I finally created my Live List for 2017! I’m taking this idea from Kelly Jensen, who I’m sure most people have heard of. A Live list is similar to a bucket list, but it’s of more of a short-term basis and…
Archives for January 2017
How to Get an Anthro Dress for Cheap
I recently did a little post on Instagram wearing a new dress, and I got a few requests about where I got it. I felt really sheepish answering, “Anthropologie.” Because honestly, that store is ridiculously expensive and I have bought…
Design: Comfy Clean Family Room
My friend Hannah is in the middle of a renovation. Her “great room” is really two rooms that are now being combined together. This room was a unique challenge for me to design for a few reasons: 1) Layout: This room…
Jamie Cook || Cultivating a Life of Rich Moments
“I believe we really are a global family . . . We all matter.” Jamie is an adventurer. You might already know this if you follow her adventures via her Instagram, blog, and her segment on Studio 5, a popular…
Power of Moms
Have you heard of Power of Moms? If not, you need to put it on your list of things that uplift, empower, and even entertain you. I have found so many incredible resources through this organization–most of them free–that has helped…
Katie Cheesman || Harnessing the Power of Listening
Katie Cheesman loves old people and clouds. That’s at least how she introduces herself! (Don’t you love her already?) Katie is also a mother, nurse, photographer and videographer. She paired her talents and interests together into the perfect creation, The…
Winter Activities For Your Crazy Kids
We are smack-dab in the middle of winter here in Northern California. Which for us means a LOT of rain, the type of rain where your streets become flooded and your walls of your house get more cracks due to…
My “Mantra” and a Few Goals for 2017
My goals for 2017 ended up being a list of 30+. So, it’s fitting that my “mantra” for this year is PRIORITIZE. For me, this means putting first things first. I am sure that I am not the only…
Guest Post: On Fear and Serving, by Christine Hill
For this week’s “Do Something,” I have a great guest post from Christine Hill. Christine is a professional writer and an avid reader who’s passionate about storytelling in all its forms. At any given moment, she’s in the middle…
WHY I Stick with my Faith
Today’s post is a continuation of this post, in which I shared a Cliff Notes version of my faith crises (yes, that’s plural) and my eventual choice to stick with my faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
REVIEW of 2016 Goals
On Monday, I shared my goals for improving my parenting this year. That grander goal–becoming a better mama–is one of three that I narrowed down from maybe 30 goals. And I keep thinking of more goals each day! I’m not…
Danielle Hansen || Pushing back against disordered eating and infertility
“The thing that hurt me the most . . . was all the time I had wasted preoccupied with food, and not being present.” Eating disorders are really tricky to talk about. Not only are they shame-driven and shrouded in…