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Am I the Only One Overwhelmed by All the Stuff?
I’ve been standing in my house lately, looking around, with this tightness in my chest that I can’t quite shake. It’s not that my home is messy in the “can’t-see-the-floor” kind of way (except maybe the the bedrooms 😂). It’s just full. Full of clothes the kids have outgrown, kitchen gadgets I thought I’d use,…
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Toddler Christmas Gift Ideas
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our Disclosure Policy. There is nothing quite like Christmas shopping for a toddler. It’s magical. It’s adorable. And it’s also… absolutely pointless because they will 100% abandon their brand-new toys for the wrapping paper, the boxes, and the leftover bows that somehow end up stuck to every…
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Teen Gift Guide (Teen Approved!)
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our Disclosure Policy. Having tons of teens to buy for and not knowing what to get is stressful. If you have teen girls, then you already know: Christmas shopping is basically an Olympic sport! There’s drama. There’s sweating. There’s overthinking. There are budget numbers that magically multiply…
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Learning to Love My Home (Even Without the Perfect Decor)
You know those people who can walk into Hobby Lobby, grab a few things that don’t even seem to match, and somehow walk out ready to make a Pinterest board come to life? Yeah… I’m not one of them. I want to be. Oh, how I want to be. I want the cozy, picture-perfect, twinkle-lighted,…
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Why I Always Have Big Plans to Decorate and End Up with a Porch Pumpkin
Every single year, around the end of August, I start daydreaming about fall decorating. I imagine myself transforming my home into something straight out of a magazine spread. Cozy throws casually draped over chairs, tasteful pumpkins in every shade of orange, and candles that smell like “crisp autumn harvest morning”, whatever that is. I can…
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The Art of Procrastination: Avoiding Tasks Until They’re Easy
I have a bad habit. If something looks like it’s going to take a long time or be hard, I will avoid it like the plague. I’ll shuffle it around on my to-do list, glare at it, pretend it doesn’t exist, and then… do literally anything else. Scrub the sink? Sure. Watch “just one” YouTube…







