Learning to Take a Time Out

*This post was created in partnership with Jamba Juice. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own. Thank you so much for checking out and supporting the companies that I truly love!   I don’t know if any of you feel this way (I have a sneaking suspicion we are in the same boat) but a lot […]

Real Talk & Wrinkles

If you had told me I would love being in my 30s back when I was still in my 20s I wouldn’t have believed you. For some reason turning 30 seemed ancient and I dreaded passing that big 3-0 mark. But, now that I’m here (33 to be exact), there are a whole lot of […]

On the Eve of Your First Day of Kindergarten

On the Eve of Your First Day of Kindergarten

To my dear sweet girl on your very first day of school, Welcome to the wonderful world of kindergarten! I knew this day would come, but for some reason it always seemed so far off. I know it’s such a cliche, but  it truly does seem like only yesterday that you were a tiny baby in my […]

From Eyesore to Design Game-Changer

From Eyesore to Design Game-Changer // via The Little Things We Do

One of my favorite things about our home is the fact that it has so much lovely, natural light. The living room especially. Windows for days! The pitfall to all those windows though, is that we are severely lacking in the wall space department. For ages, I’ve had visions of perfectly Pinterest-esque gallery walls dancing […]

Janky First Aid + 10 Grown-Up Things I Should Probably Do

Grown-Up Things I Should Probably Do + Janky First Aid

When you’re a kid you want to be a grownup sooooo badly. You lament the ridiculousness of following your parents rules and can’t wait for the day when you’ll be a full-fledged grownup yourself so you can do awesome grownup things…like eating ice cream for dinner and staying up late and buying whatever you want. […]

The Wedding Gift That Keeps On Giving

LAZY GIRL WHOLE30: Crockpot BBQ Buffalo Pulled Chicken "Sandwiches"

When Craig and I got married 8 years ago we were young, in-love and broke. He was still in college and I was a recent graduate and we were definitely lacking in the housewares department. Before we got married we lived separately. We both lived in co-op housing during college and then with groups of […]