look around, think about what is in the way of you feeling peaceful in your room. Even if it is […]
Adam, Elizabeth, and Jane Johanson
Even though it has been more than a week, we are still in shock and completely devastated. On January 3, two state troopers came to our door to let us know that Matt’s brother and best friend Adam, our sister-in-law Elizabeth, and our niece Jane Johanson were killed in a tragic car accident just outside […]
Week 1 – Master Closet & Bathroom {91 Day Declutter Challenge}
Welcome to the first week of the Declutter Challenge! I am so excited to start this adventure again. I wait all year for this! When I call this a Declutter Challenge, I do mean challenge. There will be hard days during the next 91 days, but you can do hard things. Keep reminding yourself about what […]
Tween & Teen Books
I had a major mom-fail moment at Christmas. My girls always write “books” on every wish list for Christmas and birthdays. Sometimes they know what books they want and sometimes they just say “books” and I’m supposed to figure it out. This Christmas, my kids didn’t ask for very much, so I tried to at […]
What to Organize for New Years
It seems like today is the day we’re normally starting the Declutter Challenge, but the first Monday of January is the latest possible date this year – January 7th! I almost thought of starting in December or even going one day shorter to 90 days just to start the challenge today, but ultimately it didn’t […]
Room Cleaning Checklist (for tweens & teens)
I was lying in bed last night trying to go to sleep, but instead I was thinking about the week ahead. My kids are home for another week of break (yay!) and I was thinking about what I want to do with them. They got frozen yogurt gift cards in their stockings and I want […]
Merry Christmas (the annual letter)
Well, Christmas cards got knocked off my to do list this year when I decided to simplify for the sake of my sanity. I still wanted to honor my tradition of thinking about each of my kids and documenting what they’re like right now. So, welcome to my virtual Christmas letter… This will probably be […]