The song “Love grows best in little houses” has come to mind a lot over the past few years (yes, the peak 80s/90s country cheesiness…), and the last year especially. It was one of the themes we continued to cling to in our starter home… but clearly that song was written before a pandemic and working from home with kids making noise through thin walls, and there’s a reason they only had two kids in the song not more!… I’ll admit that the main reason we are moving is so that we can have a little more space. We want room for the kids to grow and hubby to continue to work from home when needed. We want space to have people over after a long quarantine from entertaining. Still, I will miss our little house like crazy, and wanted to share a few reasons why our big family has loved our little house… Continue reading
minimalism
FAVORITES: Non-material gifts for the holidays
OK, one more round of favorites before the holidays are in full swing and I start my year end wrap up…
The thought of adding any more STUFF to our already very full house makes me feel a little anxious. We are about to cram five people into our fairly small home. So today I’m writing about a few things that have been or currently are on our holiday gift list in case anyone else out there is trying to be “minimalish” for the holidays and focus on gifts that don’t take up space! Bonus- this also means you don’t have to dust them/tell your kids to pick them up… Continue reading
September Recap and October Goals
We’ve just started my favorite month and I am SO excited for fall!!! So many fun things to share this month, but first here’s a recap of my September tending list and what I’m focusing on in October… Continue reading
March Wrap up and April Goals
OOOF… March… was a rough month. You know the phrase “In like a lion out like a lamb”? Weather wise it was perfect lamb like pastoral paradise all month long, but event wise it felt like a lion all month long…. or maybe in like a lion out like a velociraptor… but let’s recap anyway. Continue reading
Frugal Friday: Pantry Challenge!
TGIF! Welcome to the first of a series I’m calling Frugal Friday! More installments to come- but this first one involves making an active effort to cut our grocery budget next month and preparing for it now… Continue reading
Alphabet Resolutions 