First of all, I like clothing- every aspect of it. I like the fabric, the details, the textiles, the colors, and the silhouettes. I have a degree concentrating in fashion marketing and I had originally enrolled as a fashion design student. Growing up my mom and I would shop until we dropped and plan entire weekends around shopping trips to King of Prussia....

If your the parent of a school-aged child then you will get to experience many exciting things, like field trips. Well, my national geographic loving Ava has been excited about her school trip to the Zoo for a month now and today is the big day! We woke up to rain but the weather wasn't going to dampen her enthusiasm. And no, I'm not going along-- I know,...

When we decided that we were going to pull the trigger on our move and renovate the farmhouse I told myself that I would sort and purge 'all the things' and only move what we absolutely needed, that's simple right? Wrong. I've always been one of those who thinks 'hey, this sounds like a great idea' but never really follow through because I either get...

If you follow me on Instagram then you have probably seen a few insta-stories involving my french press. Up until this past December, I was a member of the Keurig club but after several trips to Chicago to visit my sister and brother in law I was spoiled with mornings of amazing coffee, from pour-over to french press. After I got my french press...

I'm not one for new year's resolutions because, well.. my follow through isn't always the greatest and it's May so I totally missed the boat this year BUT when I read about Courtney Carver's (author of Soulful Simplicity) 'Love List' idea I was intrigued. Basically, instead of firm goal setting or setting resolutions, make a list of the things you’d love...

It's that time of year folks, it's busy season! The guys are planting, mowing, chopping, spraying and working ground. It makes for long days for all of us-- Aaron in the fields and me holding down the home front. It's during this time of year that I need to get creative with my meal planning. He's often not around for dinner so that means the meal...