finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
The other week I was over at Liberating Working Moms talking a bit about how I make working from home a reality. I love Tracy, the mama behind LWM, and am so inspired by the posts she shares. I was honored to share about my Desk For Success … Work from home? Piece of cake! […]
I know, I know – not yet Thanksgiving and the whole world is already gearing up for Christmas. But, since this giveaway extravaganza begins at the top of December I wanted to be sure you all knew about it beforehand. I’m talkng about Merry Fluffy Christmas! This is seriously the BIGGEST cloth diapering event of […]
Don’t forget to enter the Minted giveaway – free Christmas cards are up for grabs! Oh, and the $100 Target giveaway too! a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013 When I have free moments of time I try to grab my camera and practice manual and lighting things. Just to […]
Bubs isn’t quite talking yet. He’s signing (all done, more, waving) and says little words and phrases (ma miiii – mama milk, thank oo – thank you, mama, dada, emmie – Jemma), oh and the grunts and sound effects are alive and well, but we’re not to full verbal conversations yet. So, Max leaves me […]
Smitten. That’s how I feel about our Christmas cards this year. Pictures were taken and edited, uploaded and cropped. I narrowed down my card design – got approval from the hubs too! – and even checked out the simple (and free) address uploader. Yep, our cards are glorious all thanks to the lovely folks over […]
Craving /// bruschetta and lots of it! Italian bread, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes – campari if I have my choice, basil and lots of balsamic. Oh, yum. Waiting /// on our Christmas cards from Minted. We took our family photos this weekend and actually got one where we were all looking at the camera. Yep, just […]
Welcome to the November 2013 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Feeding Your Family This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared recipes, stories, and advice about food and eating. Please read to the end to find a […]
Rainy season has begun in the Pacific Northwest. Thus, park play dates are few and far between. Even when we do go I have to take a spare towel or two to dry off the slide and swings! Because of the rain, us Northwest mamas have transitioned to what we know best – rainy day […]
Don’t forget to enter the Katie m. Berggren giveaway, she’s giving away an 8×10 archival mother & child art print! a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013 Jemma / / / This girl couldn’t wait to wear her headband for family pictures … she then proceeded to wear it to […]
I’ve never been one for experimenting with recipes, I can follow a recipe just great, but tasting something and then making up my own – not so much. But … a few years ago I tried a deli salad from Whole Foods and just had to attempt a recreation at home. It took a few […]
I have quit this weekly challenge in my mind so many times. Then I actually did quit – for 6 whole weeks. Then I remembered why I started and here I am, back again with weeks 39 through 44. I was really drawn to this project so that at the end of 2013 I could […]