Friday snapshot #3
Here’s a funny thing. There is now a basket permanently located at the bottom of our stairs. It’s not for stuff in transit going up or down (though that would be smart). No, it’s for Charlie. He likes...
View ArticleWhat do I want? Everything. Except the things I don’t want.
Recently I re-wrote my About page, and it is the truest version of the reason I created this business that I’ve ever put into words. For purposes of this blog post, here is the part you most need to...
View Article3 life lessons learned at Pioneer Camp
When I was a little girl, I devoured the Little House on the Prairie books. I was a prairie girl for Halloween. I went to Pioneer Camp* (which rocked). I wanted to be just like Laura Ingalls, living...
View ArticleWhat if you could get off the hedonistic treadmill?
You’ve heard of the hedonistic treadmill, no? It’s the idea that once you get something new, you feel a temporary rush—endorphins, happiness, satisfaction, pleasure, what have you—but then . . . it...
View ArticleIn honor of Earth Day: secondhand shopping in Winona, Minnesota
Earlier last year, I was walking down second street on a break from work, and I was stopped by a man and his daughter. “Do you know where we can find a thrift store or an antique store around here?”...
View ArticleLast call to sign up for my Spring Cleaning email series!
The “How to make cleaning less sucky” email series OFFICIALLY kicked off this afternoon, and I’m so excited to get started. I’ve been getting several signups at the last minute, so I wanted to send out...
View ArticleHallelujah, I’ve solved my personal food crisis (+ my 7 truths)
Back in February, if you recall, I did a reader survey. One of the comments that was checked on nearly every single submission was, “I never feel like what I’m making for dinner is healthy enough.“ I...
View ArticleUnicorns + productivity
I don’t do this very often…in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever done it. But today’s blog post is, in essence, a love letter to someone else’s blog post. Because I’m pretty sure that me and this blog post...
View ArticleMeal plan stressing you out? Try this one tip.
As a person who loves to cook, and thoroughly enjoys making elaborate meals from scratch (while dirtying every dish and utensil in the kitchen in the process), I learned the hard way that cooking that...
View ArticleThe barometer you didn’t know you had
PART ONE This post began as a note scrawled to myself on a post-it: time to cook is a barometer for how well I’m taking care of myself. It was a night when, for the first time in weeks, I found enough...
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