live simply, love madly, make magic.
I can hardly explain how relieved I am that Black Friday and Cyber Monday and all of the rest of that nonsense is over. The more that I reflect and plan for what I want in the coming year, the more the idea of simplicity comes to mind. Being bombarded with sales and gift guides…
Happy Monday, friends. I hope that you had a beautiful weekend. With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas right around the corner, the time for reflecting is upon us. It’s the perfect time to take stock of all that has happened in the year behind us and all that will come in the year ahead. Today,…
A couple of weeks ago, I made a post about simple kids wardrobes. In it, I talked about how I go to the consignment shop each season, trade in the kids old clothes, and pick up necessities for the coming season. I do this twice a year — once for the spring/summer seasons and once…
It’s spring, and as the season changes, so do our wardrobes. I love the simple habits that I’ve adopted since Roman was born. Throughout the season, when a piece of clothing no longer fits, I put it in a basket. At the end of each season, I take all of those pieces to a consignment…
Recently I’ve been talking a lot about wellness, especially personal wellness. However, something that I haven’t mentioned recently–even though I’ve been thinking about it a lot–is money and financial wellness. Without financial wellness, and especially financial stability, it is impossible to achieve overall balance and wellness in our lives. I have always been a person…
artist unknown Some people are so poor, all they have is money.
To those of us who have planned or are planning a wedding, it sounds silly to even put the words “Wedding” and “Budget” together, doesn’t it? The average wedding in the United States costs about $26,000. This shocked me, but as I started planning my own wedding, I realized that planning a $25,000+ wedding is…
Sometimes life gives us exactly what we need, exactly when we need it. It can be hard to recognize. Life crashes in on us in frenzied waves. It feels like we’re drowning. But when we slow down, count our blessings, and breathe—often, we find that we are surrounded with everything that we need. The past…
Act, and God will act. —Joan of Arc I believe in the power of prayer. I believe in the power of manifestation. I believe in the power of positive thinking. Not only do I believe in these things, but I know these things. I have prayed, and manifested, and practiced positive thinking. Through these things,…