healthy food, lifestyle, travel, & everyday moments.
…Make it do or do without. I am full of inspiration to be thriftier and in the process more eco-friendly, as I’m reading a wonderful book right now called The Simple Home.
We cook (mostly) from scratch, take hand-me-downs, use up our food stores/art supplies/toiletries etc, and try to buy sales for everything from food to clothing to home improvement items. But there are many ways we could live a more frugal life and make better use of the money and resources available to us.… Read More »
Especially in the past year, I’ve really started to feel the distance between most of my friends from “previous lives” (high school and college) and my current life and self. Most of them do not have kids and/or are unsure if they want any. I am guessing many new-ish parents can relate.
This is one area I was definitely wearing rose-tinted glasses when planning a family. Expecting that people who felt so close and supportive of us pre-kids, would continue to be close and supportive after having them. That’s not the case for most people.… Read More »
Sometimes I get questions from family and friends as to why I don’t share more about the kids on the blog or social media. I could claim it’s for safety reasons, respecting their privacy or that I’m just maintaining the original purpose of the blog (a lifestyle, not parenting blog) but those are more benefits of not sharing much about them, not the why.
The more kids I have, the more I realize how important it is to continue to be someone outside of motherhood. I know many trad/evangelical influencers disagree with me on this. There is a LOT of content out there that elevates the idea of “dying to self” in motherhood and finding your entire purpose in your home and children. I really dislike that idea. Having kids doesn’t necessitate losing your sense of self.… Read More »
I am burned out, friends–burned out on social media.
I’ve written so much before about social media on the blog. A lot of that came from the vague feeling, pre-kids, that in my romanticized traditional world, we wouldn’t have to meet our social needs online; we’d have vibrant real lives, busy lives full of family and friends and support.… Read More »
A topic that’s near and dear to my heart because well–I’ve been there.
2021 was a year of seeeerious burnout for me. The pandemic started in 2020 when my oldest was just seven months old, and I was pregnant again by June. My pregnancy was fraught with medical issues from the beginning and by the time 2021 arrived, I was done with all the bad things that kept happening, in the world and my personal life.… Read More »
