Simple Meals + Honest Book Reviews + Practical Living
About a year ago, I started keeping a single note on my phone, broken down by month. At first, it was meant to be a loose outline of:
Very quickly it became part digital journal, part running to-do list, part brain-saver. It is now one of the most practical tools I use: a living reference for planning ahead, remembering deadlines, and making sure I’m not reinventing the wheel every 30 days.
Today we’re talking about All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker, a book I read a couple of weeks ago that completely swept me away… until the ending left me feeling weirdly empty and frustrated in a way that’s hard to describe.
Hi friends! In today’s episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of my real year of impulse purchases — what I regret, what I love, and what I’ll never buy again. From beanbags that flopped to baby gear that saved my sanity, I’m sharing it all: the good, the bad, and the downright ugly.
I’m also sharing my simple strategy for curbing impulse spending — my one-buy method — which has really helped me rein in my checkout habits and be more intentional with what I bring into our home.
This winter has been a lot. Between the endless snow days, the ice, the pneumonia and flu outbreaks, and four kids rotating through sickness after sickness… life has felt heavy. If you’re also living somewhere cold, juggling little ones, and watching school closures pop up like wildfire, you probably feel it too.
Today I wanted to share a small-but-mighty book that has really stayed with me: Peaks and Valleys by Spencer Johnson. It offers a simple parable about the highs and lows of life, and honestly — it’s exactly the kind of grounding encouragement I’ve needed in this season.
It’s almost shocking how often I’ve been asked by strangers if I breastfed my baby. The follow up statement is usually along the lines of “well good! breastfeeding is free, you know.” Actually… it’s not. Not even a little bit. Breastfeeding is definitely not free and I’m here to tell you why and walk you through all the sh*t I’ve had to buy to aid my breastfeeding journey.
Today we’re diving into Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty — an author I’ve loved for years. So loved, in fact, that when I saw she had released a new book, I bought it instantly without reading a single word of the description. I just clicked purchase, confident I was in for another hit.
Spoiler alert: I did not love it… which is exactly why I’m excited to talk about it.