May 2019

May End Clickers

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Are you ready for summer?!?! We’ve just had a really soupy and generally unpleasant spring, so I’m a little sad to skip all the lovely 60 degree days and blast right into the 80s and 90s. So whether or not we’re ready, summer’s a’coming. If you’re like me and have brains of various ages that […]

Happy Pictures

For Mother’s Day this year I said I wanted 3 things: 1. For David to make dinner.2. For the van to get vacuumed out.3. To get a picture with me and the kids. (Does that seem weird? I’m all about the clear expectations. I’d rather be happy than surprised.) The first two went off without […]

Wishing Karma Was a Thing

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Nobody asked me. When the world was getting set up, nobody asked me how it should work. Maybe it would have been a good idea. I don’t know all the history and meaning of what “karma” actually is. What I wish was a thing was if you put good out into the world, it will […]

Mother's Day Clickers

This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after using one of the links in this post, I may make a commission at no cost to you. Here are some reads and looksees in honor of Mother’s Day this weekend. And since there are seven, I’m linking up with Kelly. 1. Jenny designed […]

5 People Who Don't Need This Bundle

This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase using these links, I may make a commission at no cost to you. The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle is popular across all segments of the lady world, from SAHMs to work-full-time singles. But there are 5 kinds of people who definitely don’t need this bundle, for […]

A Cinderella Day

I invented a thing. I happened to be up before anyone else was stirring this morning, and I took a moment to assess our life. It weren’t pretty. Since Easter we’ve been busy and battling colds, which means the house is out of control. I’ve done my best to keep ahead of the most pressing […]

The Island and Other  Embarrassing Truths

This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links, I may make a commission at no cost to you. Sixteen years. I’ve been adulting for sixteen years. Paying bills.Cooking.Pretending to clean.Taking out the garbage. Here’s a shot from the early days of adulting, back when I invented “almost […]