I hope this post finds you joyful today! And if by chance it doesn't as you're reading this second sentence, my goal is for you to be by the end. Will you report back? We've got some fabulous finds to get to this week: Make it. via Half Baked Harvest These Mac and...
Call it a bucket list, a joy journal, a memory-making manual; whatever you name it, let's cross off every single item, shall we? Because of all the summers to find fun again, this is the one where we really need it. Here's what we're planning over the next few...
At around ten years young, I started calling dibs on my Grandma Shirley's Country Living magazines after she had read them. I cut out pictures of styles I liked, flagged favorite pages, and mapped out what my forever home would look like someday. But the real draw...
Since summer vacation started at the beginning of March ?, we are needing a refresh for the actual summer vacation that just began. Here are some of the activities we have been loving to keep your littles entertained and engaged (with a little education thrown in,...
I hope you're feeling the warmth of the sun where you are. We have had the most glorious stretch of summer weather and oh my is that sunshine good for the soul. This week I'm focused on being really mindful of my time, and the way I spend it. I don't want this...
What a heavy time we are in. Can we start with a big, warm, 12 second hug? If we wait all twelve seconds we'll release serotonin and dopamine and get a nice boost of happy. And after this week...who doesn't need more of that?! I took time writing this update. More...
The days might drag on, but my goodness are these months flying by! Today, we're following suit from last weekend and piling in the car to find a nature preserve outside city limits. I can't wait to soak up the sunshine, breathe that beautiful country air, and help...
I could write a whole post on the countless ways Quarantine has changed us. And I will. It's something I've been giving a lot of space, and thought to. But this week I had an aha moment that stopped me in my tracks. Mornings are something I deeply, deeply look...
Ahhh, a long weekend. Does it feel like it to you? I just read that Chicago has had both the longest, and most severe restrictions, in the *nation*. So we are desperately craving some normalcy, and something to celebrate (see bottom of the post for a truly special...
Happy weekend! I hope this finds you in front of a pile of pancakes with a piping hot cup of coffee and sun streaming through the window. I've been excited all week to share my amazon hack with you. I waited to make sure it worked, and it DID! That, plus some fun...
