I have blogged for years. It’s something I love. Since I am a quiet introvert in person (social online is a totally different ball game), writing gave me that outlet to express myself. In addition to expressing myself, I learned I could actually earn income from just writing and sharing my stories. BINGO, I thought,…
I know. I know. We all hear it frequently. I don’t have the time, energy, or even the money to brighten someone’s day. Guess what? You do all the above accounts. It’s a lot easier than you think to take a moment to brighten someone’s day. And all it takes on your part is a…
Jason and I have always loved jigsaw puzzles. At most points of the year, we often had a puzzle being built in the second living room. We’d each do it alone, so each puzzle would get done twice before moving on in its life cycle. Then, along came Lily, and we knew as she got…
Getting my blogging feet back under me has been much harder than I ever thought. Not only did our own personal world change, but so did the blogging/influencer world. I don’t know how to catch up. The best I know is to post and keep trying. So here we are. I thought it might be…
Twenty years ago, as of June 21st, in a tiny little town in Washington state, we got married. Jason and I were prepping for the big day on this cute little farm in different locations. Who knew what life would throw at us in those next twenty years? We celebrated our 20th year of marriage…
Time and time again, I’ve thought about doing this post. It’s a challenging and personal post. While not entirely my story, it is also my story. There were several different ways I could have titled this post, and all would have led to the same telling. It started many years before my Mom’s death, and…
Over the years of being a blogger, I’ve found picking out a single word to follow for the new year truly helps. Last year I didn’t pick a word; life was just full and scary. I picked out one the year before, but it didn’t get much follow-through since it was 2020, and we all…
Most would say these last two years haven’t been the greatest. There have been struggles for so many of us and we are still in a pandemic. It’s all overwhelming. Truthfully though, 2020 wasn’t horrible for us, yes it was scary with the unknown and the shut downs but our actual life didn’t change much….
Sleep. Gosh, I love sleep. And normally, sleep is my friend, and I have no problems sleeping at all. My normal bedtime was a little off, but I still got solid sleep. I’d crawl into bed from 11 to 12 and go to sleep by 1 or so. Waking up anywhere from 8 to 9….
For Jason and I, having babies was not at the top of the radar anytime in our marriage. Together for 23 years in July & married for 18 of those years in June, a baby never crossed our path. We always just said, it a baby happens, it happens. Otherwise, we didn’t give it much…
