The week has been like many others of the past year: somehow so busy yet so boring at the same time. We got a glimmer of hope in the news hearing that Disneyland and baseball stadiums would be allowed to open in April, as long as the numbers stay low. While they’d only be allowed…
I know it’s a bold statement. A weighted blanket changed my life. Pfft. I guess what I really mean is it improved my sleep exponentially, which is basically life-changing for an exhausted mother. If you’ve been around the blog for any amount of time, you know we have a child who hates sleep. Just in…
When I decided to minimize my wardrobe back in 2014, I had no idea how much the idea of minimalism would spill over into the rest of our lives. I wouldn’t exactly consider us minimalists at all. I don’t even know if “Minimalism Monday” is the right title for this blog post. We simply like the progress we…
Maaaan, we’ve already been in our new house for a whole year!! Well, I should be careful to call it new, since it was built in 1929, but it’s certainly new to us! In some ways, it seems like we’ve been here forever. Like where else could we have been? And in other ways, it…
I would like to formally introduce you to Fergus. Ohmygoodness isn’t he handsome! I pretend that his full name is Turd Ferguson Peltekian, TF for short. But he’s really just Fergus. Ferg. Fergle. Fergalicious. Fergie. Stevie calls him Bergus. He’s been with us for just a few days and already has 100 nicknames. We adopted…
I’ve been meaning to share house pictures for quite some time. But I haven’t taken any. So that puts a damper on things. Plus, it’s not really ready. I’m doing everything in my power to add things slowly and buy pieces that really speak to me, so it’s going to be a process. And I’m…
With all my new shopping habits when it comes to clothing, I admit I haven’t completely grasped the fair trade movement 100%. I mean, what about my iPhone? There aren’t many options there. What about eating only locally grown, organic foods? I try when I can. And what about Stevie’s clothes? Sure, he has a few american-made…
It’s time for your weekly installment of this mom is a dummy! Are you ready?! So yesterday was cold. Real cold. And windy. Warm comfort food was a high priority for dinner. I decided tomato soup was the ticket, and quickly found a vegan recipe online. Again, this was an easy recipe. Nothing complicated about it.…
I don’t know why, even when I want to cook a simple dinner, if it doesn’t involve a microwave, it always has to be a story. Or maybe it’s just me who thinks my life is hilarious. No comments from the peanut gallery plz. So we have a kitchen in our new house – not…
We moved. We moved, we moved, we moved! All our stuff is here in the new house. Barely a thing has been put away, but it’s all here somewhere. We hired movers and it was the best decision of our lives. When we can’t find something, we blame it on them – “movers stole it!” –…