Two years ago, I shared my thoughts on Pantry Essentials and How to Organize Your Pantry. I also made available A Capsule Kitchen Checklist, which is a handy little pdf outlining what I believe to be the “essentials” in a minimalist kitchen, and takes you though how to stock your pantry and kitchen. I love […]

Are you an oats family? I grew up eating oats almost every day for breakfast. We’d have rolled oats with milk and fresh fruit and nuts. Yogurt oats and honey. Hot oats. You name it, we probably had it. I still love oats, and now my little family loves oats. To spread the oats love, […]

With the whole world spending lots of time at home right now, our homes are taking a beating. Or at least our home is! We homeschool our children (and did pre-COVID-19), so our school days have always been primarily spent at home. However, without the option to go anywhere, and the kids’ only “escape” from […]

I’m so thrilled to be launching a new little project today, a virtual chat and workshop series. With COVID-19 turning into a pandemic and requiring that we all stay home and practice social distancing, I want to help in some way. I want to raise funds for those most at need, those without income, those […]

We’ve always been an oats family, and I feel like oats are really having a moment recently. So, I decided to start a “how to eat oats” series and share a few of our family’s all-time favorite ways to prepare our oats. Sometimes they’re raw, sometimes they’re cooked. They’re always scrumptious. Today’ I’m sharing a […]

Wow! Recent events (I’m talking about you, COVID-19) have left around 1.6 BILLION out of school. Some parents have been directed to continue their education from home and have been provided a small “packet” of information and schoolwork, or have been given nothing. I have received countless requests for some kind of a “homeschool guide” […]

With all the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and schools closing and social distancing being advised, it’s easy to want to completely isolate yourself and do nothing. I put together this list of 50 Things To Do [Mostly] At Home While Social Distancing in hopes that it will help us all use our time more intentionally, to […]

About 1 1/2 years ago, I decided to [have Joe] repaint our kitchen over the weekend. It hadn’t been painted since we moved into our home 5 years earlier, and it desperately needed a fresh coat. I was done with the light green the contractor had painted it prior to us buying. Needless to say, […]