the blog

First of all, I’m sorry. I know you were waiting on the edge of your seat to start talking about storage yesterday (hahahah) but I took a sick day. I cannot talk. I can type, which is all I have to do here BUT it just seemed right to not try to take on one more thing so I didn’t (see Sunday’s post. I took my own advice).    Now let’s talk CONTAINERS! We can’t really live without them. We all have stuff and the I think it’s safe to say that the kitchen holds the bulk of stuff we...

You know I dream of perfectly organized, pretty spaces all Home Edit style, but that is just not realistic for me. I’m not that neat and while I love to ROYGBIV some things, others I need different forms of order. We all organize differently and while I totally respect your own personal style and methods, I’m also an advocate of making sure we’re all doing our best at it. Our systems and methods should not just be functional, but also beautiful. If our snacks and overflow pantry items are pretty, we’re more likely to want to maintain them. If we...

  I’m most often a person of action. I have 47 projects going on it my head and several outside at any given time. I want to “do” and get things done. This is my nature. This is what drive me. But some days, I just can’t.  It may be analysis paralysis where there are too many good options that I can’t narrow down or mental exhaustion where I’ve just had enough.  And you know what I keep telling myself? It’s ok. It’s ok to take a moment to rest. It’s ok to go to bed early or sit and...

We’ve all heard of Meal Plan Monday and if that is your day, keep doing what you’re doing but for me, Monday is a little late in the week to plan things out and Mondays are hard enough already, right? If I want my week to go smoothy, I need to jump into planning on the weekend. So even if you stick with Monday, or whatever day of the week works best for you, for this month, you’ll find recipes and meal planning ideas right here every SATURDAY.      I’ve tried all kinds of meal planning: weekly, monthly, grabbing...

Our homes cannot be perfect. At least mine can’t be. If you’ve figured that one out, please send me a copy of you book! But for those of us still trying to keep spaghetti off the floor and having pep talks with ourselves to just put the laundry away, we can just declare “not perfect” is 100% fine.  We’re not aiming for perfection but I like simple wins; little things I can do to at least have moments where I feel like “ahhh that’s pretty!” Ready for one of those? Take a look at your kitchen towels. If you’re like...