When I was in high school, I was an athlete. I played football with the neighborhood boys on the weekends, was on the varsity basketball...

I have never been the type of person that needs a lot of people around me. I have never been the type of person that needs fillers in my...

We all have been feeling a little...off. It's that time of year when the ick just travels through our ever growing family. You've been...

It's been awhile. I know. I really don't have a good excuse either. In a lot of ways, not much has changed in our little world...but in...

When I was 10, I used to spend my free time sitting in our basement at my mom's old architecture desk she gave me, a chalkboard hanging...

We are so honored to be featured in this months edition... Thanks Driftless Area magazine! https://driftlessareamag.com/unicdn/2022/04/04...

My 18 year old is a gifted artist. One of my favorite sculptures she has created is the one pictured above. It honors the outward beauty...

This time last year, I was picking up ornaments from the Christmas tree off of the floor. It was something I saw coming...could have even...

We recently got home from a two week vacation out East. When I say 'we', I mean that I piled up five teenagers in a minivan for an 18...

I used to hate yoga. I mean, I liked the idea of it, but to actually stay present for a whole hour focusing on my breath and repetitive...

Not too long ago, I had dreams of buying a small piece of land somewhere in the middle of Alaska. You know, the place where there would...

In some ways, it's hard to believe that we are four months into the new year and this is my first blog post of 2021. In other ways, it...

We spent the evening last night with some old friends decorating their Christmas tree, drinking too much spiked egg nog and watching...

It's 72 degrees here today. I am sitting outside in a t-shirt and shorts, writing this blog. I might even have sunglasses on. And if you...

When my kids were little, I used to knit them a hat every year for Christmas. Not necessarily because they needed a new one , but because...

I have been single for over a year now. I mean, mostly single. I have dated...maybe a little too much, but nothing that I would have...

I got new countertops last week. They are a slate gray quartz that replaces the plywood countertops I have had in my kitchen for the last...

I have loved a lot of beautiful people in my life. I have loved a handful of not so beautiful people in my life, also. Sometimes I have...

Not too long ago, I lived much different than I do now (you can find that story here). But in short, we lived really simple...like...

I have to be honest. I struggle with people that aren't nice. I don't understand it. I don't even want to understand it, really. And...