We’ve been a busy bunch around here over the past two weeks! Between family festivities, the dynamic food-friends-fun combination, weeding and watering our growing veggie garden, multiple dips in the lake, our first camping trip, a week of recovery from laser eye surgery, and far too many trips to the Whippy Dip to mention, I […]
The Big Unveil : Simply Bloom {Design}
“Happy birthday to me…as you shall soon see… I’ve been working my heinie off…on Simply Bloom {Design}, my glee!” Scratch that. I have no mad skills in the rhyming department, it is evident. After chewing a while on the fact that Pink Kangaroo Design was just too froo-froo a business name for the more corporate […]
P:31 & Responsibility Chart {Printable}
Well, my friends, my 31 days are officially up tomorrow…and at this point I’ve made it through 27 of the 31 “spaces”. While the perfectionist in me is tempted to be disappointed, the considerably larger portion of me that has grown to be more realistic amidst the chaos of parenting… is quite thrilled, actually. […]
Ek-spek-tey-shuhn {take 2}
Real friendships bring out the best in you. And, if they’re truly authentic connections with quality human beings, they will undoubtedly bring out the worst. I’ll never forget the time my best friend and I sat, puffy-eyed and frustrated, on opposite ends of my loveseat, allowing our disappointment in each other to bubble to the […]
Peonies & Aperture {& your June Desktop Wallpaper}
This is what happens when you put fuschia, aqua and avocado green in the same square foot. It creates beauty of epic proportion. When we were house hunting 3 years ago, anticipating my disappointment at the arrival of a new Spring without the 100+ tulips that I had grown accustomed to {and waited with baited […]
Because We’re Cool
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Sunshine + Water = Slippery Kids
Our wonderful neighbors spent the entire day here on Saturday with us; weeding, digging, transplanting & sowing. It was a stunningly warm day and much was accomplished in the garden. Have I mentioned yet that we have the coolest neighbors in the history of ever? While we played for hours in the dirt, our kids […]
Lettuce Get Real
I’ve got gardening on the brain. As I weed through my house {pun absolutely intended}, in my attempt to rid it of all chaos and clutter {and superfluous crap}, I find I’m mulling over and sorting through some heart clutter as well. I got to escape for a few hours this week and get alone […]
Teacher Gift Ideas
I. am. a. cleaning. machine. 31 Bags in 31 Days is going full force in our home, and I’m discovering a thing or two in the process. Some drawers/closets/spaces are going much faster than I anticipated (I have 5 ‘bags’ completed in 3 ‘days’), while other areas that I only allotted 1 bag/day to are […]
31 Bags {Begins}
It is finally here: the first day of our purging project…hip hip hooray! Thank you for all your encouragement and excitement. It really delights my heart to know that I’ve struck a cord with a few of you with this wild endeavor, and can’t wait to see what we accomplish, as a group, in our […]
