Everyone says this phrase and I think it especially gets said to mothers – “I just don’t know how you do it all” – I have people saying that to me all the time, and I don’t really know how to respond because the truth of the matter is that I’m not doing it all….
Tag: lifestyle
Breaking my Addiction to Food
I wrote a blog over a year ago called Serial Quitter about how I lost over 30 lbs over the course of several years. More importantly than the weight I lost, is that the hold that food had over me and my life was broken. During those years, I felt trapped by the weight and…
My Why
I’m currently reading Simon Sinek’s Start with Why. While reading this book is for work, and it’s a excellent book for business, it has me thinking about my personal why for life not just business. I think it has struck a cord with me because of the season of life I’m in right now. There are…
Friend Tryouts
I moved to Muncie after graduate school, after my now husband of 6 years proposed to me. To be completely honest, I never thought I would live in Muncie, IN. After attending Ball State University, it was pretty much the last city on my list; however, living abroad for several years made me realize life…
How I Stay Sane and “Polished” with Two Children, a Full Time Job, and a Husband that Travels.
I wrote my 8 Favorites for Efficiency last year and I thinking about all the changes and improvements I’ve made over the last year that have really revolutionized our home and my sanity that I wanted to share. This is maybe a random list, but I thought about what was most crucial to how I…
Bringing more meaning to Advent
Cultivating faith, hope, joy and love this Advent season Last Advent I wanted to do something that would fun but would still teach Ava about the true meaning of Christmas – not to take the fun of Santa and gifts away – but to add to why we really celebrate Christmas. I tried an…
Reclaiming Beauty at Home
At the beginning of this year I really set out to try and reclaim some of the sanity in my life. Honestly, like most mothers can attest to, life with two working parents and two small children can be so darn chaotic and just down right exhausting and it’s hard to thrive when you’re just…
