halfway through #buynothingnovember
So, this is kind of anti-climactic but, here goes. I’ve not bought a single thing for 3 weeks now. I’m still alive. I’m not particularly suffering.
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dealing with discouragement (CAPC series)
*For the past several years, I’ve been contributing to an amazing site, Catholic Attatchment Parenting Corner. (What can I say, I’ve really got a thing for niche-writing, yeah?) Due to all kinds of life circumstances, the site won’t be live for much longer, and the …
7 things i’ll miss in november
Since I’ve decided to commit to doing a #buynothingnovember (read more about that here), I decided it would be wholly appropriate for me to sit here and whine about the stuff I’ll miss. Just kidding. Kind of. But I did sit and think about the …
buy nothing november
This morning, as I wrote on my to-do list a series of tasks related to “figure out where to put ____”, I had an epiphany. We have too much stuff. I’m constantly purging stuff, packing stuff away, trying to pawn stuff off on other people. …
instagram, social media, and keepin’ it real
If you’ve been around here long at all, you know I love Instagram. I love the glimpses into people’s lives, I love the little snippets of what they have to say, I love the lack of links to political opinion pieces. {these were really good, …
yes. and thank you.
I’ve often felt that modern motherhood can be pretty isolating. Talk to any woman and she’ll tell you that it can be a lonely road, and a challenge to make friends in the beginning of the journey. People often muse that we’ve lost the “village”- …
we’re all alive (and 7 other things)
Well, I’ve kept all the children alive for another full week. Yay for me! Here are 7 other notable things going on lately: Joey and I started back up with our reading lessons. We took a break after we reached a point at the beginning of …
why i let my kids fight (CAPC series)
*For the past several years, I’ve been contributing to an amazing site, Catholic Attatchment Parenting Corner. (What can I say, I’ve really got a thing for niche-writing, yeah?) Due to all kinds of life circumstances, the site won’t be live for much longer, and the …
the hardest job in the world (CAPC series)
*For the past several years, I’ve been contributing to an amazing site, Catholic Attatchment Parenting Corner. (What can I say, I’ve really got a thing for niche-writing, yeah?) Due to all kinds of life circumstances, the site won’t be live for much longer, and the …
slow brain, bursting heart
I used to hear the term “mommy brain” and cringe. It seemed to me a polite way of someone suggesting that women can’t have it all; you either have to be a strong, intellectual career woman without children, or a flighty, insipid stay-at-home mom who’s …