Last spring, I thought I’ll do a weekly round up post on my blog. Then a few weeks later our state shut down due to the virus, the kids came home to homeschool….and here we are months later.
We are grateful to be starting school in a hybrid model and praying that we will be able to continue and for safety and health.
The summer was a lot of time at home and at the pool (also grateful for that).
Read MoreIn our basement Airbnb, our electrician recommended we do a drop ceiling. One reason for us to do a drop ceiling was because we have not renovated our kitchen the floor above yet and may need to run plumbing and wiring.
But I really dislike typical drop ceilings and was not thrilled with this idea. I found an alternative option on pinterest and we created beautiful tray ceiling instead of the typical drop ceiling. This is work my husband would typically do, but since we were about to have a baby, we hired this out locally.
Read MoreShopping for Mother’s Day…usually hard.
Shopping for Mother’s Day during a pandemic…harder.
Too late for Amazon. Thank goodness for Target Drive up!
I am really grateful for our house and also a little overwhelmed by its size. Mind you, we have lived most recently in a 1,200 square ft house and then a 1,500 square foot house. This 3,000 square foot house feels like a palace…and sometimes too much space.
BUT did I mention, I am still grateful to be working on a family room space and have multiple rooms that we can purpose different ways?
This room sits right off our our kitchen and dining room and a week ago it looked like this…
Read MoreThis is a crazy time for everyone. I keep hearing that big businesses like Target and Amazon will be fine - but the small businesses are the ones that need our support.
Did you know there are lots of smaller businesses on the shelves at Target? For these businesses, it’s an awesome chance for them to get their product out to more people by being in Target. I LOVE getting to share with you all about brands that I think you will love that fit into this category.
Read Morewife to philip, mom of two. mostly a hot mess, but trying to simplify our lives + home + choose joy / living in new england.
