Six years ago I wrote Why does everything have to be so special?! The post still holds up, but I’ve learned more insight from the last 6 years I want to share. I’ve really begun to understand how to find my lane, while I navigate life through depression and perfectionism, family struggles, and more. Let […]
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“My Kids Room is Always Messy, Help!”
Warning: this post contains some tough love, but also some valuable help. Don’t feel despair if you realize you’re part of the problem, there is hope for you just like there is hope for your kids. There’s pretty much no tricky situation that can’t be untangled and improved, and you are not the exception. 😉 […]
From Grass to Shed in ONE DAY
We put this shed in last fall, but I lost so much time in the past year to depression, that I’m just showing you now. Spring may seem like the obvious time to put in a shed (and really that’s fine too), but I think fall is a great time because you’re about to store […]
Master Closet Remodel Progress
When we moved in last fall, the layout of the closet was terrible. The bars and shelves were not in sensible locations. We knew the closet was plenty big, the space was just used so terribly. We dealt with it for a few months, but it was causing a domino effect of issues. Because we […]
A Ruff Week for Cookie
Cookie “became a lady” on the first day of school so the week has been extra tough for her: missing her kids and feeling icky. She was just pure sadness, it was so hard to watch. I wrote about this on my personal Facebook page, and after I wrote it, I realized I could have […]
Judgment and the Never-Ending Migraine
May is a tough month for families. The wind-down of school is a frenzy of activities, events, and big end-of-year school projects. If that isn’t bad enough on it’s own, let’s add insomnia and a never-ending migraine. Fun times! 😬 Last week I had a 7-day long migraine. At times it was brain-crushing and I […]
Why I just deleted a ton of apps off my phone …
It started after Adam, Elizabeth, and Jane passed away suddenly and we were making the initial long drive to Las Vegas to be there to support family. I already suffer a pretty horrific case of depression, but the anxiety and grief I felt then was at a whole new level. Mentally I couldn’t even wrap […]
2019 Home Management Planners
Maybe I should embarrassed to finally release my planners in February, but I’m not. The page refills have been available since the fall, but I just added complete planners (pages with covers and tab dividers) to the shop yesterday. I totally get the irony of releasing planners late. With everything going on (like this and […]
Meet Cookie
I announced we were getting a Golden Doodle Puppy last fall. You’ve seen her in blog posts and emails since then, but I thought it was time for an official update on life with our Golden Doodle Puppy. We got Cookie when she was 8 weeks, and she is already 5 months old! If I’m […]
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 […]