I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up over two years ago, when my youngest was a newborn. I was in my first months as a stay-at-home mother and trying to figure out life with a second baby and feeling like, now that I was finally home full-time, my house should be perfectly neat…continue reading
My Christmas shopping is done and, though the holiday is not yet past, my mind has been on conserving, now and in the coming year. When I started staying home full-time, when my second daughter was born, I looked for creative ways to save money wherever I could. These are a few of my favorite…continue reading
We have a large extended family on my side, so several years ago, we adopted the tradition of drawing names and buying for one person each for Christmas, rather than buying gifts for every person in the family (though, my two daughters are the only little ones in the family and, in the past, have…continue reading
I'm a wannabe neatnik. I grew up in an undeniably chaotic house and, since I was little, I've always loved sorting and organizing. I've been slowly and thoughtfully working through the KonMari process, over the last two years, in between the daily cleaning up of toddler messes, and it has made a huge…continue reading
