Over the last few years, our family has taken up camping as a form of vacation. Not the kind of peaceful hike into nature that my husband prefers (backpacking), but more the opiate of the masses: car camping. We have a handful of camping trips under our belts at this point, and I’ve learned a…
Sometimes I feel like I might go clinically insane. Being at home each day with three children under the age of four is enough to put me in a straightjacket. Me: What do you want for breakfast? Two-year-old son: Cereal with no milk. Me: It’s going to be super dry. Are you sure you don’t…
I really struggled to give my husband birthday ideas this year. At the end of the day, if I have books to read, coffee to drink, and a couch to sit on, I’m pretty happy. (And I’m not overly picky about the couch, to be honest—the floor, a pillow, a stool, whatever; it’s a place…
“Clutter isn’t just the stuff in your closet. It’s anything that gets between you and the life that you want to be living.” ~Peter Walsh I love organization. When my closet is ordered by style and function, I am smitten with it. When my pantry is stocked and sorted into a usable state, I want to…
I seem to have fallen in love. According to various sources, I am either giggling in delirious happiness, crying with the sincerest gratitude, or pining because I’m not in his immediate vicinity. I’m madly, stupidly in love for the first time in my life— it’s enough to make me want to call all of the former…
In high school, I took the ACT three different times. I believe that puts me directly into the “nerd” category—with a capital “N.” When I took the test the first time, I scored a 26. However, my goal was a 27 because of a scholarship being offered by the college I wanted to attend. So…