Have you ever thought about what makes you content? Or maybe the more correct question would be is – what do you need to be content? Maybe you find yourself in a chapter of discontentment. You wish your car ran better. You wish your house was more updated or looked like the neighbor’s down the…
When I was going through chemo, there were many slow days. And hard days. I was zapped of energy, so I spent a lot of time reading, thinking, and taking life a bit slower. A life that at times, wasn’t all too bad. Except the chemo part. Don’t want to do that again, that’s for…
Are you a spring cleaner? Do you get the itch when nice weather rolls around to not only do a deeper clean of the house, but to go through what you have and purge of what you do not need? I’ll admit I get the spring cleaning itch more than once a year, but it’s…
With all of these snowstorms that we’ve experienced in West Michigan, it has called for some creative activities in the house. I grew up with my mom having dried potpourri on the stove and that inspired me to try something myself. Stovetop potpourri. Though not dried and uses fresh ingredients, I have to say it…
Outside order contributes to inner calm Gretchen Rubin This summer I’ve been slowly going through areas of our home that need some attention. We live in a 100-year-old house and I’m thinking they didn’t need closets because our house has one coat closet and one bedroom closet (that would be our daughter’s). Our closet has…
I don’t know about you, but I know for our family the saying holds true, “Time flies when you’re having fun”. This summer sure is flying by, but it sure has been filled with fun. Even though it’s been “good” things, it doesn’t always mean it’s the “right” things. I would say most often they…
