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May 15, 2025: My cucumbers have arrived. 🥒 I’m currently growing 2 or 3-year old straight-eight cucumbers on a cattle panel trellis.
May 13, 2025: April Monthly Round-Up: Plants: Baseball, Homeschool, + 90! My husband has recently started doing weekly round-ups, so I’m taking his format and making my own monthly round-up. With more photos. Because …
May 13, 2025: Garden candy!
May 11, 2025: Happy Mother’s Day!
May 10, 2025: Mammoth dill. Saved the seeds last year and growing lots more this year.
May 9, 2025: It has rained a lot here today.
May 4, 2025: Recently realized that our property is eligible to be a certified wildlife habitat through NWF. Thinking about moving forward with that.
May 2, 2025: Fairly certain no one wears more socks in a week’s time than my daughter. I did (her) laundry for the second time this week, and there were 15 pairs. …
Apr 30, 2025: While Matt took B to baseball practice this evening, Ro and I: Transferred painted lady chrysalises to a larger enclosure, I did a maze she drew, I …
Apr 28, 2025: She’s his (littlest) biggest fan. 🖤💜
Apr 24, 2025: In case you’re ever faced with the decision, I’m gonna help you out… Opting for a cleat over another type of shoe to try and squish a spider is the …
Apr 24, 2025: B found a (live) crawfish in the garden yesterday.
Apr 21, 2025: The power of sin is broken Jesus overcame it all He has won our freedom Jesus has won it all Been singing this in my head since yesterday Thankful for …
Apr 19, 2025: One of the best things to do on a Spring Saturday… We went to one of our favorite local “plant places” today, and the kids picked out some flowers for …
Apr 18, 2025: Just rearranged the flower and herb pots on my porch for about the 114th time in the last two weeks. Still not sure I like the configuration, but I …
Apr 18, 2025: Thought my coffee looked pretty from above. I prefer purchasing beans that I know were roasted pretty recently, but sometimes I don’t order in time …
Apr 16, 2025: 3 years ago today: My girl hunting for Easter eggs in the clover at home 💛🩵🩷💜💚
Apr 14, 2025: We got school done early so we could have a “LEGO party.” Kids have their own new sets they’re working on, and I’m doing this set I recently got for …
Apr 9, 2025: (Happily) Flew through some school this morning. Then, we might have got the order of things wrong, but so be it… Chiro then trampoline park for the …
Apr 9, 2025: Chiropractor wiped me out today. So tired. And so sore.
Apr 2, 2025: From our trip last week March 27, 2025: Houston Museum of Natural Science Such a good museum. My two favorite exhibits this time were Fabergé (first …
Apr 2, 2025: Busy, busy last week and a half. Baseball practice for the bud, pack for trip, go on trip for 4 days, travel home with baseball game next day, church …
Mar 28, 2025: March 26th, 2025: Houston Zoo! Ro’s favorite animal was the meerkats. And I didn’t get a picture of her with those even though she sat looking at them …
Mar 28, 2025: Celebrated her birthday this week with a trip to Houston!
Mar 22, 2025: Dried herbs and spices are so pretty together.
Mar 21, 2025: Recent Thrift Finds Haven’t been thrifting quite as much recently. But picked up these things a couple of weeks ago. Spring feels! A floral mug that I’ll add to a Spring …
Mar 19, 2025: This makes me smile. She missed co-op yesterday because of a sore throat, but we brought her home all the activities. She got busy on this one …
Mar 17, 2025: 💚☘️🌿🌳
Mar 17, 2025: Feeling the urge to empty all my kitchen cabinets and purge things and rearrange.
Mar 14, 2025: Made applesauce muffins allllll on their own today. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Mar 13, 2025: Something little that makes me happy: tiny bowls to soak nasturtium seeds that match the color of each variety. 😍 Didn’t have matching plates to keep …
Mar 12, 2025: Mourning not getting to spend the day outside because even inside I’ve sneezed probably 70 times.
Mar 11, 2025: My cousin and her family came to visit us the past few days. So, we decided to do a swamp tour on the Atchafalaya Basin. Had a(n unexpected) private …
Mar 5, 2025: 🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛
Mar 5, 2025: Today, I finally sowed some seeds. 🎉 Marketmore Cucumbers ✅ Clemson Spineless Okra ✅ Red Burgandy Okra ✅
Mar 2, 2025: Yesterday 💛💜💚
Feb 28, 2025: Birthday eats from yesterday: crawfish hand pies w/ crispy Brussels + blueberry cream cheese and Biscoff king cake cookies (and @Mtt’s choc chip …
Feb 26, 2025: My dad called me earlier this evening and asked if I wanted a goose. 🪿
Feb 20, 2025: Louisiana’s “second winter” arrived (“almost, but not quite Spring” will be here next week, though, so it won’t last long), so cat snuggles this …
Feb 17, 2025: Some impromptu extra “school” time outdoors this afternoon: Finding tracks and identifying them 🦝 + picking dandelions, etc. and watching a timelapse …
Feb 14, 2025: Cute lil’ hedgey Valentines Ro gave to co-op pals this week. She also made another whole set. And B made his own set with personalized pictures on …
Feb 14, 2025: My 5 year old daughter gave my 8 year old son a bag of coffee for Valentine’s Day, and I’m pretty sure B was happier about the coffee than the LEGO we …
Feb 5, 2025: Letting my kids bake some cookies on their own. I feel both slightly nervous, but also really proud of them on multiple levels. They’re so excited. …
Feb 4, 2025: I’ve so enjoyed cuddling up in bed every other night with my bud and reading two chapters of (our 1970 thrifted edition of) The Chronicles of Narnia …
Feb 1, 2025: Tried a new to me coffee this morning.
Jan 29, 2025: Another dinner photo 😌 Duck fat fries. Couldn’t set them on the table before little hands started reaching for them. 💛
Jan 28, 2025: What’s for dinner: Homemade red beans & rice with homemade cornbread and homemade ginger-ale-ish lemonade ✔️
Jan 24, 2025: Made a quick stop for some coffee in Texarkana (Nash), TX. Local Habit. Got The Hive, which is a honey, cinnamon, and vanilla latte. It was really …
Jan 24, 2025: Rowyn learned the word, “twinge,” a couple of weeks ago. She used it correctly at first. But since, she’s had trouble remembering it exactly and come …
Jan 22, 2025: Pretty sure I’m gonna be sore from building a snowman today.
Jan 21, 2025: A most unusual (and really cold) day in South Louisiana.
Jan 21, 2025: I realized this evening that I’ve been dating everything 2024. Pretty sure I had yet to actually write or type 2025 until a couple hours ago.
Jan 17, 2025: My babies worked SO hard yesterday getting ready for a really big garage sale at our church. Proud of them.
Jan 15, 2025: More trampoline this afternoon. So, I grabbed the school books (upon their request, which I thought was a great one) and met them out there.
Jan 14, 2025: The kids sort of rediscovered the trampoline on Saturday. And, today, they spent nearly 3 hours on it. Not even kind of exaggerating. I jumped with …
Jan 14, 2025: Truth. We’ve been on a Painterland Sisters skyr yogurt kick over here. My favorite is Blueberry Lemon. Ro’s is Savannah’s Peach. And B’s is Vanilla.
Jan 11, 2025: Trampoline time today. It had been a while.
Jan 10, 2025: My kids spent a large chunk of the day playing with Jenga blocks. They have 3 sets (games) each. The name brand Jenga game blocks are the best and …
Jan 8, 2025: I’ve made cornbread 4 times in the past couple of weeks. Been using ghee instead of oil and YUM.
Jan 8, 2025: Conversation in the grocery store with Ro this afternoon: Ro - “What’s beef made from? Cow?” I said yep. Her response - “I like cow!” older gentleman …
Jan 4, 2025: Some thrifted artwork from recently… The small bird art in the top left was actually my grandmother’s. My grandpa told me to take a few things when we were at his house for Christmas. I …
Jan 4, 2025: The kids went afternoon camping, complete with backpacks full of things to do and snacks. 😊⛺️
Jan 2, 2025: How We Celebrated the New Year with the kids: Charcuterie, sparkling cider, mixed treats, and a LEGO put together party
Dec 28, 2024: Gumbo cookoff for lunch today
Dec 24, 2024: Made gingerbread cookies (my favorite!) last night
Dec 23, 2024: Their request for sheep also prompted the question, “How many sheep are in a flock?” And after a little research I found that, apparently, no one …
Dec 23, 2024: My kids have been asking me to buy them a flock of sheep all day today. 🐑🐏🐑🐏🐑
Dec 20, 2024: Currently 🦁🎥🌾🌮👟🐅🍪☕️🧱 Reading: Just finished reading “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” to my son. We’re 4 chapters in on “Prince Caspian” now. I found this whole …
Dec 18, 2024: My girl got to go to a Christmas tea party yesterday!
Dec 13, 2024: Kumquats
Dec 9, 2024: Ro girl taped up a box to wrap. 😊 Two of her favorite things are crafting and wrapping gifts for others. ❤️ Oh, and tape. Tape might be her very …
Dec 7, 2024: Thrifting Musings We went to Grant Christmas Tree Farm a couple weeks ago and stopped in a thrift store in a tiny town—the name of which I can’t recall right now—on the …
Dec 3, 2024: The last few weeks have been busy but real sweet. We’ve been to Branson, MO and back (w/ an overnight stop to see and stay with my dad), to a …
Nov 25, 2024: I just ordered a 5lb. bag of coffee. Basically for myself. And my boy when I make him a cup here and there.
Nov 21, 2024: Some recent-ish thrifted things: A $1 framed Christmas cross-stitch Lemon Federalist ironstone sugar, creamer, and for cups - paid $2 for all of it 2 …
Nov 19, 2024: Did a sort of Icelandic Christmas Book Flood at our co-op today (we’re diving into a Christmas Around the World study for the next few weeks). The …
Nov 19, 2024: Rowyn woke up and made @Mtt a cannonball first thing this morning.
Nov 17, 2024: Stopped by my dad’s for the night Friday night on our way home from Missouri. Left there with 2 dozen eggs Saturday morning. Cooked almost half of …
Nov 16, 2024: I didn’t drink coffee for a week.
Nov 7, 2024: New Kindle case to match my new Kindle 😍 (Both thanks to @Mtt ❤️)
Nov 3, 2024: Rowyn said the city we built with blocks today was “gi-massive.” I guess that means extra, extra big. 😊
Oct 28, 2024: Another fave family game: Skyjo. We played before bedtime last week on B’s birthday.
Oct 25, 2024: I’m mom of a birthday boy this week. Surprised him with coffee alongside his choice of eggs and venison sausage for breakfast. He requested alligator …
Oct 24, 2024: It was a beautiful, moody morning.
Oct 22, 2024: Since I seemingly started a photo series of games played with the kids before bed (here and here), here’s another. Phase 10 last night. Me and B.
Oct 19, 2024: More Recent Thrift Finds I’ve finally been going through a box of stuff I’ve collected over the past 3-ish weeks and cleaning and washing things and putting them away. And …
Oct 18, 2024: Ready to go help Daddy with a project across the yard this afternoon. 👷♀️🔨🤍
Oct 18, 2024: Setting a timer and sitting down to do this. Giving myself 15 minutes. 🧩
Oct 16, 2024: Co-op This Week | Subject: Babylonian Empire (Ancient Civilizations) I documented the activities we did at our co-op last week while learning about the Olmec ancient civilization. Decided I’d do the same thing …
Oct 16, 2024: Thrift finds from last week: (Paid $2.43 for everything) An old 2-hole punch because they look cool and the kids will have fun with it A bowl for …
Oct 14, 2024: A me and B game of Blokus last night. Another game we really enjoy.
Oct 11, 2024: Family game of Play Nine last night. One of our faves. The kids crushed us.
Oct 9, 2024: Co-op This Week | Subject: Olmecs (Ancient Civilizations) Yesterday was our co-op day. We’ve been studying Ancient Civilizations this semester. Our focus this week was the Olmecs. If you are not familiar with …
Oct 9, 2024: Went outside around 8pm a couple of nights ago to see if we could see any meteors (Draconid meteor shower). I came back in 20 or so mins later having …
Oct 6, 2024: 3 of us have also been doing a lot of baseball watching, while 1 does the playing. ⚾️🤍
Oct 6, 2024: Been doing a LOT of thrifting, though. And that’s been a real fun outlet. One of my favorites when there’s time, actually.
Oct 6, 2024: It’s been a weirdly busy, but not bad season that feels nothing like Fall at all.
Sep 23, 2024: Back to baseball for a couple months 😊⚾️🧢
Sep 7, 2024: Testing out his creation
Aug 31, 2024: A few thrift finds from this week: A book ($1) titled, “Glorious Flowers,” that’s packed with beautiful art of various flowers…aiming to frame …
Aug 26, 2024: Been thinking I might write a detailed-ish description of our trip to Atlanta a couple of weeks ago. But, so far, I only have a title typed out. So, …
Aug 25, 2024: Last Sunday in August 🩷🧡💛🩵💜
Aug 20, 2024: Trying to figure out how to have 11 kids build their own ziggurats in a fairly short period of time without it costing a lot of money in supplies.
Aug 20, 2024: Went to our first (and last) Mississippi Braves game a couple of weeks ago. Scored a bunch of merch half off and these super great photos of some …
Aug 15, 2024: Pre-Fall Inspiration I fall in the camp of people that are usually ready for Fall before it’s even remotely close (although that’s changed a little in recent years). As a …
Aug 5, 2024: Driving over the Mighty Mississippi
Aug 5, 2024: Doing important work and mapping out coffee stops for our trip this week.
Jul 30, 2024: We had a late morning appointment and an early-ish afternoon appointment today, so we stayed “in town,” got smoothies, and roamed the aisles of …
Jul 30, 2024: Went to the chiropractor today. After Rowyn got adjusted, she looked at me and said, “What do chiropractors actually do?” It made our chiropractor …
Jul 27, 2024: Christmas in July Craft: Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes We had a Christmas in July event with our homeschooling community a couple of weeks ago. I brought supplies to make pipe cleaner snowflakes. It was …
Jul 27, 2024: Guess what the first thing I’ll do when I get home will be. (Hint: ☕️)
Jul 27, 2024: Spent the last few days with family out of town. Mostly at my dad’s. It was a really good time.
Jul 25, 2024: From Sunday 😎💖
Jul 20, 2024: Lego shopping yesterday. Buddy bought his little sister a Lego with his own money. Because he was proud of her for handling a hard week well. 💛
Jul 11, 2024: Drive home this afternoon
Jul 9, 2024: Thrift finds from last week in Natchitoches: 2 Magic Treehouse books to add to our library 3 tiny photo frames to make into ornaments A Christmas …
Jul 7, 2024: Grocery shopping with my girl
Jul 6, 2024: My dad and I just had a lengthy phone conversation (then continued through text) about giant cicada-killer wasps (I saw one earlier this afternoon for …
Jul 5, 2024: One of my favorite pictures from June: Him reading Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World (a cute and funny short chapter 3-book series about …
Jun 25, 2024: A glimpse at a large portion of today’s entertainment for these two
Jun 25, 2024: Kids are in second day of swimming lessons this year. So, of course, we’re all dreaming of a pool. We’ve also been discussing getting new bikes as a …
Jun 17, 2024: It’s a good thing my life doesn’t depend on cutting up a watermelon quickly.
Jun 14, 2024: Zinnias that need some pruning, but that are still providing lots of joy
Jun 7, 2024: I’ve gotten rid of 3 houseplants in the last month, and that feels like a pretty big deal but also not.
May 31, 2024: Goggle pics (from Tuesday) are funny.
May 29, 2024: Favorite lemonade, for sure. Basil ginger. From a local favorite place to eat—Taco Sisters. The food is good too. 😊
May 28, 2024: New fans of Top Golf here. We had fun!
May 28, 2024: Saunas simply are not needed in South Louisiana. You can have your own personal one anytime you step outside from May to about middle of October (and …
May 24, 2024: This morning’s sunshine and a chocolate cheesecake protein shake I make for me and my boy once or twice a month…usually just whenever I have a little …
May 19, 2024: Thrift finds from last weekend in Bossier visiting my fam Pretty little hummingbird mirror is for my girl’s room because she’s recently loving them …
May 17, 2024: Hanging out in the pantry last night during a tornado warning
May 6, 2024: Roadkill I’ve seen the last few days: squirrel, possum (or opossum, if you prefer), alligator, and a bird (I think a hawk).
Apr 30, 2024: Brigsby found a great blue heron in the trees today instead of at the pond. Can you spot it?
Apr 26, 2024: Finally started this this morning. 🎉
Apr 25, 2024: It has been a FULL couple of weeks, and I am just really excited to be HOME (almost) all day tomorrow.
Apr 13, 2024: Trying to decide if I’m going to start letting badge notifications prod me to get things done in a more timely fashion.
Apr 7, 2024: Filled out a form for my kids to attend an event. Had to put their ages, but was instructed to mark myself as “adult.” Something about that just sank …
Apr 4, 2024: Spring foliage. Not sure why, but I feel extra accomplished to have these irises that will bloom this year on the edge of our pond. #mbapr
Apr 3, 2024: One of our favorite card games: Skyjo #mbapr
Apr 2, 2024: So excited for garden flowers coming soon! #mbapr
Apr 1, 2024: Searched “toy” in the Photos app on my phone. There were lots of options. But this was one of my most recent favorites. We love to LEGO over here …
Mar 30, 2024: She had a birthday this week 🎉 We went to our homeschool co-op, had waffles for lunch, she opened presents, competed in a Pac-Man tournament (she …
Mar 29, 2024: Just real happy baseball is back.
Mar 21, 2024: Found a baby turtle last week. Fascinated at its beauty. After the kids observed it a while, it made it safely into our pond.
Mar 20, 2024: Thrifted all of this for $1.50 yesterday
Mar 19, 2024: Spring Equinox craft (by my girl) at co-op today
Mar 11, 2024: Planted two trees today. And that always makes me want to plant a loooooot more.
Mar 7, 2024: Traveling for the first time since Christmas. To see my family 3 hours away. Which was the last place we traveled as well. Looking forward to this …
Mar 5, 2024: Co-op Tuesday Learned about minerals and rock characteristics. Also did some rock painting with these cool acrylic paint markers (pictured) and got …
Mar 3, 2024: Scraped my knee on concrete this afternoon, but probably not in the way you might think.
Mar 1, 2024: Two different real conversations with the kids on the way home in the car a few nights back: 1) Why glass is so strong, and 2) Where boogers come from …
Jan 31, 2024: In the yard
Jan 12, 2024: Some Lego Organization Organized our “imagination” Lego pieces by color a few days ago. Wasn’t positive they’d stay that way. But so far, the kids have played with them more …
Jan 9, 2024: Date night last night with my bud. He hasn’t been around too many fish tanks. Was quite intrigued. 🐠💙
Dec 27, 2023: For a second, I thought I had a big pimple trying to frustrate me and form on my forehead. Then, I remembered that I hit my head on a shelf this …
Dec 26, 2023: I think this is the first year in a very long time that I didn’t get a Target gift card for Christmas. And I’m happy about it.
Dec 21, 2023: I bought some wool socks a couple of weeks ago. Love them. And now I keep getting ads for all sorts of really nice looking wool socks and clothing. …
Dec 17, 2023: Christmas crowds are not my thing.
Nov 10, 2023: Inspiration: Cozy Boho Bedding From Target I’ve been thinking about new bedding for our master bedroom recently, so I’ve had some of these items “saved for later.” I saw that most bedding is on …
Nov 10, 2023: Instead of saying, “What on earth is that?,” Rowyn has been saying, “What is that, on earth?” And I like it that way a lot more. 💖
Nov 1, 2023: Inspiration: Target Christmas Classic Boho Finds Target Christmas finds. A little for the kitchen. A little for the bathroom (or wherever). A little extra. All together giving off a bit of a classic …
Oct 26, 2023: Inspiration: Target Christmas Pillows Something about seasonal pillows gets me every time. I love adding one as the final touch on a made bed. Even with no other decor in a room, it just …
Oct 25, 2023: Brigsby’s birthday was yesterday. Every time someone told him Happy Birthday, he’d say Happy Birthday back (as though someone had said hello instead). …
Oct 20, 2023: Another day, another zinnia bouquet 😍
Oct 19, 2023: Inspiration: Pretty Christmas Finds at TJMaxx I’d much rather be looking at Christmas things than Halloween, so that’s what I’ve been doing. Here’s some simple, but pretty holiday finds, some of …
Oct 17, 2023: We’ve been spending evenings outside after dinner. I love it so much.
Oct 12, 2023: Fall weather in Louisiana accurately depicted in this photo of B from yesterday 😂
Oct 5, 2023: Ro decided she wanted a pet fox today.
Oct 1, 2023: Inspiration: Target Boho Fall Home Things October. Officially Fall (though I’m always ready for the hopeful pre-celebrations on September 1st). Fun new pieces from the most colorful home …
Sep 19, 2023: I just filled up my contact case with solution and tried to take contacts out of my eyes that weren’t there. I took them out about 7 hours ago.
Sep 18, 2023: Date night ⛳️
Sep 3, 2023: Photo challenge, Day 3: Precious Not from today, but she did wear this same dress and boots today, so… 💞
Sep 1, 2023: Photo challenge, Day 1: Abstract
Aug 26, 2023: Ro made a “pizza bracelet” for us all to share. All red so it won’t show stains. There was a lesson in there on why it shouldn’t be white or yellow …
Aug 16, 2023: A very important reminder from Rowyn
Aug 12, 2023: Last Week I thought I was going to “journal” this here on Monday, but here it is Saturday. These things still happened last week, though. And I still want to …
Aug 11, 2023: Rowyn calls receipts sareets, and I love it so much.
Aug 10, 2023: Wish I hadn’t misplaced the tape measure earlier this afternoon while hanging a little gallery wall in my daughter’s room… Because now I need to …
Aug 10, 2023: Up late researching safety razors and leather shoes
Aug 5, 2023: Painted up high today. Church foyer looking fresh.
Aug 2, 2023: Spent 5 minutes in my outdoor shed earlier today. In 109 degrees (that’s factoring in humidity). Pretty sure that could’ve counted as a full length …
Jul 26, 2023: 7:30am swimming lessons for the kids this week. Plus random appointments throughout the week. 3 days in. It’s 2:00pm, but legitimately feels like …
Jul 25, 2023: Louisiana’s Old State Capitol
Jul 14, 2023: Going through 4th of July (actually, July 3rd) pictures. And just really love this of my girl and my cousin’s pups (Luna + Sadie). The dogs wore out …
Jul 12, 2023: Read outside this morning with our drinks of choice. Left to right: B - chai latte, Me - coffee, Ro - OJ
Jun 26, 2023: Green screen at the local news station today
Jun 5, 2023: Made sparkling strawberry lemonade, and it was yum (and pretty).
Jun 1, 2023: Uh oh. I just found an heirloom rose website. Now my dreams of a fence line of roses is exploding in my head.
May 13, 2023: Proud of this painter 💙🌴🌊
May 10, 2023: Lemon balm 💛💚
May 9, 2023: The best
May 9, 2023: B recapped our date night to his daddy last night telling him that we went to Fat Pat’s (to eat), and “Man, did we laugh.” 😊 A good date night with my …
May 4, 2023: Kid in IKEA ☺️🤣 He actually thoroughly enjoyed the first while we were there. And most of the time after this photo was taken. 👏🏼 Good job, buddy.
Apr 18, 2023: Pipevine Swallowtail
Apr 9, 2023: A new-ish favorite habit of mine is to walk around the yard on Sunday afternoons checking the garden and plants and things. With a hot drink in hand, …
Mar 18, 2023: Inspiration: Beach-y Bags from Target I love bags! Like a lot. It’s probably what some would call a toxic trait. But there could be worse things to need to improve upon, I think. I mean, …
Mar 17, 2023: Photo challenge: Early (sunrise on Haleakalā in June 2015)
Mar 15, 2023: Photo Challenge: Patience
Feb 28, 2023: Inspiration: Color Crushing on Blues from Target Spring is starting to show up, which immediately makes me think of sunshine and water. 😊🌊 So, I guess that’s why I was drawn to a bunch of pretty blue …
Feb 27, 2023: Signs of Spring 🌱
Feb 22, 2023: Brigsby needed a bookmark.
Feb 10, 2023: Shuttle Pen Valentine’s Day Exchange Gifts On Monday, a precious homeschool group we are part of met up for a Donut Shop Valentine’s Party. A family in our group owns a donut shop, so they …
Feb 7, 2023: I’ve worn barefoot shoes (zero drop and wide toe box) almost exclusively for a month. Wore “normal” boots for two days in a row—Sunday and Monday,—and …
Jan 31, 2023: Inspiration: Valentine's Inspired Finds Inspired by Valentine’s Day approaching, I gathered together a bunch of red and pink and romatic-looking things and put them in this mood board. …
Jan 29, 2023: Popcorn (coconut oil and salt) and dark chocolate has become one of my go to snacks lately.
Jan 23, 2023: Inspiration: Pretty Vases at Target I came across a gorgeous green vase last week while browsing on Target’s website. That sparked a long search of other vases currently available at …
Jan 18, 2023: On our road trip over the last week, this is one (of many) of my favorite memories: My bud requested a coffee date with me. Never done that with him …
Jan 18, 2023: Been traveling since last Tuesday. And it’s been great. On the way home today. And I’m honestly excited to get home and use my own washing machine and …
Jan 7, 2023: Bud bought his own Nintendo Switch that came in Thursday. He decided to share, so we’re having a Mario Kart family round robin this morning. ✨✨✨
Dec 27, 2022: Best(ish) part about being home (from traveling for Christmas) is my own coffee. Excited to sip on this all morning. Ahhhh.
Dec 16, 2022: Driving Ro to Paw and Man’s house today: “You’re going to laugh. There are (new to me) fast bumps. But they make you go slow. I don’t know why they’re …
Dec 9, 2022: A Rowyn Moment Yesterday afternoon after @mtt got home, I told the kids I was running to Target. Ro immediately runs to her room. She comes out with this “list.” She …
Dec 5, 2022: Served up some pretty smoothies for breakfast this morning. 🫐🍌 By request.
Oct 28, 2022: A Book and a Craft: "Because of an Acorn" + a Collage Paper Acorn I recently (and very in the moment) put together a quick craft to go with the book, “Because of an Acorn.” I sat down at the table one morning and …
Aug 13, 2022: Inspiration: Boho Fall Finds From Target Fall is trickling its way into Target. I must admit, I do embrace the season early. But in more of a subtle way, if that makes sense. Like save the …
Mar 3, 2022: Inspiration: Target Home Decor Color Crush (Blue) I just really like this random mix of blue(ish) home decor pieces. Here are the links, if you're interested in any of the items: Modern Ball Blue …
Feb 13, 2022: Easy Peasy Seedsy Valentines I went with a cheesy title to match the cheesy Valentines I’m showing you here. Honestly, I’m super proud of these. I saw a few seed …
Dec 29, 2021: Some Favorite iPhone Photos From December I’ve been using Portrait mode on my iPhone a lot more for some reason. And that’s resulted in several pictures I super love. Here are …
Nov 15, 2021: Inspiration: Gift Guide for Coffee Lovers Everything needed for some tasty coffee (minus the actual coffee, but if you need a suggestion, Purity Coffee is my current fave): A pour-over setup, …
Nov 3, 2021: Inspiration: Whimsical Christmas Kitchen and Dining Finds Just a fun mix of Christmas items from Target to add a little whimsy to your kitchen and dining (or elsewhere). Here are the links: Tree platter …
Oct 20, 2021: Inspiration: Toddler Girl Casual Holiday Outfit Fighting the urge to intro my first inspiration, or mood board, post here. And losing. Obviously. Anyway, here it is. Nothing spectacular. But it is …
Oct 20, 2021: Homeschool (Co-op) Lesson: The Heart and Circulatory System Temporarily editing to add: This post has recently gained some traction, so I would love to point anyone interested in the direction of my other …
Dec 20, 2020: We grazed on snack-y foods in the living room (something we never do) for dinner while watching A Charlie Brown Christmas this evening. The kiddos …
Dec 10, 2020: Pretty, Speckled Mechanical Pencils Striped Beanie Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm Crew Socks Sonia Kashuk Pencil Case Silicone AirPods Case Hair Clips …
Nov 21, 2020: Pteranodon Plush Wings To Wear Dinosaurs Jumbo Floor Puzzle Dinosaur Memory Game Dinosaur Placemat Dino Long Sleeve T-Shirt Holtztiger Wooden T-Rex …
Nov 12, 2020: Gold leaf bathroom tray Yellow throw blanket with tassels Glazed floral 4” x 4” photo frame Woven canister Monogram mug Ceramic color changing …
Nov 12, 2020: Heads up: Creating gift guides might be my new favorite thing. So, they’ll be incoming over the next couple of weeks (assuming I finish more than the …
Sep 29, 2020: Haven’t gone to the garden in several days. Walked out to it today and found 10 monarch caterpillars.
Sep 28, 2020: Honestly, pretty proud of my Magnatile plane
Aug 13, 2020: One of my favorite thrift finds from the past few years
Jul 18, 2020: Brigsby and I did some crafting today. He created his own “craft” while I did some cutting: Small cardboard pieces that he arranged and rearranged …
Jul 14, 2020: Haaaaard nap time today, but success is a little bit sweeter on these days. 💛
Jul 5, 2020: Breakfast with a side of bike helmet
Jul 2, 2020: Favorite little duo
Jun 25, 2020: Planted these beauties yesterday evening with Brigsby. He wanted to go to the “plant place,” and he said he needed 5 plants. We came home with 9. He …
Jun 25, 2020: Boyhood
Jun 22, 2020: An after the rain walk to lunch with @mtt.
Jun 11, 2020: WalMart Pickup Tip For Getting Reimbursed For Bad Produce and Damaged Items We’ve spent the vast amount of the last few months at home, and I’ve found a renewed appreciation for Walmart Pickup. I know it’s not for everyone, …
Jun 7, 2020: A Little Bit of Rowyn Today I opened a new package of (3) bows and put one on Rowyn this morning before we left to go eat lunch. I had the others in my hand. She crawled back to …
Jun 7, 2020: A Little Bit of Brigsby Today Looks like I took this picture this evening, but this was before sunrise this morning since that’s when he awoke. 😴 And that’s his morning smile. …
May 31, 2020: My babies + blocks 😍 Allllll the blocks this morning. Entertained them off and on all day. Might be pulling them all out more often. Honestly, pretty …
May 9, 2020: Hand-Print Flowers We did a quick Mother’s Day craft with stuff we had on hand. I got the idea from Pinterest. The original craft used foam for the “blooms” and leaves, …
Apr 29, 2020: Moved since I last posted anything here. Weird times for that. But finally feeling a little more settled. And currently organizing keys with colorful …
Feb 8, 2020: Missed a couple days of the photo challenge. But back for today, February 8th: This would’ve fit today’s prompt, CONTRAST, so much better if I had …
Feb 6, 2020: Photo for February 5th (even though it’s Feb 6th): Something HIDING in my King Cake (even though I put it there 😏) 💛💚💜 #mbfeb
Feb 4, 2020: Photo for February 4th: Our favorite Tuesday night SPOT (bc Taco Tuesday) #mbfeb
Feb 3, 2020: Photo for February 3rd: REFLECTion(s) 😍
Feb 2, 2020: And here’s a photo for February 2nd: I ❤️ this sweet SIGHT!
Feb 2, 2020: I was really excited about it, but forgot to post a photo for the Feb photo challenge yesterday. So, here’s one for February 1st: An oldie from this …
Jan 28, 2020: I met @mtt for the first time 9 years ago today. ❤️ We got real fancy and bought each other some small “anniversary” gifts. I got him some Knipex …
Jan 21, 2020: “You want a balloon eye?”
Jan 15, 2020: He’s picked me a few flowers with help here and there, but this is the first one he stopped and picked for me on his own. 🍀🤍
Jan 14, 2020: Book Review: Trees: A Rooted History I purchased this book a couple of months ago with the intention of using the illustrations as part of a lesson I put together for our little toddler …
Jan 13, 2020: Pretty sure the last time I watched an LSU football game was in person a few years back. I’ve slacked as a fan, but I’m ready to jump on the bandwagon …
Jan 11, 2020: Tried a yogurt + honey hair mask today (via Little Green Dot). My hair takes all night to dry, but looking forward to seeing how it feels in the …
Jan 10, 2020: “It’s a good day for a noothie (smoothie).”
Jan 9, 2020: Pretty much guaranteed I’ll open the car door to find her socks on the floor. Every time. ❤️ (Also, driving @mtt’s truck today and feeling like a big …
Jan 8, 2020: Collection: Gold Candlesticks I recently realized that I have a lot of small (and some bigger) collections of things. So, I’m on a totally unnecessary mission to discover and …
Jan 6, 2020: New Year - 2020: A Few Thoughts and Lots of Photos Happy for a New Year over here! A few thoughts about it: There are several things I want to stay the same, primary of which is spending time together …
Dec 8, 2019: This week, I’ve run into a cedar chest and have a bruise on both the front and back of my leg. I didn’t know you could hit something so hard that …
Nov 4, 2019: Pumpkins are still out at our house…for now. They might actually stay out a while, but Christmas decor is coming soon. 🎄🤗 Speaking of …
Nov 2, 2019: Spent the day getting things done with @Mtt and Rowyn (while Brigsby kept his grandparents busy). One of the highlights was spending a leisurely 30 or …
Oct 21, 2019: Saw this Starbuck’s hack a few days ago. Tried it today. A regular coffee with pumpkin cream cold foam. Not too sweet. Grande was less than $3.
Aug 1, 2019: My favorite (and most frequent) use of Siri is requesting a timer. I use it every time I bake and for speed clean ups around the house.
Jul 23, 2019: I’ve had these clear bags in my Amazon cart for months. I noticed the price went down today (lower than Prime Day), so I finally pulled the trigger. …
Jul 21, 2019: A sweet hug from my boy yesterday in yet another dirty mirror (guess what’s on my cleaning list this week).
Jul 20, 2019: Using (and Sharing) Toxin-Free Products: My Why I recently did a poll on my Instagram Story asking if anyone would be interested in me sharing some of the clean health, beauty, and cleaning products …
Jul 16, 2019: We had a weird, but good several days out of town last week. One of the highlights of our trip was just finding an empty park and letting Brigsby …
Jul 4, 2019: Picked up some boudin quesadillas for dinner tonight. They’re delicious and spicy. Brigsby wanted some. Ate a few bites. Then pointed to his mouth and …
Jun 21, 2019: In case you were wondering, a medium coffee (16 oz.) from McDonald’s with a little of my own creamer fits perfectly in a 20 oz Yeti leaving a little …
Jun 20, 2019: We just planned out multiple trips for the next few months. @mtt booked them all on points! That includes multiple hotels and 3 round trip flights. 🙌🏼
Jun 7, 2019: Almost exactly 6 years ago, @mtt and I were exploring the Road to Hana for the first time. That first trip to Maui was special for reasons other than …
Jun 5, 2019: My 3 Favorite Places to Buy Clean Health and Beauty Products These are a few of the places (outside of Amazon) that I like to purchase clean (non-toxic) and quality health items (such as vitamins), makeup, …
Jun 4, 2019: Big dilemma over here: Trying to decide if I want to go trendy with some platform sneakers like these or a little more classic with some high top …
Jun 2, 2019: Celebrated 6 years of marriage to my best friend yesterday. He got tools. I got kitchen utensils. And we spent the day thrifting together. Kind of …