I don’t know about you, but I feel like Thanksgiving has just snuck up out of nowhere this year. Wasn’t Halloween like last week? And we all know what comes right after Thanksgiving: Black Friday! I have never been into the idea of getting up before the sun (or even leaving family dinner early in […]

Closer to the beginning of the year, I was feeling a little out of whack. After the craziness that was 2017, I was hesitant to push ahead with things in 2018 and lacking some focus and direction. I was telling a friend that I felt like I just needed a couple of days away, a […]

If you’re anything like me your weekends are spoken for, with errands like laundry and grocery shopping needing to get done. Hopefully, you also have some vacation/personal days available if you work outside the home. Again, if you’re anything like me, you likely spend those on even more errands like doctors’ appointments and events at […]

The perfect morning routine. What does that even mean? Probably something very different to you than it does to me. Growing up I was the furthest from a morning person. Given the chance, I would sleep well into the afternoon hours. They say youth is wasted on the young, right? But over the years (and […]

Being an avid planner and organizer, lists are a way of life for me. I keep grocery lists, packing lists, lists of restaurants to try, movie to see, and books to read. But the most important list of all is the to-do list. I’ve found that keeping a running list is what works best for […]

I recently came across this quote while scrolling on Instagram: Can I get an “amen”? I know that on a national (global?) scale, this has been a tough year, but beyond that, it was a really tough year personally. The year started off well enough. I was feeling optimistic, and I had a lot of […]