I grew up surrounded by dysfunction. I remember CPS coming to my home, watching them drive away and wondering why my little sister and I weren’t in the car. When I tell someone I spent a lot of time on

There are those days. Days as a Mom I wonder if I’m enough. Am I doing enough, spending enough time, teaching my kids what’s really important in life? They are important. They are incredible. I am blessed

As if minimizing your home wasn't challenging enough on it's own, add kids to the mix. Every commercial, store advertisement, radio ad eggs them on to want more. On top of expert marketing targeted to

Vision boards. Love them. I've done a vision board several times in my life, I've done them with the kids, as a family, etc... What's great about a vision board is that, every time you look at it, it reminds

Dane was cleaning up his part of the bedroom recently and when he looked at the trash, he said, "You should write a post of what it's like living with someone with OCD". He took a picture and

Minimalization. Is that even a word???? I looked it up and it popped up with a definition "the act of pursuing minimalism". If Google says it's right, I won't argue.... Minimalism has made a

Taking chances is hard. Scary. You may be afraid that people will tell you it can't be done. That you're silly. That you'll never succeed. It's amazing the heat you can get from naysayers. Why? Because

We have most assuredly entered a digital age. An era where we'll be late to work, an appointment or a meeting if we forget our phone at home. An age where we worry that our kids won't know how to actually

It's been an exciting time for me and I'm thrilled to share with you! I lost my job a few months ago which was disheartening and hurtful to say the least. I thought I'd retire there and I was truly passionate

Here's a fun fact. D and I had 12 out of 13 kids living at home 2.5 years ago. I was changing the chore wheel this morning which I do every Monday. I fill in and do any chores of kids who aren't here and

I was getting ready for the day yesterday. Normal stuff - checking for stray brow hairs, trimming the nose hairs, looking for blackheads and putting on my puffy eye cream. It wasn't just any day, though,

I was having a rough week. It wasn't just the week, it was the three months of stress and emotion leading up to this week. I wasn't sleeping well and my night time regimen had been consisting of 3 ibuprofen

As of August, 2016, I am officially a published author! My book, a self-help memoir called "Hello, My Name Is..... Warrior Princess" had it's first launch. It was a fun event that I enjoyed

We wondered in the threat of this fire looming over us, if all that we drive away from we can live without, should we downsize more? Sure, the couch, table and desk are nice commodities that I don't want

Life. Life happens even when you try to dig your feet in and stop it. Or at least slow it down. But you can't. Sometimes it doesn't matter how hard you try to balance things out, life comes down on you

I like to "date" my kids. In a family with so many, it's nice to have one on one time with them. You know - to get to know them a little better. Because they're pretty damn cool people and I

I've been realizing more and more lately that regardless of the goal you're trying to set - finances, losing weight, running faster, building a business, going on a vacation - the steps are the same. Being

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