I had Covid back in January and while I was isolating in my room I started redecorating in my head, and then as soon as I felt up to it I started redecorating in real life. When we first moved into the house last February, my room started out like this: It’s big and has […]
Life at My House
Lessons From My 12-Year-Old
I have struggled with keeping my kitchen clean and organized for as long as I can remember. I’ve never been a clean-as-you-go type of person. I’ve more been this type of person: And this type of person: I just have never been able to stay on top of things. It’s been even more of a […]
Our Christmas
We had a great Christmas. It started with the thing the kids have been talking about forever… monkey bread. I didn’t make it last year and they’ve been talking about it for two years so I had to deliver. My parents came up to the house and it was so nice to just hang out. […]
I Peopled Last Night
I got invited to a party for the first time in a LONG time last week. It was to go to a friend’s house for small Christmas party. I hadn’t seen my friend in a long time, and she was one of my divorce pioneers. We spent many hours talking about knowing what the right […]
We Did It
This past year has presented many challenges. It was my first year being divorced. I had one kid about five hours away in boarding school. Another joined a new swim team that’s about 30 minutes away from home. I had five kids on three different swim teams. Logistically that’s enough of a challenge. My oldest […]
I Finally Caved
If you’ve been around here since the beginning then you may recall I’ve never been a fan of the Elf of the Shelf. This was for three main reasons. The first was that I was so overwhelmed when the kids were little I couldn’t fathom having one more thing to be responsible for. The second […]