The 1001 Albums Project: Why I’m Doing It I’ve always loved music, but like a lot of people, my listening habits slowly drifted into something very familiar. I would return to the same favorite artists, the same comfort albums, and the same playlists on repeat. There’s nothing wrong with that. Comfort music is comfo…

Inside My 75 Book Reading Challenge At the beginning of this year, I set a goal that felt ambitious but still doable: r ead 75 books in one year. For some people, that number might sound overwhelming. For others, it might sound modest. For me, it felt like the perfect balance between pushing myself and still keeping r…

The Quiet Return to Blogging For a long time, this space sat quietly on the internet. No new posts. No updates. Just a blog that had once been very active and then slowly drifted into the background as life got busy. But recently I found myself missing it. Not the pressure of posting or chasing algorithms or trying …

Well hello! (Yells into the void) Is there anyone out there? Haha! It's been awhile... yet again... I have some updates for you and some real solid plans for the future of this blog. Lets jump into it! New House: We bought a house! J and I purchased our first house last May and let me tell you how excited we STI…

Hi, hello! I’ve been trying to decide where to go with this blog for a while, and recently came to my decision. I figured the best thing to do is to sit down for a life update post and go from there so it’s not completely out of left field and so I can explain the “why”. First of all, let me reintroduce myself. I’m E…

This post is not sponsored but does contain affiliate links. When we were preparing for our move, I was sickened by the amount of "crap" we had accumulated. Stuff we didn't need. Stuff we didn't use. I'm ashamed to admit we hauled a lot to the city dump. There were a lot of things that could…