Is a change in daily routines in order?
Whew, it was a whirlwind of a ride for the first half of 2020! Every time I think I have seen or heard it all, something new comes on the news and my anxiety level takes another step higher. Sound familiar? This time in our lives has brought new meaning to the word...
Work on creative stay-at-home vacations
Well, we have made it to the halfway mark of what I think we can all safely say as been one of the most tumultuous years in our existence. Summer feels different this year — instead of being chock full of vacations, county/state fairs, baseball games, carnivals and...
How different will this summer be?
As I sit at my computer, rereading past blog posts and pondering the upcoming summer season, I am reminded of how very different the world is now from any other time in my life. For me, summer usually includes the promise of warm weather, fresh produce, beach...
Find simplicity while sheltering in place
As I write this column, I am in the second month of the COVID-19-induced shelter in place. In some ways, this virus has imposed simple living on many of us whether we wanted to simplify things or not. My May calendar — which is usually chock-full of youth baseball...
Simple living in the spring of 2020
When I started drafting this month’s column, the virus that has now become a household word was still just a news headline — one that I was paying close attention to but not something that I honestly expected to completely change our lives and routines in truly...
Add some sparkle to your housecleaning
Is there anything better than coming home to a clean house? I honestly can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see (and smell) my house in the immediate moments after I have cleaned it from top to bottom. It has become an increasingly rare occurrence in recent years,...
This is the ideal time to focus on self-care
Confession: February is probably my least favorite month of the year. The holidays are over, my pants are too tight from holiday indulging, my wallet is at an all-time low and the weather outside is less than ideal. I ride the struggle bus this month, to be sure, and...
Don’t forget to make time for yourself
The start of a new year and a new decade is here and like many of you, I am already feeling the inevitable resolve to take the turn of the calendar into a chance for new beginnings and fresh starts. Even as I was in the midst of my December holiday preparations, I was...
Here’s wishing you happy, simple holidays
’Tis the season to be, well, hopefully festive and jolly fits in here but for many of us, it also means the season to be stressed, maxed out financially and depressed. While it is my favorite time of year to be sure, I am also filled with a ton of stress, my blood...
Make time for your No. 1 priority: You
I don’t know about you, but the fall season so far has been a rough one. Between having a busy schedule, not a ton of down time and a few illnesses and injuries mixed in, it has been a bit of a whirlwind. This weekend, I made myself get up extra early so I could have...
