Family is huge to me! We have a sandwich family, with three kids, two at home and one Grandma Linda living with us due to dementia.
I write about all different family topics like dementia, adopting from foster care and other fun family "stuff".
Here are a few of my recent posts to get you started!
Dementia & Alzheimers Caregivers
We are so fortunate to be able to care for my husband's Mom in our home. She fell last year and was hospitalized for two weeks, after which she moved in with us!
Here are my best tips and ideas for being a caregiver!
Seven categories that will change how you look at everything in your house When we decided to downsize from our 3,300 square foot home, where we raised our kids and had Grandma Linda living with us - to something significantly smaller and closer to the friends and family we love, I knew I had a…
Continue Reading Tips and Ideas For Classifying The "Stuff" In Your Home When You Are Downsizing
If you've ever sat down at PF Chang's and ordered their famous lettuce wraps, you already know. There's something about that first bite - crisp, fresh, cool, and packed with flavor - that just hits differently. When my husband and I lived in Denver, PF Chang's was practically a date night staple! Then we moved…
Continue Reading Mini Lettuce Wraps - The Low Carb Appetizer That Actually Tastes Amazing
Here is something I need to tell you. I am a grown woman. I have owned multiple homes. I have raised children. And I have only recently discovered that people wash their walls. WASH. THEIR. WALLS. Like, regularly. On purpose. As a thing they just... do! I am sharing this because we are getting our…
Continue Reading I Have No Idea How to Clean (And I'm Just Now Finding Out At 59)
Did you know Jell-O didn't really take off until the company hired traveling salesmen to hand out free cookbooks door to door? Suddenly every housewife in America had a reason to buy a box - and a reason to get creative! My mom took that creative license and ran with it. Every single Sunday of…
Lessons from a bossy, brilliant, beloved Irish realtor who did not come to play When you are getting ready to sell your home, you have two options. Option one: guess what buyers want to see and hope for the best. Option two: invite your best friend who happens to be a top realtor to walk…
Continue Reading What Your Realtor REALLY Wants You to Do Before You List Your Home
Thoughts from a mature woman in the middle of moving from 3,300 square feet to under 1,500 - who didn't actually need to do either until suddenly she really did! People use the words decluttering and downsizing like they mean the same thing. They don't. And understanding the difference might be the thing that finally…
Read all my Caregiver Articles!
Natural Living
I am a tree hugging, pescatarian eating, allergy sufferer from way back! With that in mind, I am always looking for natural ways to keep my home clean and our family healthy!
Here are my top posts about natural living:
Read all my Natural Living articles!
Adopting From Foster Care
We adopted our kids from foster care! They are amazing and wonderful, and sometimes a handful to handle because of past trauma.
Here are my best posts about what we learned about adopting from foster care:
Seven categories that will change how you look at everything in your house When we decided to downsize from our 3,300 square foot home, where we raised our kids and had Grandma Linda living with us - to something significantly smaller and closer to the friends and family we love, I knew I had a…
Continue Reading Tips and Ideas For Classifying The "Stuff" In Your Home When You Are Downsizing
If you've ever sat down at PF Chang's and ordered their famous lettuce wraps, you already know. There's something about that first bite - crisp, fresh, cool, and packed with flavor - that just hits differently. When my husband and I lived in Denver, PF Chang's was practically a date night staple! Then we moved…
Continue Reading Mini Lettuce Wraps - The Low Carb Appetizer That Actually Tastes Amazing
Here is something I need to tell you. I am a grown woman. I have owned multiple homes. I have raised children. And I have only recently discovered that people wash their walls. WASH. THEIR. WALLS. Like, regularly. On purpose. As a thing they just... do! I am sharing this because we are getting our…
Continue Reading I Have No Idea How to Clean (And I'm Just Now Finding Out At 59)
Did you know Jell-O didn't really take off until the company hired traveling salesmen to hand out free cookbooks door to door? Suddenly every housewife in America had a reason to buy a box - and a reason to get creative! My mom took that creative license and ran with it. Every single Sunday of…
Lessons from a bossy, brilliant, beloved Irish realtor who did not come to play When you are getting ready to sell your home, you have two options. Option one: guess what buyers want to see and hope for the best. Option two: invite your best friend who happens to be a top realtor to walk…
Continue Reading What Your Realtor REALLY Wants You to Do Before You List Your Home
Thoughts from a mature woman in the middle of moving from 3,300 square feet to under 1,500 - who didn't actually need to do either until suddenly she really did! People use the words decluttering and downsizing like they mean the same thing. They don't. And understanding the difference might be the thing that finally…