I heard someone say something the other day that got me thinking. I listened to a woman talking about her life and how she struggled with anxiety, so she had decided to seek help from a therapist to unpack some of the things that she was feeling. Through talking with her therapist, she came to…
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Getting Your Garden Started Right
THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. THIS MEANS THAT, AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU, I MAY EARN A SMALL COMMISSION IF YOU CLICK THROUGH AND MAKE A PURCHASE. It’s one of my favorite times of year, gardening season! I haven’t always been a good gardener, and I still don’t consider myself an expert, but gardening…
Organized & Happy- The Messy Girl’s Guide to Cleaning
Let’s be honest, not everyone is naturally clean and organized. When I was a kid, every Friday was house cleaning day. We would all come home from school, get a snack, and get busy cleaning our rooms. Then we all had another room in the house we were responsible for cleaning. If we didn’t get…
You Made It Here Alive – Jingle of the Week.
Have you ever had a week that just seemed like everything went wrong all at once? Well…that’s been my week. I won’t bore you with all the details, because some of the stuff that happened is just a normal crappy week…work complications (thanks polar vortex), family stuff…and just the regular nonsense of life that happened…
Figuring Out How to Get It Together
When you’re short on time with a long to-do list, life quickly gets away from you, and sometimes it feels impossible to keep it all together. As someone who has gotten all the way to the office without my laptop, shown up to work with TWO DIFFERENT SHOES, and even forgotten to pick up a…
Lessons Learned: The Importance of Planning Ahead
If the last year has taught us anything, it is that we need to plan ahead for times when we may not have easy access to the conveniences we have become accustomed to in life. If you are anything like me, you took for granted that you could pop over to the grocery store and…
Climbing Mountains Takes Time
Waiting is hard. As many of you loyal followers know, I am going into my last semester of school to finish my finance degree. On Tuesday I will begin the last 16-week leg of my journey…a prospect that both excites me and fills me with dread. I have thoroughly enjoyed the last five weeks in…
Day 1096
Today is the third anniversary of my husband Jason’s death. He took his own life on August 18, 2017, 1096 days ago, and our lives will never be the same. During this past Christmas, I started feeling very impressed that it was time for me to talk about Jason’s death and publish it on the…
Friends Are Totally Like Cars…Right?
Cars. This is not my favorite subject, but unfortunately, it has become way too big a part of my life lately and it got me to thinking about some things in the process. Since my Honda Pilot was totaled in March, I have had to rely on the car I bought a couple of…
Clara’s Story
My baby is FIFTEEN today! What?!? Every year on their birthdays I like to look back at pictures of them as they were growing up. Partly because I love to remember all the special years I have been blessed to be their mother, and partly because they are teenagers and I want to remember when…