Watch my backyard kitchen garden transform throughout the year! I built these four raised garden beds and have loved witnessing the magic of growing my first garden.
The Benefits of a Propane Fire Table Our backyard got a little glow-up this spring when we decided to replace our wood burning backyard fire pit with a new propane fire table. The swap came out …
One of our family's favorite discoveries of the last year is Universal Yums snack box! I subscribed to the monthly snack box as part of our homeschool learning activities, and renewed even after homeschool ended because …
In May I meandered through a little fiction, non-fiction, romance, and religion. This month I read books I had heard about for a long time from lots of different places, and a couple that I …
In April as the weather warmed up, I found myself reading outside on the front porch swing, and taking extra long walks with the dog to dive deep into these works of fiction. I also …
You know I am always on the lookout for how to make life a little more simple, easy, and fulfilling. Give me all of the mom/business/self-care/home hacks so I can spend as much time and …
In March, I escaped into many different worlds through books. While this is one of the biggest benefits of reading, I also recognized partway through the month how I was using reading as a coping …
The shortest month of the year turns out to also be one of the very coziest. Here is a list and short review of each of the books I read or listened to in February …
Our DIY Little Free Library Our family has always been delighted by Little Free Library cabinets around the cities where we live. Especially here in Richmond, we have stumbled across them at parks, on walks and …
Vegetarian Quinoa Chili I am always interested in adding meatless meals to our family rotation, and love the idea of my kids growing up with meals that aren't centered around a hunk of meat as the …
How to Take a Tropical Vacation at Home I’ve lost count of the number of vacations I have cancelled because of the COVID pandemic. Not all of them were tropical, but over the last twelve months …
Hand Quilting with Embroidery Floss Would you like to add a beautiful, simple, handmade finish to your quilt, with no machine involved? You might love hand stitching the quilting with embroidery floss. This easy, hand-stitching technique …
Have you ever felt like you were running a race you couldn’t win in life? Like there was always something more to buy or to achieve in order for you to feel like you had “made it”?In this book, I share how my heart changed and I began to find real, lasting peace, abundance, and joy through focusing on what matters most and disregarding the rest.