



it’s a mess around here…
Hi everyone, This update is being written on Tuesday, July 11th, 2017 at 8:30 am. In the past 72 hours my blog has received far more traffic than usual. While it’s been exciting to see the impact some of the posts have had, the result has created a number of technical problems behind the scenes….

the one thing guaranteed to end all marriages
This morning I woke up to a text I’ve known for months was coming… It read, “the divorce is done.” Despite the foreknowledge, the finality of those four simple words put an immediate lump in my throat and an ache in my stomach. Today my parents marriage of 44 years is officially over. The rings have been…
Protected: introduction: fit for a purpose
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polka dot maxi & learning to lay it down
We are still in the throws of house hunting and now that spring is here it’s becoming more and more of a sellers market. Houses move fast and the prices are still so incredibly discouraging which has made us rethink a lot lately about what we are realistically able to look for. The dream/hope…