October 17, 2020

Not too long ago, I was a constant overwhelmed mess. I’m still somewhat of an overwhelmed mess, but I’ve somehow managed to make it not constant. Progress. My Stay-at Home Mom Vision The past three years (since becoming a mom) I have desperately wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. I knew SAHMs in real life,

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July 17, 2020

This post contains affiliate links. Read full disclaimer here.  Warning: excessively long post. Grab a drink, get cozy, and stay awhile. I have this dream of being this together person. Who is always organized. Always put together. Never judged. Basically perfect. Haha! This sense of wanting to be perfect has been exacerbated by being a mom.

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August 4, 2019

I recently had the honor of working with personal stylist Kat Depner of Seven Styling in Portland. As a self-proclaimed fashion illiterate, I found myself enjoying Kat’s posts about style and felt like I was learning so much about a topic I would normally shy away from just because I enjoyed her writing style so

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June 24, 2019

This year, rather than spend the money to go to a hotel or Airbnb and get a babysitter for our anniversary, we decided to do something different. We transformed our guest room into our own hotel room! Here’s how you can pretend to get away without leaving your house. Start with a Clean Guest Room

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June 13, 2019

Our oldest baby girl just turned 2. We didn’t have an elaborate plan for her birthday celebration, but we knew it would be special. For some people, throwing a huge first, second, third, etc. birthday party is natural and that’s great. For us introverts, not throwing a huge party is natural. So we went with

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May 20, 2019

This post contains affiliate links. Click here for full disclaimer. I recently started doing affirmations with our girls in the mornings when I get them up. My affirmations for them are inspired by Louise Hay and her children’s book I Think, I Am!: Teaching Kids the Power of Affirmations. The other day I was having

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