writing
-
My 2024 Goals Recap (List-cember #4)
Every year, I like to set 17 goals for myself. An odd number, yes, but it’s my favorite number. These goals can range from tangible, trackable goals, to shifts in my attitude, thinking, or day to day approach to life. Then, at the end of the year, I like to check in and see how Continue reading
-
Things I Tried this Year (List-cember #2)
Every year gives us the opportunity to do what so many signs in so many homes suggest: live, laugh, and love. And if there were a fourth L in that equation, I think it would be learn. Every day we have the opportunity to start learning something new, and every year we have the opportunity Continue reading
-
A Thanksgiving at Our House
My parents’ T-shaped kitchen counter has two bar stools sidled up to it, and on Thanksgiving they offer VIP seating to the organized chaos of the cooks. They also give perhaps too much access to the assortment of chips, salsa, and M&M’s set out to help bridge the gap between breakfast and Thanksgiving dinner, and Continue reading
advice, blog, blogging, family, fun, inspiration, journal, life, memory, motivation, nostalgia, personal, thanksgiving, writing -
September & October Favorites
If you can believe it, it’s the last favorites post of the year! I do a Rec Roundup in December that recounts my top favorites for the whole year, which is fun, but the next time I’ll pop in with a bimonthly favorites post will be in February 2025!! I don’t need to go on Continue reading
-
200 Day Time Capsule Blog #12
Well, well, well, if it hasn’t been another 200 days. Or, techinically, 400 days if you read #11.5, which confessed that I forgot to send myself a letter last time. My bad! In the panic of realizing that I broke my streak, I filled out the questions back in April and mailed them off, and Continue reading
-
I Threw a Tiny Tantrum
It was all fine. It was a good day with no complications. I went to work, I took an evening exercise class, I had endorphins running through my veins as I mixed together spices for a homemade taco seasoning—life. was. good. Then I realized that the ground turkey I planned to brown was still in Continue reading
-
Cut, Drive, Be a Beginner
I learned to drive in a few different cars, one of which being a red truck. I got my license on the later side (by non-big city standards) and was extremely nervous to get behind the wheel. I felt like a snail trying to make its way down the sidewalk, with big stomping feet narrowly Continue reading
-
A Farewell to Chairs
Ten years ago I moved into a townhouse with my sister and our friend Kristine. There is a picture of the three of us that I still have framed, standing in the empty living room, dreaming up the new chapter of our lives. None of us had gone away to college, and this was the Continue reading
-
Start a Joy Report
In my March & April favorites post, I shared the podcast Friday Candy. At the end of every episode, hosts Ashlyn & Austin share their respective “Joy Report” which is a collection of things that brought them joy that week. These can be anything from fruit, hats, cold drinks in the sun, a new album, Continue reading
-
I’m 34!
Last year I wrote this post about my birthday and I thought I would pop in today with a similar sentiment. A book I read recently described birthdays as “not a day to celebrate progress…[but] a day to celebrate existence.” And I thought, yes! That is exactly how I feel. Because what a treat to Continue reading
BUY OUR BOOK!
Available in print & on Audible!
CURRENTLY READING:
currently listening to:
Kimberlee K. 