This morning I was reflecting back on how my life was four years ago. We had our first two kids 16 months apart and the second, my daughter, needed a lot. She napped for 20 minutes intervals, on my chest. She cried from 4pm on til about 11pm. I was a wreck, I became a […]
When Simple Saturday readers email me, a common problem they share with me is that they are wanting to simplify their home but their spouse is less excited about it. I have some thoughts on this I hope will help those struggling with this . . . . MOTIVATE WHO THEY ARE RATHER […]
This past week Conor and I celebrated 10 years married, 14 years together. We went on a little road trip and started a conversation about what we think it takes to make a marriage work. I know we are only a decade into marriage and it feels cliché to even try to give marriage advice […]
Today I had to tap into what I’ve been learning about coaching and talk myself through a badittude. Here is how it went down: I had a three-year-old who was a threenager today. I stress-ate taquitos for lunch. I made a plan with my husband that I would go to the gym right after dinner. […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about the time in my life where everything seemed to suck. Parenting was depleting all my resources, I felt in over my head on a daily basis. My marriage was bookended with resentment on both sides, I knew we were both so lost and angry. I felt restless and unproductive […]
There have been three times when my marriage was most strained (code: “here marriage counsellor, take all our money” #worthit). Those times were when we first moved in together after a year together (at 22 and 19), when we were first married and Conor worked camp work, and when we had our second baby. I […]
Today is our wedding anniversary. Seven years married, eleven years together. People look at the husband Conor is and tell me how ‘lucky’ I am. He does the dishes whenever they need to be done (and they always need to be done). He doesn’t bat an eye at being home with the three kids if […]
This post was supposed to be sopped full of victorious pictures and drenching with exclamation marks framing ‘I DID IT!’ sentiments! I would remind you that a dear friend asked me to run this race with her, I had to say yes. I would tell you how this pasty girl (me), with subzero athletic ability, […]
A few years into blogging and someone I really respect gave me a brochure to a writers conference they thought I’d be interested. If you ask Conor, I’m still talking about that event. Not only ‘who’ considered me a writer, but that someone considered me a writer period. It was a game changer for me. […]
We take turns ‘planning’ an event for our anniversary each year. Last year was a great, boozy getaway that I had planned (also known as that time I pretty-womaned my husband). So last month I jokingly reminded my husband it was his year. Jokingly because I’m toting around an almost full term belly and all […]