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family planning »

And I don’t mean family planning in the way that you might think that I mean family planning. No, we are not having another kid. I’m talking about keeping the schedules of the kids that we already have in order, along with my husband’s insane travel and work schedule. And the dogs having to go [...]


getting it together »

I’m working on a really boring, but necessary, project right now. Rearranging all of the files and folders and lockboxes in the house. I know what to keep and for how long, but I’ve been keeping it all, year after year, in it’s own accordion file marked with the year. And that was fine when [...]


girls’ night out »

Three nights ago, I had my first night out with two of the nicest women I’ve ever crossed paths with. You know how there are a select few people that you encounter in your life who just have the ability to make you feel like you’ve known them forever? Well that is how these two [...]


notes from a move »

Not that long ago, Krista, from Organize in Style, asked me if I would write a guest post on her site about my family’s move from Texas to Utah. I jumped at the chance. I thought, hey, I’ve moved a lot. I know stuff. I can share my wisdom and insight. And then, as I [...]


bath time is my favorite time »

I love giving the girls their end-of-the-day baths. I love it even more when my husband is home and I can bathe them together. It’s much easier when, at the conclusion of the bath, there are two sets of hands, one for each girl.
And it goes without saying that we have a [...]


schedules & routines »

So in my quest to be the world’s most organized mommy, my husband gave me this planner a couple of days ago, and I am totally obsessed with it. I’ve been spending all of my free time inputting all of my information into it from my beat up old Filofax, adding in birthdays and [...]