Goals for the New Year

I’m not a big fan of resolutions, but I like goals. Goals are really compatible with lists, and I think we’ve been over how much I like lists before, right?There’s a lot of reasons not to like resolutions, but since statistics indicate making something a resolution makes it less likely… Read the rest...

Hard work

“But you don’t work.”It’s a common insinuation that stay-at-home mothers have to fight–the idea that because they’re home all day, they don’t work. Every day, I see countless posts on social media sites sharing articles written by exhausted and exasperated mothers explaining just how hard they work. I get it,… Read the rest...

Whitewashing the fireplace

My house is one big perpetual home improvement project. I’m easily distracted, so I have a ton of projects that I’ve started and never finished. The latest project I tackled? The fireplace. I don’t remember when exactly it happened. I just woke up one morning, walked into the living room,… Read the rest...