In the past nine days I have spent approximately eleven hours away from the kids. There have been two trips to the grocery stores — one last Saturday and one yesterday — totaling about 5 1/2 total hours between two different stores in each trip and also shopping for my parents. The other 5 hours […]
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Social Distancing Day 9: Costco Is Amazing
I managed to last an entire week without going grocery shopping. With five kids at home 24/7, I was pretty proud of myself. I’m not sure I’ve ever done that. I went grocery shopping last Saturday, and I didn’t go again until today. And a lot has changed in the last week. I buy most […]
Social Distancing Day 8: Making Schedules And Working Out At Home
Today was our 8th day of social distancing and our 8th day of not a whole lot of structure. I purposely didn’t go crazy with trying to be structured straight out of the gate because this is a lot of change at once. Massive changes like this with no warning and no time to prepare […]
Social Distancing Day 3 — The Filling Of The Chug Jugs
When you go grocery shopping for you and your husband and your five kids ages 8, 9, 10, 13, and 14, you look like you are getting ready for the end of the world when really you have just enough bread, milk, eggs, and produce to last about a week. Yesterday I went to two […]
I’m Done Waiting To Be A Certain Size To Buy Clothes
I gained 7 pounds in January and February. SEVEN POUNDS. I know why it happened. It’s due to a bunch of different reasons. I overscheduled myself big time in January and February and I’m wasn’t getting enough sleep. I don’t drink enough water in general. I’m using food to deal with stuff that’s going on […]
One Way I Save Time And Money Each Year
Decision fatigue is actually a thing. And one of the ways I manage that is by eliminating as many decisions as I possibly can each day. Deciding what to wear is a decision I don’t want to devote time to each day. It’s why I love Get Your Pretty On so much. I have been […]