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Confession Time: It’s been five years and I STILL don’t know how to get my child to go to sleep at night. And I’m a bit tired. A lot tired. My husband is a night owl, so I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that our daughter, River, turned out to be a night owl […]

In general, I don’t care much for fashion trends – although I really should admit that I’ve never been much good at it all when I’ve tried. Can you blame me though? The industry is so indecisive! Flip through the archives of any clothing magazine or blog and you find so many mixed messages: 2010: […]

Happy Birthday! And happy birth day to you, Tamara xxoo – Crystal Every time one of my daughters has a birthday, I buy myself flowers. Because I am proud of myself and who I’ve become. Because my life changed dramatically when I became a mother and when I became a mother again. Because I have grown as […]

I know, I know. As far as resolutions go, this one is kind of boring: January’s goal is to head to bed early, which doesn’t seem to need much explanation, right? But it’s not just about hitting the sack at 10:00 pm – there’s a bit more involved: I resolve to get the girls into bed at […]

This post contains affiliate links, which means that I earn a small commission if you purchase something from a site that you access through my links.  Last year I read two great books: The Happiness Project by blogger Gretchin Rubin and A Year of Biblical Womanhood by blogger Rachel Evans Held. Could it be that those are the only two books I […]

Hurray! Snow has arrived! I love that my kids were so excited to get out and play yesterday! After a bad start to the afternoon (my apologies to the mall custodian who gets to fish our chocolate bar out of the coin fountain), I needed them to burn off some energy and get some fresh […]