I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend. We have had a great time celebrating with my family. It's nice to visit family, but it's always nice to get back home too. It's time for my monthly goal check-in for the month of June. I have to be honest and confess that I need to regroup and re-commit to these goals. I've not been making a conscious effort with them lately … [Read more...]
How to Whiten Yellowed Pillows {a Pinterest Experiment}
Months ago, I pinned this tutorial for whitening yellowed pillows. I'd been wanting to tackle it for a while, but I finally managed to get to it this week. {Note: This post contains affiliate links. Read disclosure here.} I'm actually trying something new this week, where I spend any extra time in the day working in my "focus room" for the week {more on than later}. This week's room has … [Read more...]
Packing for a Family Vacation {when travelling by car}
{Note: This post contains affiliate links. Read disclosure here.} We're in the throws of preparing for our upcoming beach vacation. We're all so excited to start out our summer with a bang, but it also means a lot of work beforehand! I am absolutely not a packing expert, but I've gotten a little better at it with more and more practice. Here are some things that help me when it comes to … [Read more...]
Establishing My Morning Routine {Week #1}
Starting late last week, I've been working on establishing a morning routine. It may sound crazy to some of you or like a no-brainer to others, but I finally got fed up enough to where I wanted to take some action. There are certain tasks that simply have to get done and others that I want to get done, but I've been frustrated with my lack of focus in the mornings. I really hate … [Read more...]
My 15 Goals for 2014 {May Update}
I've missed the past couple of months of posting about how I'm doing on my goals. And because I took my blogging break, I pretty much failed at really being intentional with my goals, since I wasn't blogging about them. Just being honest! I'll still report on how I did, but in June I'm going to actually try to work deliberately on them. Here we go! Marriage 1. 1 date … [Read more...]
