I am so lucky to be able to work from home, considering I have 3 kids. But anyone who has ever asked me, “how do you do it?” knows that my first response is, “it’s HARD.” I can’t tell you how hard it is to focus day in and day out with little ones who…
My heart is so happy. I had an incredible 5 days away at Craftcation where I created, learned and formed a new strategy for my business going forward. Beyond feeling re-energized, excited and inspired, I feel confident. I feel empowered. Tiffany Han gave our closing keynote and made us repeat these words: “I am a person who…
A couple of weeks ago, my family flew to California for both a family wedding and my mom’s retirement party. That makes two retired parents for me, which is great because it means I don’t have to throw any more retirement parties (ha ha). My dad retired a few years ago, and now my mom…
I’m declaring “non-Pinteresty” a new word. Somebody call the Urban Dictionary guys. One of my goals for 2017 is to simplify and back off of social media a bit, and I don’t think I’m alone. It seems like moms (and women, in general) are reaching their limit with the fake facade presented on social media – it’s…
This year seemed to come and go quickly; probably because I was so busy for most of it. Slowing down has never been my strong suit, and I’m actually learning that it’s a real problem for me! But in the midst of work and raising kids and new hobbies and new commitments, I feel like…
Let’s talk about my major vacation fail. I had so many plans to get on the blogging train while I was on my week and a half “vacation.” But then Christmas came, and then Christmas clean-up came. And now New Year’s is almost here. And, well, it just didn’t happen. So here I am with…
Disclosure: Some goods and services were provided to me for free in order for me to experience Old Town Parker. But all opinions, musings and holiday melo-drama are entirely my own. When I was young, my family lived in a small farm town in Michigan. We moved when I was six, so my memories are scarce, but…
What a crazy week. I’ve been fairly quiet on social media this week ever since the election (unless you are friends with my personal Facebook profile, in which I shared plenty of opinions); just taking it all in and trying to recoup. The week started with my husband leaving for a work trip, so I…
Sigh. Man, these last few weeks have been BUSY. My husband is finishing up a big project at work that he will deliver in early January, so he is working a lot of long days and late nights. And I got a 4000 piece wholesale order that has kept me in front of my binding…
I’ve said many times on this blog, “I don’t like Halloween.” But man, this year was so.much.fun. My kids continue to teach me that there is joy in so many little things. And taking them trick-or-treating this year was a blast. The Mr. and I both thought that this year seemed like the first “real”…
