Reading Challenge: March 2016
Oh man, I read the heck out of March! I was actually looking back and last year March was a big reading month for me too so I guess early spring is when Heather reads the most maybe! Anyway, here are...
View ArticleReading Challenge: April 2016
This month I lived in the Shadow world with just a couple exceptions. Here are the books I read in April: The wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige I really enjoyed the concept of Dorothy Must Die (the...
View ArticleReading Challenge: May 2016
I’m a little late in posting my reads from May but I got in a few really good ones! I also recently subscribed to Audible and 2 of the 3 books read in May were on audio, both of which were very well...
View ArticleMy Summer Reading List
There are a great many summer reading lists published but I decided to take a look at my ever-growing to-read list and pick a few that I want to commit to reading this summer. I’ve already started two...
View ArticleReading Challenge – Summer & Fall Recap
I’m very behind on blogging about my 2016 reading challenge so today is the day to catch up! I purposefully decided not to recap each month in the summer and to do an end of summer recap but that...
View ArticleReading Challenge: 2016 Final Standing
The last two months of my 2016 reading challenge left me with 8 more books to read, and I almost made it! I finished with 34 out of 36 books. Not too bad, but still sad that I didn’t quite eek out the...
View ArticleAdventures in Pregnancy: My First Trimester
First, I’d like to start this by saying that I had every intention of blogging my way through my pregnancy and sharing weekly updates. But then life happens and I my best-laid plans got derailed....
View ArticleAdventures in Pregnancy: My Second Trimester
As I mentioned in my last post, I fully intended to document things week to week, unfortunately, I didn’t get around to this until this week (week 28 and the start of my third trimester), so I decided...
View ArticleReading Challenge 2017!
I decided to significantly reduce my reading goal this year, mainly due to the fact that I’m expecting a baby at the beginning of June and I don’t yet know how much that will impact how many books I...
View Article5 Common Clutter Problem Areas & Solutions
Last week I presented a workshop on decluttering at a local library. The library is conducting a yearlong series on resolutions and organizing was part of the agenda! Some great ideas came out of the...
View Article2017 Reading Update
Wow. I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve done an update but I promise I have a good excuse. I had a baby (Arlo) in May and took a break from blogging for a while. Going into my goal for the...
View ArticleAdventures in Pregnancy: Gender Reveal
In January, right around the 20-week mark, we found out we were having a baby boy! We asked our family to tell us their official guess ahead of time and tallied whether they thought it was going to be...
View ArticleAdventure Awaits – Nursery
After we found out we were having a boy we nailed down our nursery theme fairly quickly. I had been thinking about it probably from the moment I found out we were having a baby. If it was a boy we...
View ArticleAdventures in Pregnancy – Journaling
When I found out I was pregnant, I felt pressured to keep a journal but it seemed a bit hokey to me. I found this journal online and thought it was a good solution. It has pages for each week of...
View ArticleWelcome to the World
On May 21, 2017 at 7:19 a.m., Arlo Nicholas Saxton made his debut two weeks early (I was exactly 38 weeks). After laboring for about 24 hours (from the time my water broke until the time we realized he...
View Article2017 Final Reading Recap
And just in the nick of time, I finished my reading challenge and made it to my goal of 20 books! When last I wrote, I had a long ways to go but as Arlo gets a little older it’s mildly easier for me to...
View ArticleThree facts to illustrate the urgency of fixing what we’re doing to our planet
There are three major pieces of information that really changed my view on the urgency around climate change. Prior to starting to learn more about global warming and the details of what’s happening...
View ArticleHow to make yourself indispensable in your job
If you think about your colleagues, you probably know someone who your manager or your CEO frequently talk about with a sort of reverence. They’re the person who’s called in when a Major Problem...
View ArticleWhy using WordPress is the best option for your small business website
What is WordPress? If you’ve ever considered writing your own blog or building your own website then you will definitely have heard of WordPress. It’s a free, open-source content management system...
View ArticleOn waking up to life
Do you ever feel like you’re just sleepwalking through your life? Like there isn’t much intention in how you’re getting from moment to moment and you don’t have much control over where you’re...
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