Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Can you believe it is March already? We are starting to get a little more settled here in California (three out of the four mattresses have bed frames now!) and I’m trying to balance my desire to get everything done with the kids’ needs for stability and fun. We …
My Reading List for 2021
Happy New Year! I know we rang in 2021 almost two weeks ago but between siblings still being home from college and Ben having surgery, this is the first day things feel like we can get back into a routine. For the last week or so I’ve been working on putting together my reading list …
Best Sellers of 2020
Hi! We are still in the throws of packing and moving (maybe unpacking by the time this gets up?). We’ve just finished our “no-spend” January where we bought no non-consumables (inspired by “More Than Enough” by Miranda Anderson) with the exception of moving boxes, a plastic tote, a few birthday presents for Lincoln, and that …
New Years on the Beach
Ever since I can remember, our family New Years Day tradition has been to walk on the beach in New England. Usually we’d stop to get ice cream on the way home and make plans for the year ahead. We skipped the ice cream this year but still bundled up for a walk on the …
We’re Moving!
We are trading snowy days in the trees of New England for the warm sunny beaches of Southern California. I’m feeling all the things these days but we are all excited about fantastic weather, year-round beach trips, and our west coast friends. When Ben got this new job in January we talked a lot about …
Best Reads of 2020
Summary of reading in 2020: After a few years of heavy reading (100+ books in 2019, 75+ books in 2018), 2020 clocked in at just over 50 titles finished. A big part of this was because we spent a lot of the year up in New Hampshire at my parents, all together, all the time. …