House & Home

October 19, 2017October 27, 2017

Our cozy and inviting reading areas for fall (plus an Arhaus giveaway)

House & Home

This post is sponsored by Arhaus. Last week the weather around here finally changed, and it’s starting to finally feel like fall. I’ve been dreaming for months of curling up ... Read more

August 3, 2017August 3, 2017

Sometimes it doesn’t get easier

My Life, The Examined Life, Time Management

A long story about a submarine, and my to-do list, and how one is messing with the way I see the other. Last week my husband and I took our ... Read more

June 5, 2017April 2, 2018

A to-do list trick

House & Home, Organizing

I’ve been relying heavily on a simple to-do list trick lately. It’s seriously simple, and it might change your life—or at least the way you approach your lists. Will and I ... Read more

May 1, 2017May 5, 2017

How I’m staying organized these days

Organizing

I’m not a natural planner (helllloooo, INFP), but I’ve learned (the hard way, always the hard way) that things go so much better when I take the time to wrangle things ... Read more

April 27, 2017April 26, 2018

My first year with the bullet journal

Organizing, Stuff I Love, Time Management

I took the bullet journal plunge about a year ago. I loved it, immediately. My track record for staying with planning systems for the long haul isn’t too great, but more ... Read more

March 20, 2017March 20, 2017

A fun way to track what you’re reading

Books & Reading, Organizing

I consider tracking my books to be one of the next best things to reading—right up there with talking about books with fellow readers and dreaming about what to read next. ... Read more

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017

Cooking makes it feel like home (with Blue Apron)

Food & Recipes, House & Home

This post is sponsored by Blue Apron. My family just moved into a new-to-us old house. We are very much still settling in. Still-taped boxes are everywhere. I just moved ... Read more

March 6, 2017April 12, 2018

Completing the cycle

House & Home, Organizing

File under: a little self-awareness makes everything better. I have known for a good long while that when it comes to projects, I am an excellent beginner and halfhearted finisher. I ... Read more

March 2, 2017March 2, 2017

That time when the neverending list was DONE

House & Home, My Life

File under: what I learned in February. This story actually began right after Christmas. Or almost exactly three years ago, depending on how you want to look at it. Right after ... Read more

February 13, 2017

On finding the thing you didn’t know you were looking for, and moving, and green gables

House & Home, My Life, New House

Back in September I stumbled upon a really great purse at Costco. It was one of those catch-it-while-you-can flash designer sales they have sometimes; the price was low, it wouldn’t last ... Read more