Summer of Documentary Watching Pt. 2

Without further ado…here’s part two. Forks Over Knives – This looks at the obesity epidemic with two food scientists and how their research proves that a plant-based diet is the key to a long healthy life. There were many “a-ha” moments, one of them being the link between calcium and osteoporosis. If dairy consumption is read more »

Marlo at 3 Months

I think most changes in a baby happen during the first three months. You went from a cuddly, sleepy, tiny little baby to a smiley, laughing, wide awake, screaming (but still little) baby. You can hold your head up, you eat your hands, you talk and laugh, you kick your legs and scoot across the read more »

Summer of Documentary Watching

For the past two weeks (during the hottest parts of the day), I’ve been watching a lot of Netflix. I’d grab my computer and browse the documentary category and load up my instant cue. Sometimes, I’d go through 3 docs in an afternoon. Some were meh, others lit a fire under me and a few read more »

*Update* 31 Days of Organizing

It’s the middle of July so I figured it’s time for an update. I spent some time away so that ate into my days to work on this list. And we’re leaving for a few days next week so I should really step it up. I only did three things on the list. There’s so read more »

The Cabin

In Minnesota, when you say you’re “at the cabin” people don’t assume you own the cabin. If I said that in any other state say, besides Wisconsin, people would assume you own a cabin. None of my family members own a cabin. They are a dime a dozen up here to rent. While Justin spent read more »

Marlo at 2 Months

Oh, sweet Marlo. You are now 2 months old and my maternity leave is coming to an end. Ok, I have two more months to spend all day with you, but still, you’re my baby! I wished I had longer when Jules was your age but I also like to be able to provide for read more »

31 Days of Organizing

Since I took the whole summer off for maternity leave and I’ve blown through 2 of the 4 months so far, I came up with an idea to show for my time off (besides tending to a newborn). For the month of July, I’m doing 31 Days of Organizing. So exciting, I know. Since I read more »