As I mentioned in my 29th birthday blog post, I can’t help but come into this last year of my twenties so incredibly grateful. Grateful for the people around me at every stage in life, the experiences and opportunities, and the lessons. Oh the lessons. This past decade was truly a wild ride, more like …
29 and feeling…BRAVE.
I can’t help but enter this 29th year of my life incredibly and overwhelmingly thankful. This past year was another year of immense transition. Everyone has a different story, but I think we can all agree that the only constant in life is change. Bryan and I bought our first house, we both got new …
Give A Sh!t! Crushing Goals and Doggie Poop Bags, Part 2
If you’ve been reading my blog for a bit, you know that my family has made it our mission to make our home as close to zero waste and plastic-free as possible. It’s one way that I feel like we can make a dent in all of the waste that eventually all ends up in …
Give A Sh!t! Crushing Goals and Doggie Poop Bags, Part 1
It was a slow decline. In the Fall of 2018, Berlyn started to limp on her back leg. It seemed like a sprain and I grew up with dogs so I know that when they push themselves too hard, just like people, they can be a little sore afterwards. Especially with Berlyn. This dog NEVER stops …
Paper Towel Alternatives: Recycled, Bamboo, Swedish DishCloth, UnPaper Towels, and more.
At the beginning of 2019, my family made a pledge to convert our home to being as sustainable as possible. I have been on a mission to switch the products we use in our home to plastic-free and sustainable alternatives. It’s tempting to throw everything out and buy all plastic-free alternatives, but we are on …
Sayonara, Summer!
The hallways are lined with artwork that know no rules. Glitter and pebbles are sprinkled all over the floor. A rolly polly crawls over the scattered Dr. Suess books. There are posters on the walls telling each child how much they are loved, welcomed, heard, and valued. Can you guess where this might be?Lila’s daycare. …
Why support local, zero waste, sustainable?
I don’t know if you have noticed, but more and more people are trying to reduce thier carbon foot print in their day-to-day lives. One of the buzzwords around this initiative is “local”, better yet “buy local”. But why? Haven’t these people ever heard of Amazon? Fortunately, there are websites, such as Etsy (and even …
Shake ya booty!!! Toilet paper alternatives: recycled, bamboo, bidet’s, and more.
At the beginning of 2019, I decided to make it my mission and goal for the new year to convert my house to a plastic-free and waste-free environment. With budget in mind and not wanting to create more waste by simply throwing out what is already in my house, it makes sense to convert what …
beauty inside and out.
Seventh grade was the first time that I put makeup on to go to school. It was only mascara and I didn’t even know that there were any “beauty rules” to follow when applying makeup; I just tried to mimic my mom. Even though I ended up poking my eyes a couple of times and …
this #momlife of mine.
The best time to go to the zoo is in the last couple of hours that it is open. You miss the giant crowds and if it’s summer, it’s usually cooler at that time of day. Plus, there are no lines at the beer and popcorn carts. Bryan and I get a beer, lila gets …