One of my favorite Christmas traditions is counting down each day with an advent calendar. What started out as just a piece of chocolate every day (pre-kids), has turned into chocolate + a fun winter activity with our kids. It’s something that we all look forward to each day. I’m sharing a few different Countdown […]
Weekly meal planning: It saves me time. It saves me money. And it saves my sanity. I print out a handful of these weekly meal planners at a time, cut them, + store them in a kitchen drawer. (You can even save the used ones to look back on down the road when you’re stuck.) […]
For my birthday last year, Lucas got me a double barrel cider press from a “local” auction house. After driving 2 hours, we show up to the auction house, pay the man, and attempt to shove more than 200-pound press into the back of our mid-size SUV. The trunk door closed with centimeters to spare. […]
I was listening to a podcast recently about ‘5 tips to help your blog be successful,’ or something like that. One of the points was don’t use too many words. Well, I’m ditching that advice for this post. There’s just too much to share and I don’t want to leave out any details here. But […]
I’m not a seasoned gardener, by any means. I think I’d find myself somewhere in between beginner and intermediate. But the best thing about gardening? You only need to know the basics to start growing. My first year gardening, I started with sunflowers, zucchini, snap peas, carrots, peppers, and tomatoes in a (probably too) small […]
