Save me some daylight, please!

I am one of those people who wholeheartedly embrace all of the Daylight Savings Time process. In winter, I literally count down to the days when DST begins again. And in fall? Well, it hits at just the right time to enjoy an extra hour of sleep. This year? It’s arrival couldn’t be more perfect.Continue reading “Save me some daylight, please!”

Striving to live pretty…

A thought occurred to me recently as I heard about another tradwife-inspired hosting and lifestyle show. Have we evolved as college educated women and career girls? Or have we turned back to our roots? Why, I ask myself, does it seem like we’re all striving to live pretty? And isn’t this blog somewhat awkwardly tryingContinue reading “Striving to live pretty…”

It IS real.

So, it’s been almost three weeks of “new life”. In fact, Friday is the three-week anniversary, but who’s counting? And while it’s early days yet with the distractions of a major renovation project cluttering up the process, life is different. First, the outside pressure is off. I hadn’t realized that in working as a consultantContinue reading “It IS real.”

Defining myself.

I read a somewhat interesting treatise yesterday about the concept of a “traditional wife,” a so-called “tradwife” for short. The article was a bit biased, focusing on one woman’s unhappy experience and then, in an attempt at equity, threw in a brief interview of another woman’s happy experience. What got lost in the shuffle? Well,Continue reading “Defining myself.”

All things calm and quiet.

It’s time to begin anew. I had originally typed, “In a few weeks, my new life begins.” But after some serious thinking, I will correct that: my new life begins. No “in a few weeks” for me. As much as these next few weeks are the end of the end, they are also the beginningContinue reading “All things calm and quiet.”

All things warm and wonderful.

When it gets crazy, the crazy get… better focus? After a somewhat bumpy January when I let the stress and demands of others – mainly work – begin to erode my sense of simple peace, it’s now February and my head is back where it belongs. And now that I’m back here, I am onceContinue reading “All things warm and wonderful.”

Laundry soap

There are few things that are symbolic of my new life like making my own laundry soap. When a friend once mentioned that she made her own, I didn’t value it like I do now. Seriously, I thought: “well, that’s a waste of time since you can just go to the grocery and buy it.”Continue reading “Laundry soap”