why I write this blog…
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the whys behind the things I do. For the new business ideas I’m currently cultivating… Why am I working on them? Is it simply to earn more money? To satisfy a desire for a particular creative outlet? Is it out of fear of missing an opportunity? For the […]
creamy potato soup | simple weeknight meal
Both Jeff and I are big soup fans. I discovered my love of soups when our family went on winter retreats to Beatenberg, Switzerland and they would serve the most delicious pureed soups with dinner every night. (This sounds fancy, but I grew up in Germany when my dad was stationed there in the military.) […]
creamy weeknight potato soup
Both Jeff and I are big soup fans. I discovered my love of soups when our family went on winter retreats to Beatenberg, Switzerland and they would serve the most delicious pureed soups with dinner every night. (This sounds fancy, but I grew up in Germany when my dad was stationed there in the military.) […]
curiosity killed the cat…
…but I am not a cat. And neither are you. When I was on my creative retreat last March, there were a few themes that kept coming up. They were from different authors and podcasters and, if I heard them more than once, it really made me take notice. Enthusiasm, showing up, schedule, and routine […]
non-sponsored follow-up Sleep Number bed review
In December of 2017, I received a Sleep Number bed as a part of a blog sponsorship and I shared an initial review of it (as a part of that sponsorship) in April of 2018. You can find that post HERE if you’re interested. I am sometimes asked about products I receive through sponsorships and […]
Instagram Q & A | Business
I got so busy with other things, that I left this series hanging! A few weeks ago (months at this point), I opened my Instagram Stories up for questions and I’ve been answering most of those in blog posts. If you missed those posts and want to see them, you can find them here… Instagram Q […]
bathroom organizing & cleaning make-up brushes
Just like everyone else in the world, January has me itching to get organized. I am a driven person and that can be a positive thing when it comes to a to-do list, but it can also be a detriment when faced with an entire house to organize and purge. I want to get it […]
favorite home projects of 2018
As I’ve been looking back over the past year and the projects we completed, I realized we have done a lot! 2017 was about getting settled, listening to our house, getting to know its style, and learning the way it functioned best. It was also about tackling the immediate issues, like an aging water heater, […]