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So, This is 35 Years Old

 


35 Things I Love (and Don’t Love) About This Stage of Life 

and Turning 35 Years Old  

  1. My kids. They’re loud, busy, and I’m tired, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
  2. Being neither too young nor too old.
  3. I’ve got some life experience under my belt. Not as much as some, but more than others.
  4. Coffee and wine GIVE ME LIFE (for two different reasons).
  5. My parents are my best friends.
  6. Plans for the future. My husband and I look ahead, talk about, and plan for retirement and all the fun that goes along with it.
  7. Acne solutions + anti-wrinkle cream at the same time.
  8. Confidence. I’m able to confidently be me. Usually.
  9. Accepting perfect imperfection.
  10. Willingness to try new things. I’m not afraid of learning, doing, or tasting new things.VIEW POST

Four Words for the New Year

 

Four Words for the New Year

I’m not really one to make New Year’s resolutions. On one hand, I have a follow-through problem. I hate to say something out loud and not follow through with it (there’s a shamefully good chance of this) – so I’d rather just avoid setting myself up for failure. On the other hand, I genuinely spend a good portion of my life listening, reading, and thinking about how I could/should/will improve. I am a self-reflector by nature, and I certainly don’t wait until the new year to try and assess all the things I need to change about myself. I’m a work in progress. *Sigh.

But, this year, the new beginning has me thinking. I believe God has placed some words on my heart that I want to carry with me into this year – but not only into 2018 – into my future. I am feeling inspired and hopeful about things that are to come. Not only over the next 12 months but for my life and family in general. VIEW POST

Our Journey to Clean Eating

Our Journey to Clean Eating

Since I quit working outside the home and made it my life’s mission to be a good little housewife and SAHM, I was bombarded with the realization that so much of the “food” I was feeding my family wasn’t actually nutritious. No, I wasn’t trying to be perfect, nor was I driving through McDonald’s or buying Twinkies. But, growing up in the 80s and 90s (the peak of the convenience-food generation), I was just never conditioned to think much about what I was putting into my body. Clean eating wasn’t really on my radar. 

I’m not sure what put me into overdrive, but I discovered Lisa Leake’s 100 Days of Real Food blog and was instantly hooked. I stalked her blog then ordered her cookbooks and could hardly put them down. I pored over the chapters she dedicated to educating her readers on untruths and misconceptions we are led to believe about food. By Lisa’s recommendation, I snagged Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules, at a Half-Price Books for about six bucks and read it in one sitting. Literally. (It really is a quick and easy read.) I have been on one mission ever since: REAL FOOD ONLY. VIEW POST

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