Personal Journal

“He didn’t nap at all today. Is there a secret to getting him to sleep?” “Well, to be quite honest, he has…

My to-do list for nearly all of 2019 started with one simple task- blog. Blogging got me through the last decade. It…

This is a love letter for everyone who’s shared their failures out loud for me to hear.  Because as I sort through…

It’s long after Giving Tuesday, and I know you’ve been asked by many a worthy organization for monetary support over the last…

Welcome to your 2019 holiday adventure! You are the cruise director. You are the magic manufacturer. You are the air traffic controller…

There’s a long list of things I said I’d never do as a parent that- once I actually became a parent- I…

At one point, I owned RespectTheTurkey.com and championed hard for NO Christmas before Thanksgiving. This is the story of how I changed…

Somebody introduced me to the modern erasable pen last year, and it’s honestly life changing. The problem with paper planners, for me,…

I wouldn’t be able to tally all the times last year Scott and I looked at each other and bemoaned that the…

Not only are we officially moved into our rental house, but about 90% of our stuff is here now, too. We’ve had…