New Years Eve is tomorrow night. This year I’m choosing different for myself. For many years… many many years … as this date approached I would start my list of resolutions. I can’t tell you how many times I would announce New Year New Me! I’m not doing that this year. I may not do… Continue reading New Year New Attitude…Not New Me
I quit one of my absolute favorite things…meal planning It was one of my favorite pass times that I didn’t feel guilty about because it felt useful. For a season it was. But then it wasn’t. When I first started meal planning I would look at the week…then over time that evolved to the month. … Continue reading Why I Quit Meal Planning ( and what actually works instead)
Romanticizing your life is one of your best ways to happiness. It’s so easy to look around and find things to complain about, especially while taking care of your home. If your home is anything like mine there’s a never ending pile of laundry, dishes in the sink, and another meal to be made. Groceries… Continue reading How to Romanticize Your Life
I love the idea of romanticizing life. I especially love the idea when life is feeling especially hard. When you are in a season where you just feel like you can never win no matter how you try. Or when you’re living in a reality that you want to change but for whatever reason are… Continue reading How to Romanticize Your Life…Even When its Hard
This year I developed Gastroparesis. I won’t comment on why as right now I really don’t know. I have suspicions but until I speak with my doctor and possibly go thru more testing I really don’t know. I have had to learn to deal with this through a lot of trial and error. It has… Continue reading Living with Gastroparesis
I’ve been down some rabbit holes lately. The last few years I’ve been quite unwell… and that’s putting it gently. My littlest love has faced some challenges. My entire family while doing well… there have been done challenges and this knowing things could and should be better. My children got so sick this past year… Continue reading Making some changes as a family
I’m not thriving in my current season. I’m at the point I’m not even trying to. I’m just trying to make it from sunrise to sunset in one piece. As I write this it’s 435am . I’m sitting in the couch with my son to be 3 year old watching Paw Patrol because I’ve given… Continue reading I’m Surviving Not Thriving
Yikes…. That’s the only word I can use to describe this week… well the only non cuss word anyway. I have decided that God answers prayers.. but sometimes in ways that in the moment feel like the opposite of what you were asking for. This week… actually past 10 days haven’t been the most fun. … Continue reading It’s been a week
Sometimes I look back at myself and wonder how I’m that same person in the mirror. Some days I see glimpses. Some days I feel like myself. Some days I don’t feel like i could be any further. My body looks and feels different. My soul looks and feels different. I am physically in the… Continue reading Still Learning
I am currently sitting in the waiting room of my littlest loves therapy office..eating one of the worst meals I’ve ever prepped myself. It was 10am and I had barely managed to drink my coffee. I am thankful recent illness turned me into an iced coffee only kinda girl because it’s easier to keep my… Continue reading My current reality
The Tales of a Modern Housewife 