In January of 2017, I was so burned out from 2016 that I was not even able to think about resolutions for the year. Instead, I had some loose ideas that I kept in the back of my mind throughout the year, and after re-reading that blog post, I was surprised to see that I
If there’s one thing that I can look back on 2017 and be super jazzed about, it’s having been inspired by minimalism. As some of my favorite ladies, The Practical Minimalists, say, minimalism isn’t just about clean lines and teak furniture and a single chair in a living room. It’s about living more intentionally, spending
//Project Potluck// was a beautiful idea born in my food blogging group on Facebook in response to the horrific events that unfolded in Charlottesville, VA, the weekend of August 11-13. The idea was to bring people together out of love and not hate; to gather together and share some food, share a meal; to invite
It’s almost June! This means that my month of vegetarianism is almost over! But ironically enough, I am not exactly dying to gorge myself with all the meats. I literally did not eat a single bite of meat in the last 31 days, and I didn’t miss it with the ferocity I’d expected. I knew
“Minimalism is the intentional promotion of what we most value and the removal of anything that distracts from it.” –Joshua Becker So we are halfway through the month of May and my twin journeys of minimalism and vegetarianism are going rather well! To help me through Minimalism May, I found a 30-day minimalism task calendar
“Clutter has a way of sucking the energy right out of you and replacing it with feelings of chaos. Clutter is an often-unrecognized source of stress that prompts feelings of anxiety, frustration, distraction, and even guilt, so give your home and office a clutter makeover, purging it of the excess papers, files, knick knacks and
I don’t know about you all, but I am welcoming 2017 with open arms. 2016 was one hell of a year. On so many levels. I mean for Pete’s sake, the amount of drama I had in my life in 2016 was just astronomical. I’m over it. This year I am ready to welcome lots
Hello, hello, hello everyone! I know it has been like FORRREEEVVVVERRRRRR and I am so, so sorry. Bad food blogger! It’s just that I’ve been soo busy with life, man. Just, LIFE. I am exhausted. Can I just take a second and remind you… In January of this year, I began clearing out my old
It is almost time!! We settle on our farmhouse in just a few days. And oh my gosh I don’t think I could be more excited. There have literally been times in the past several weeks where I’ve had to stop and think wait, did I really just buy a farmhouse with 3 acres and