Have you ever made a pattern and realized that you horribly messed it up by choosing the wrong fabric? I have! That's the story with this pattern. Well, actually patterns. Today is a two-for-one deal where I'm actually reviewing two patterns. So we all know that exercise clothes can leave a lot to be desired when...

Man, it's been a hiatus! I apologize for the unintended break in posts. It's not for lack of posts, it's me. Man, that sounds like a terrible line, but it's the truth. I spent most of August reclaiming summer. I took the kids to the pool, went to PT (a lot), and learned to walk again. Well learned to walk properly....

This recipe has made several appearances on this blog, and there's a reason for it. It's so dang good! You can visit those posts {HERE} and {HERE}. Dana had a bit of fun at my expense in the 2nd appearance of this delicious latte. It is my go-to latte for when I make them at home. Mostly because I don't need...

I had grand plans to write this post at exactly 4 weeks post-op, but that didn't happen because I'm lazy. Well, not really, I'm feeling pressed for time at times, because it takes me longer to do everything now and I'm having to prioritize and schedule my day down to almost the minute so that I can get everything...

In the 9 years we've lived here there's one room that has never been painted and it was our basement bathroom, which our oldest now shares. The latter bit of information threw a wrench into my plans, because don't you know that he has an opinion on what he'd like the bathroom to look like?! I mean he is my son,...

Happy July, friends! Dana here. I'm not gonna talk about how friggin' hot it is because we're probably all painfully aware, and that's all I'm seeing online of late. I feel, y'all *sweats profusely*. Let's try and bring ourselves some relief, shall we? I used this recipe as a guide, with (as usual) some changes. Specifically,...

Or as I wanted to call this post - SQUATS, SQUATS, SQUATS! So last week, I shared how my first 8 days went. You can find the post {HERE}. I will say that this week was much better in both terms of my recovery and how I spent my days. I really am not one to lay around and do nothing. It drives me crazy which, in turn,...

When we bought the house 9 years ago, the first thing we did after closing was to paint the family room a lovely pumpkin orange. It was my favorite room in the house for a very long time, but then I started getting more adventurous in my paint colors. Painting our master bedroom navy blue was bold and scary for us, but...

Yesterday marked one week since my ACL/meniscus repair surgery and it has been a week. It started off innocently enough, but then it got hard, went to ok, and finally ended on terribly wonderful. If you follow me on Instagram {HERE} then you'll have seen some of what my first week was like. So the surgery went well,...

So my girl is turning 5 this year, and as we've done with both of her brothers, 5 is the year they get their "Big" bedroom. Baby Girl is no different. We've been working on her room, and converting it to her Big Girl room for a few weeks now, but she also wanted to do her bathroom, so I gave her carte blanche with her...