Simple Meals + Honest Book Reviews + Practical Living
A few months ago I recorded Episode 151 about our morning routine, and it became one of the most downloaded episodes of the year. So I figured… maybe evenings are worth sharing too. 😉
Parenthood has pushed me into a version of myself I never expected. If 20-something me saw this, she’d have said, “Absolutely not. Impossible.” And yet — here we are.
Today’s episode is part confession, part pep talk — and 100% solidarity if you’re also buried under too much stuff. Not just any stuff: kid stuff. Stuffed animals, tiny plastic creatures, broken trucks, and one very specific, hideous plastic Belle doll that has become the symbol of my boundary battles with overindulgent grandparents.
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This summer, just like last, I curated a list of ten books I wanted to read. All of them are fiction, a mix of contemporary, dystopian, and lovely character driven stories, or so I was promised by the reviews as I made this selection.
Starting solids is one of those parenting milestones that sounds adorable in theory but quickly transforms into a chaotic reality of food splatters, persistent stains, and the bewildering discovery that a 15-pound human can create such an impressive mess with just a few spoonfuls of pureed sweet potato. Even as a mother of four, I still find myself slightly overwhelmed during this beautiful yet incredibly messy phase of development.
Hello friends, today is one of those check-in posts — the kind that comes after a week where everything falls apart at once. The kind where everyone gets sick, your to-do list goes up in flames, and you survive on adrenaline, caffeine, and the crusts from your children’s PB&J sandwiches. You know the weeks I mean.
Today we’re diving into God of the Woods by Liz Moore — a new-to-me author whose latest novel absolutely swept the internet. It even won the Goodreads 2024 Readers’ Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller. When I saw that, I thought: Okay… let’s give it a try.
I’m so glad I did. Despite being just over 450 pages, it’s the kind of slow-burn literary thriller that keeps you completely hooked — rich backstory, layered characters, and that perfect back-and-forth structure that pulls you through chapters without realizing you’re still reading.